Step 1 remove roof shingles before you can remove the existing box gutter you need to remove the shingles surrounding connecting to or overhanging the gutter.
Replacing box gutters with aluminum.
The most common approaches to eaves trough gutter troubles are to repair and re line the existing integral gutter or to abandon it entirely.
It s important that the patch match the gutter material.
First clean all debris from the gutter with a wide putty knife or plastic gutter scoop 4.
For example use aluminum flashing to patch an aluminum gutter.
Meanwhile here is a general approach to replacing integral gutters with an aluminum fascia mounted gutter.
This fix has a tendency to bow over time creating a leaking situation.
A few of the neighbors with similar homes have aluminum gutters so i m sure it can be done.
If you don t you ll encourage electrolytic corrosion a process that slowly etches away one metal in favor of the other.
There are at least three leaks and one is so bad the wood paneling under the gutter rotted and fell off.