How To Install Gutter Drip Edge

Begin installation 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.

How to install gutter drip edge.

Slip the wide flat flange of the material all the way under the first course of roof shingles as illustrated. It should be a minimum extension of two inch from the fascia board on the roof. Connect the end cap s to the gutter using silicone sealant and screws. Installing drip edge on your roof.

With without rain gutters. Tools supplies tin sn. Begin at the lower corner of the roof and gradually progress to the top. Slide the corner tight to the fascia.

While the vertical leg should be placed 1 4 1 2 away from the fascia. 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. How to install a drip edge. The drip edge should be installed over a furring strip so that it tails off the fascia board.

Please ensure that the drip edge is extended over the gutter. In today s video we go over the basic techniques to installing drip edge and rake edge on your roof. Place a nail at one end then the other. Make sure the outer edge extends over the gutter.

The roof leg should extend a minimum of 2 back onto the roof sheathing. Use tin snips to cut the gutter apron flashing roll in two 3 in. You may need to nail through the starter strip into the drip edge. The correct placement of the drip edge is the top of the roof directly between the shingles and the fascia board.

Raise the shingles and push the top rim of your drip edge beneath them. Secure the drip edge with roofing cement. If it doesn t pull the drip edge out slightly from under the shingles. Make sure the corner is tight and that the bottom edge is tight to the fascia before nailing off the drip edge.

Please like and subscribe for more instructional videos. 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. Hold the cap in place and insert a single sheet metal screw into its hole.