How To Extend Drip Edge For Gutters

For use with shingle metal tile or slate roofs.

How to extend drip edge for gutters.

Good luck with the vinyl gutters they dont work or hold up to long. 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. 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 drip edge should be installed over a furring strip so that it tails off the fascia board.

Sure dont like ice and cold. This will prevent water from coming down behind the gutter. Secure the drip edge with roofing cement. Once the apron s in place fasten it with sheet metal screws.

Flashing used to extend drip edge past the fascia. The roof leg should extend a minimum of 2 back onto the roof sheathing. While the vertical leg should be placed 1 4 1 2 away from the fascia. Drip edge extender for extending drip edge past fascia pushing water further away from your house or structure.

When there is a gap between the gutter and drip edge where water can splash up against the fascia board and run behind the gutter this extension drip is installed behind the drip edge to make water flow into the gutter. Make sure the outer edge extends over the gutter. Get the metal drip edge that will stick out the 1 slip it under the shingles there and just put couple of nails in it down on the fascia side. If it doesn t pull the drip edge out slightly from under the shingles.

Apply a continuous bead of cement along the top of the drip edge then press down on the shingle. Brown aluminum fascia mounted drip edge extender with 6 screws. Home centers sell rolls of 6 in. It should be a minimum extension of two inch from the fascia board on the roof.

That will hold it.