Roofing Gutter Drip Edge Installation

How to install a drip edge.

Roofing gutter drip edge installation.

Apply a continuous bead of cement along the top of the drip edge then press down on the shingle. Once free slide the drip edge out and discard. Place a nail at one end then the other. Slide the corner tight to the fascia.

Make sure the outer edge extends over the gutter. There was no way that the gutter installe was going to get the upper edge of the gutter behind the drip edge. Use a flat pry bar and hammer to pry the nails out of the drip edge gently. Be sure to tuck the drip edge under the starter strip and felt paper.

You can use nails to tightly secure it. Begin at the lower corner of the roof and gradually progress to the top. While the vertical leg should be placed 1 4 1 2 away from the fascia. With without rain gutters.

If it doesn t pull the drip edge out slightly from under the shingles. Some rain runoff by capillary action runs up under the shingle drip edge and down the fascia behind the gutter installing drip edge on a new roof or re roofing job. The roof leg should extend a minimum of 2 back onto the roof sheathing. Secure the drip edge with roofing cement.

Make sure the corner is tight and that the bottom edge is tight to the fascia before nailing off the drip edge. You may need to nail through the starter strip into the drip edge. For drip edge installation align it for directing water flow into gutter alongside the roof edges. It is best to install a drip edge on a day with warm weather because it makes it easier for the shingles to be stripped back.

Raise the shingles and push the top rim of your drip edge beneath them. Installing drip edge on your roof. Gently lift up the shingles on the edge of the roof and locate the nails holding the existing drip edge onto. Ideally it is recommended to nail about every 12 inches.

How to install drip edge flashing to a new roof. Make sure to support the long end of the cut if you let it fall after cutting it will bend down and kink the drip edge. Slip the wide flat flange of the material all the way under the first course of roof shingles as illustrated. This is important to protect damage to your fascia soffits rafters.

Tools supplies tin sn. To install a drip edge on a newly constructed roof or on a re roofing job attach the drip edge along the roof s eaves first. The roofer installed the drip edge tight against the fascia.