How To Cut Drip Roof

At 7 05 paul begins replacing the drip edge roof flashing.

How to cut drip roof. Using a straight blade and a hooked blade. Use a tape measure to measure the entire width of your building. Slide the flat bar under starter course and pry out the nails. Catch you on the next one.

This lets any water that gets on the roof run down the underlayment and over the drip edge. Nail drip edge starting at one corner of the roof. Make a straight cut through the bottom of the drip edge with your tin snips. How to cut drip edge corners step 1.

For florida residents the requirements call for 4 overlaps. 12 roof repair tips. How to cut asphalt roof shingles this method focuses on cutting asphalt shingles with a utility knife. Fold the drip edge to fit over the ridge.

How to cut drip edge corners. Measure as precisely as possible down to the 1 4 inch 0 64 cm 1 8 inch 0 32 cm or 1 16 inch 0 16 cm. Overlap sections at least an inch on straight roof edges with the overlap in the. Make sure that you are wrapping a minimum of two inches.

Miter corners with tin snips. As always thanks for watching. The best way is to install the roof drip edge only along the eaves first then place ice and water barrier in the snowbelt or felt paper underlayment over the drip edge. Using upward pressure slide the knife toward you.

Mark the plumb line or centerline as in the image below. Before you start cutting you first need to determine how long your roof rafters need to be and the angles at which you ll cut the top and bottom of the rafter. Cut angles so that. Find and fix a leaking roof.

Cut angles about 45 degrees but off just enough so that mitered ends overlap and are. Use a flat pry bar to remove drip edge nails along the eave and rakes. You will need tin snips to miter the corners of. Position the side of hook knife against the drip edge beneath the shingle with the blade facing upward against the shingle medium.

With the help of tin snips miter the four corners of the roof. In this video i just show a quick install of some drip edging and how to cut corners. Place a single nail in the outside piece to hold the drip edge in place. Start working from one corner of the roof.

You will need to start nailing the drip edge from one corner of the. You may need to use a putty knife to break the seam between the first course and the starter strip.