How To Remove Rivets...(Quick Guide To Removing Rivets In Gutters/Aluminum/Plastic!)

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Rivets are the little headless metal fasteners that pin together sheet metal products such as gutters. This short video will show you how to remove rivets with a drill, and how to replace them if necessary.
Tool List:
Drill
1/8" Drill Bit
Material List:
3/8" Gutter Screws
How To:
1) Chuck 1/8" drill bit into your drill. (The bit should preferably be titanium, which is good for drilling metal.)
2) Press the tip of the drill bit into the small empty hole at the center of the rivet.
3) Pull the drill trigger and begin carefully drilling into the rivet hole.
4) Use light, but steady pressure. (Drill speed is not as important in boring out metal as constant pressure is.)
5) The drill bit will eventually punch through the back of the rivet. Back the drill bit out, and the joined pieces will come apart.
6) If necessary, replace the rivet with a 3/8" gutter screw. Just bring the detached pieces of metal back together, align the two original holes, and drive a gutter screw into the hole. The wider screw threads will bit into the metal walls, pinning them together.
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@alwaysbeglassing 5 ай бұрын

Might be the best video on the Internet. Thank you.

@TScott-vp9zv Ай бұрын

Bro, thank you so much for this video. I couldn’t find the answer anywhere!!! Never take for granted how a simple video can help so many people! Thanks for sharing your knowledge with us! 🙏🏾❤️💪🏾

@carletonhoffman Жыл бұрын

wow, thanks a million! i was getting ready to write one of my usual angry sarcastic critical comments about how this is all bs and won't work for me and then i took your advice and used a drillbit larger than the freaking cavity in the rivet and it worked really well! it always irritated me when people talked about drilling out rivets because in my experience all they did was spin. the last time i tried to remove a rivet i must have wasted frustrating hours and kept trying to steady the opposite end so the damn thing wouldn't just keep spinning. after watching this video i tried using the larger drillbit and was able to remove 3 wheels from their housing fairly easily so i could replace damaged suitcase casters.

@TheHonestCarpenter Жыл бұрын

That’s awesome, Carl! I’m really glad it worked 🙂

@carletonhoffman Жыл бұрын

@@TheHonestCarpenter i really appreciate this, man. i was clueless as usual and just thot of drilling a hole in the damn thing without considering that the walls are what i should be destroying (and that isn't a political comment).

@100fredkrueger 3 жыл бұрын

This is great. I am removing my porch beams and replacing them with 6x6 posts that we are gonna stain. I have a spout on one post. This was just what I needed!! Thanks.

@JoMoOnDrums 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you. I was struggling with this for about 15 minutes. The tip about having a drill bit that was slightly larger than the hole was what I was missing!

@Sandy-dg9ur 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this video! I've been searching for a video to tell me how to remove these rivets so I can take my downspout down and unclog it.

@cassieroser 11 ай бұрын

Amazingly helpful! Thank you

@capcom6633 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the video! The sizes of the drill bit and screws look like they're the perfect size for what I'm replacing. Thanks again! I'm a subscriber now

@TheHonestCarpenter 5 жыл бұрын

Capcom 66 You’re welcome! Thank you for watching and subscribing 🙂

@capcom6633 4 жыл бұрын

Just wanted to thank you again for the video. I did the repair and everything went great. It looked like a professional gutter installation. Just for anyone wondering, you can use a miter saw to cut downspouts. Thanks again

@barbarakorteling7395 4 жыл бұрын

Perfect. Thanks for the help.

@Leino26 4 жыл бұрын

Awesome video. Thanks. That was I need it to know!!!!.

@Sheeshmeggeddon 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! This was perfect

@cmayback 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks! Never thought of using screws as well instead of Rivets. I'm going to try it and, if it works, return the rivet gun I bought. Hoping to save 25 bucks! :)

@akatartt 4 жыл бұрын

So helpful! Now I know how to get my gutter apart.

@Wejomo 3 ай бұрын

Thank you. So helpful.

@tubeyhamster Жыл бұрын

Thank you for this, it was very helpful.

@brandon6451 Жыл бұрын

Man had to go through 20 videos for me to find this! Thanks for the help!

@johnhasagun 4 жыл бұрын

Just what I was looking for thanks.

@TrailPony 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this! I have to remove paneling from the inside of a trailer that was improperly insulated... The huge inconvenience is the paneling is nothing but rivets.

@daveshotgarage 3 жыл бұрын

man thank you so much !!!! helps a lot

@ferndog1461 6 ай бұрын

I love this guy.

@stevekessinger4261 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you. Just what I needed. SK

@johnkelley9877 5 жыл бұрын

I never thought of using screws in place of the rivets but this tip helps. Thanks for the information.

@TheHonestCarpenter 5 жыл бұрын

@John Kelley You're welcome! I always keep one of those little bins of 3/8" gutter screws in my fastener collection

@terryslade4760 4 жыл бұрын

The Honest Carpenter nice tip! If we want to maintain the cleaner look of the pop rivets can we reuse the hole and strap and what size pop rivets? Thanks!

@franksamona2491 Жыл бұрын

Good job

@fourburnerbreakfast 3 жыл бұрын

great tip

@gretagoode2965 Жыл бұрын

That was amazing!! I learned, in 30 seconds, the answer I couldn't get from anyone I know. 🤗

@TheHonestCarpenter Жыл бұрын

😁

@vermilionvoyager2470 8 ай бұрын

Thank you sir

@atranaj 3 жыл бұрын

Also just what I wanted and the gutter screws. Clogged gutters are a pain,any tips.thanks.

@sazennonumber 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing. I am trying to get the rivets out from the bug-screen door handle (why they didn't use screws when they built it is beyond me) and I don't feel confident drilling all the way through. The handle/door pull, in which the rivets are, seems to be made out of plastic. I was so ready to replace the screen on that screen door... :(

@AggressivelyMediocre 5 жыл бұрын

Awesome. Had no idea what these things were. Have no idea why someone who use these over bolts and screws. Gutter clog (like mine did) and you need to remove them from time to time. Just seems like they are making a future headache.

@TheHonestCarpenter 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks Walter! I think they just use them to get flush look-but you’re right, gutter screws are way more convenient 🙂

@norsewind123 Жыл бұрын

Thank you! I was too co servative on the drillbit size. Went bigger and then it popped right out

@brandonvandine1695 3 жыл бұрын

got it. Thanks

@elainedolan9887 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks... my downspouts are riveted...seems counter-productive for ease of cleaning, switching them out etc. Now I see what to do.

@toddhupp2645 Жыл бұрын

thanks now i know how to do this with my downspout

@sarys73 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much. Roofers put up the new roof, removed the gutters, but left all the downspout up. smh They even left hundreds of nails all over the yard. I've been picking up nails for weeks. Filled up two grocery bags so far.

@melaD333 3 жыл бұрын

Perfect! Thanks :-)

@JasonHoningford 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks I was about to mess up some downspouts trying to cut the rivets! Found some stainless screws too!

@melissanelsonhandmade 2 жыл бұрын

Can you put rivets back in the same hole?

@charlitoguzman6414 4 жыл бұрын

Using gutter screws is so much easier than having to remove rivets from gutters. I replaced my gutters with all screws.

@korender8069 2 жыл бұрын

What about the hole in the downspout created by the drill?

@robbyers7614 3 жыл бұрын

I'm pretty handy, and a Jack of All Trades, and Master of NONE!! This was a great video.

@madelinemulligan6398 3 жыл бұрын

I'm trying to remove a rivet from a sailboat rudder gudgeon and I'm really struggling. I have the right drill and bit, but I never get that satisfying pop through that you have in the video. I've drilled straight into the thing for 10+ minutes and the hole is gradually getting deeper but it is just taking FOREVER. Any tips???

@TheHonestCarpenter 3 жыл бұрын

Jump up to a slightly wider drill bit, Madeleine! You may be boring out the shaft without separating it from the rivet head.

@Lgs0518 Ай бұрын

… what am I doing wrong drilling it out if I keep breaking the drill bit 👀

@Bonesince1997 2 жыл бұрын

Did he drill a hole into that gutter? Also, would it really have been easy to put a screw in that second hole? It looked like it'd have been a tight fit. It just doesn't look like this would work in all situations, including possibly the one shown, if any holes were punctured or that both screws could not have been actual replacements.

@tyjones1978 3 жыл бұрын

How do u remove rivets with the center stem sticking out?? There are absolutely no videos on that.. Help

@jkrpainting 2 жыл бұрын

👍

@TexCynRVLife 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks! I need to remove some rivets from a vintage aluminum travel trailer. 👍

@TheHonestCarpenter 5 жыл бұрын

@TexCyn RV Life You’re welcome, good luck with the project! I love seeing those old vintage trailers on the road 🙂

@0plumber1 4 жыл бұрын

I want to remove the rivets that hold my hammer loop to my tool belt, any ideas?

@MsMooreski1 2 жыл бұрын

To leave nothing to chance when I try this, when you "drill out" the rivet, is drill is on REVERSE? Yes this is a real question

@grumpycyclist3319 3 жыл бұрын

In my case the drill bit would have snapped. I was wincing waiting for that...

@tonyb7748 3 жыл бұрын

Why not just re rivet? I mean they do look better than hex screws and can be replaced again and again with a simple setup.

@tylernissen Жыл бұрын

@bountyhunter1890 2 жыл бұрын

Get a new drill bit.

@dorothyw1934 4 жыл бұрын

Clicked for the demonstration/instructions, stayed bc he’s kinda hot...

@brandonvandine1695 3 жыл бұрын

didn't work

@Paranoidandro1d1 10 ай бұрын

What torque and speed settings on the drill????