How To Install A Gutter Apron

To install the top section is slipped under the starter shingle course the layer directly above the sheathing.

How to install a gutter apron.

Tools supplies tin sn. Use a square and pencil to mark the gutter length and cut to the line. To install the top section is slipped under the starter shingle course the layer directly above the sheathing. Home centers sell a gutter apron in 10 ft.

While a drip edge is about 2 1 2 inches wide on both sides of the fold a gutter apron will usually measure 4 inches or more above and below the fold. A gutter apron is a bent piece of flashing that tucks up under the shingles and over the gutter. Slide the ribbed end of the gutter flashing underneath the shingles and insert a 1 inch roofing nail every 16 inches down the center of the gutter flashing with a hammer. This is important to protect damage to your fascia soffits rafters.

The gutter lip and the apron lip go together so essentially you are extending the back of the gutter by 1 11 4 high. It s much easier to join sections on the ground than to work from the top of a ladder. Once the apron s in place fasten it with sheet metal screws. The hangers have a slight angle to them and actually you screw through the apron portion right into the fascia just works out that way because of the angle of the hanger.

The purpose of gutter flashing is to seal the gap from the roofing shingles to the gutter. Slide the splices on as far as they ll go. Gutter flashing installation should be seen as a necessary step in the gutter replacement process. Cut a two inch long notch in the front lip of the gutter with tin snips to join a rain gutter section.

You may have to temporarily remove your hangers as you go or you can notch out the apron around them. With without rain gutters. Then it is slipped under normal drip edge. Begin by installing a slip joint splice on each end of an inside corner fitting.

The bottom edge usually has a little fold for rigidity. Project step by step 20 cutting the gutter. This process prevents rainwater from getting behind the gutter causing rot and decay which will ultimately lead to a roof replacement. Installing drip edge on your roof.