How To Install Drip Edge And Gutter

Use a flat pry bar and hammer to pry the nails out of the drip edge gently.

How to install drip edge and gutter.

Begin at the lower corner of the roof and gradually progress to the top. Slip the wide flat flange of the material all the way under the first course of roof shingles as illustrated. The correct placement of the drip edge is the top of the roof directly between the shingles and the fascia board. The best practice is to always install the drip edge so that it is inside the gutter.

If there s a drip edge installed where the fascia meets your shingles and the gutter is hung below the drip edge get some roll flashing and tuck it up under the drip edge and over the top of the gutter. The whole purpose is to direct the water into the gutters. Please ensure that the drip edge is extended over the gutter. You may need to nail through the starter strip into the drip edge.

If it doesn t pull the drip edge out slightly from under the shingles. This is important to protect damage to your fascia soffits rafters. How to install a drip edge. Make sure the outer edge extends over the gutter.

Slide the corner tight to the fascia. Use tin snips to cut the gutter apron flashing roll in two 3 in. For proper water drainage the drip edge on the rakes should always overlap the drip edge on the eaves. Once free slide the drip edge out and discard.

It should never be installed outside the gutter i e against the fascia board. With without rain gutters. Tools supplies tin sn. But do not push it through the fascia.

Make sure the corner is tight and that the bottom edge is tight to the fascia before nailing off the drip edge. Home centers sell rolls of 6 in. If your gutter has been previously installed rather than taking it down and redoing it you can easily place a small strip of metal flashing under the drip edge and over the back of the gutter as shown by the illustration at the bottom of this page so the water will shed into the gutter. Secure the drip edge with roofing cement.

Tack the end into position with the roofing nails and press the nail within the drip edge and into the roof covering. The drip edge should be installed over a furring strip so that it tails off the fascia board. It should be a minimum extension of two inch from the fascia board on the roof. It can be done.

Place a nail at one end then the other.