How To Install Rain Drip On Roof

Gently lift up the shingles on the edge of the roof and locate the nails holding the existing drip edge onto.

How to install rain drip on roof.

Installing drip edge on your roof. Rain gutters should be attached to the fascia and run the entire length of the roof ending with a downspout. You may need to nail through the starter strip into the drip edge. Slide the corner tight to the fascia.

Please like and subscribe for more instructional videos. With without rain gutters. In today s video we go over the basic techniques to installing drip edge and rake edge on your roof. Measure the length of the roof that you re working on.

Once free slide the drip edge out and discard. Place a nail at one end then the other. It can be done. Use a measuring tape to determine the length 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. However there is a way that you can redirect the rain off the roof so it falls harmlessly out of the way. Start by cutting the flashing with tin snips about 2 3 feet longer than the doorway you want to protect. To install a rain diverter on your roof.

Make sure the outer edge extends over the gutter. 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 a drip edge. Tools supplies tin sn.

Apply roofing cement when installing drip edge on an existing roof. Next carefully break the seal on a row of shingles above the doorway with a flat pry bar or putty knife. Secure the drip edge with roofing cement. Apply a continuous bead of cement along the top of the drip edge then press down on the shingle.

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. 1 place a piece of standard metal drip edge onto a table or between a pair of sawhorses. Be sure to tuck the drip edge under the starter strip and felt paper.

Slip the wide flat flange of the material all the way under the first course of roof shingles as illustrated. The roof leg should extend a minimum of 2 back onto the roof sheathing.