How To Install Drip Edge On Gutters

Begin at the lower corner of the roof and gradually progress to the top.

How to install drip edge on gutters. The roof leg should extend a minimum of 2 back onto the roof sheathing. While the vertical leg should be placed 1 4 1 2 away from the fascia. In today s video we go over the basic techniques to installing drip edge and rake edge on your roof. 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. Slip the wide flat flange of the material all the way under the first course of roof shingles as illustrated. Tools supplies tin sn. With without rain gutters.

The correct placement of the drip edge is the top of the roof directly between the shingles and the fascia board. You may need to nail through the starter strip into the drip edge. Please like and subscribe for more instructional videos. Place a nail at one end then the other.

Slide the corner tight to the fascia. Make sure the outer edge extends over the gutter. Please ensure that the drip edge is extended over 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.

Tack the end into position with the roofing nails and press the nail within the drip edge and into the roof covering. Installing drip edge on your roof. How to install a drip edge. Secure the drip edge with roofing cement.

Raise the shingles and push the top rim of your drip edge beneath them. But do not push it through the fascia.