How To Install Drip Edge After Gutters

Make sure the corner is tight and that the bottom edge is tight to the fascia before nailing off the drip edge.

How to install drip edge after gutters.

While the vertical leg should be placed 1 4 1 2 away from the fascia. Slip the wide flat flange of the material all the way under the first course of roof shingles as illustrated. Place a nail at one end then the other. It is best to install the drip on a warm day.

Place the drip edge down aligning it so water will drip into the gutters. A furring edge is a strip of one by two wood you install on the vertical surface of the house just beneath the roof s edge. Catch you on the next one. The roof leg should extend a minimum of 2 back onto the roof sheathing.

This is important to protect damage to your fascia soffits rafters. With without rain gutters. Make sure the outer edge extends over the gutter. Secure the drip edge with roofing cement.

Leave a reply. If it doesn t pull the drip edge out slightly from under the shingles. As always thanks for watching. How to install a drip edge.

When you install the drip edge over this strip it keeps the lower flange further from the home s siding which helps to keep water further from the home. Tools supplies tin sn. You may need to nail through the starter strip into the drip edge. 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.

Be sure to tuck the drip edge under the starter strip and felt paper. Install drip edges on the eaves first. In this video i just show a quick install of some drip edging and how to cut corners. Installing drip edge on your roof.