How To Install A Gutter Apron

A gutter apron is a bent piece of flashing that tucks up under the shingles and over the gutter.

How to install a gutter apron. Once the apron s in place fasten it with sheet metal screws. Begin by installing a slip joint splice on each end of an inside corner fitting. It s much easier to join sections on the ground than to work from the top of a ladder. Nail the bent side of the flashing over the gutter at the same 16 inch locations down the entire piece.

Slide the ribbed end of the gutter flashing underneath the shingles and insert a 1 inch roofing nail every 16 inches down the center of the gutter flashing with a hammer. Then it is slipped under normal drip edge. Tools supplies tin sn. Installing drip edge on your roof.

The purpose of gutter flashing is to seal the gap from the roofing shingles to the gutter. Use a square and pencil to mark the gutter length and cut to the line. This is important to protect damage to your fascia soffits rafters. Slide the splices on as far as they ll go.

Project step by step 20 cutting the gutter. Cut a two inch long notch in the front lip of the gutter with tin snips to join a rain gutter section. The gutter lip and the apron lip go together so essentially you are extending the back of the gutter by 1 11 4 high. Home centers sell a gutter apron in 10 ft.

To install the top section is slipped under the starter shingle course the layer directly above the sheathing. You may have to temporarily remove your hangers as you go or you can notch out the apron around them. This process prevents rainwater from getting behind the gutter causing rot and decay which will ultimately lead to a roof replacement. The hangers have a slight angle to them and actually you screw through the apron portion right into the fascia just works out that way because of the angle of the hanger.

The bottom edge usually has a little fold for rigidity. To install the top section is slipped under the starter shingle course the layer directly above the sheathing. With without rain gutters. While a drip edge is about 2 1 2 inches wide on both sides of the fold a gutter apron will usually measure 4 inches or more above and below the fold.