Step 6: Install The Downspouts

for installing half-round gutters
Photo: Matthew Benson
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Assemble the downspouts and elbows so that each upper piece fits inside a lower one. Slip the top elbow over the outlet fitting, check that the downspout is vertical, and attach brackets, as shown, near the elbows at the top and bottom.
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