How To Install Vinyl Drip Edge For Vinyl Gutters

Slide one end into the j channel and nail the far side of the soffit to the wood fascia board using one nail to keep the soffit in place until you install the vinyl fascia.

How to install vinyl drip edge for vinyl gutters.

Place the drip edge down aligning it so water will drip into the gutters. The roof leg should extend a minimum of 2 back onto the roof sheathing. Nail high up on the drip edge so that the shingles will cover the nails. 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. Next attach drainpipes to carry water from the downspout outlets to the ground and away from your house. To install vinyl gutters you ll need to start by installing downspout outlets on the edges of your house so water can drain properly from the gutters. Place a nail at one end then the other.

You may need to nail through the starter strip into the drip edge. Use along gutter line of the roof edge. Secure the drip edge with roofing cement. Most overhangs are 6 or 1.

Overhanging drip edge gives maximum protection from roof run off. Drip edge flashing can be used for new construction and reroofing projects. Nailing edge with 1 in. Use roofing nails to secure the drip edge.

Slide the corner tight to the fascia. While the vertical leg should be placed 1 4 1 2 away from the fascia. If necessary secure the ends of the drip edge with short roofing nails. Install by nailing under shingles.

Cut your soffit pieces. Make sure the corner is tight and that the bottom edge is tight to the fascia before nailing off the drip edge. Since soffit runs perpendicular to the wall you will be cutting many short pieces depending on the width of your overhang. Drip edge is used to direct rainwater off of the roof and into your gutter system.

Then secure gutter hangers along your house and fit the gutter sections into them. The end with the flange or flare should point down and away from the roof. Apply a continuous bead of cement along the top of the drip edge then press down on the shingle.