How To Solder Aluminum Gutters

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.

How to solder aluminum gutters.

Not easy and the solder is very expensive. When the time comes to replace your gutters you ll have tow major options. Soldering a box gutter stitching duration. My gutters are galvanized.

A beginner s guide to welding brazing aluminum with alumiweld rods. Thanks for doing the legwork on this problem. Actually aluminum can be soldered with aluminum solder. Everything gutter 390 127 views.

How to install aluminum rain gutters professionally on a house a diy guide duration. Be sure and post how it turns out. The silicone gutter sealants seem to leak a fair bit. Few things are absolutely impossible but many things are impractical.

You ll need a specialized solder with a significantly lower melting point which you may need to order online. Select a low temperature solder. A gutter would be nearly impossible to solder even if it was new and clean. 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.

I think gutter sealant will be a lot more practical. Regards ted mooney p e. And soldering aluminum gutters is probably one of them.