How To Solder Aluminum Gutters

Actually aluminum can be soldered with aluminum solder.

How to solder aluminum gutters.

My gutters are galvanized. I ve got to add a piece of gutter below a roof valley to allow it to drain into an adjacent gutter and figured soldering would be the best way to go. Thanks for doing the legwork on this problem. In fact leaky overflowing gutters can buckle basement walls in just a few years so it pays to keep your system working properly.

Regards ted mooney p e. Professionally installed seamless aluminum gutters and do it yourself steel or aluminum systems available at the retail level. Links to the tools and materials leah uses in this video. Select a low temperature solder.

Everything gutter 390 127 views. I think gutter sealant will be a lot more practical. A gutter would be nearly impossible to solder even if it was new and clean. Few things are absolutely impossible but many things are impractical.

Be sure and post how it turns out. A beginner s guide to welding brazing aluminum with alumiweld rods. Aluminum melts at a relatively low 1220ºf 660ºc which combined with its high heat capacity makes it almost impossible to solder using general purpose solders. Soldering a box gutter stitching duration.

Not easy and the solder is very expensive. The silicone gutter sealants seem to leak a fair bit. You ll need a specialized solder with a significantly lower melting point which you may need to order online.