How To Install A Gutter Drip Edge

The drip edge should be installed over a furring strip so that it tails off the fascia board.

How to install a gutter drip edge. Slip the wide flat flange of the material all the way under the first course of roof shingles as illustrated. Cut the tape with a scissors or a razor knife photo 2. With without rain gutters. Make sure the corner is tight and that the bottom edge is tight to the fascia before nailing off the drip edge.

Ideally gutters should slope down toward downspouts 1 in. This is important to protect damage to your fascia soffits rafters. Next to a level fascia board the steeper the slope of the gutter the more it looks out of whack. Mount the gutters to the fascia brackets.

In today s video we go over the basic techniques to installing drip edge and rake edge on your roof. Work wrinkles and bubbles flat. Make sure the outer edge extends over the gutter. How to install a drip edge.

You may need to nail through the starter strip into the drip edge. Tear the paper backing off the tape and lightly adhere one edge of the tape to the top 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. The correct placement of the drip edge is the top of the roof directly between the shingles and the fascia board.

Rotate your gutter upward pushing it away from you until the edge closest to the fascia fastens into the hook on the back of the bracket. Place a nail at one end then the other. Slide the corner tight to the fascia. Roll the tape down the wall of the gutter pushing it firmly into curves and corners photo 3.

Tools supplies tin sn. 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. Please ensure that the drip edge is extended over the gutter. It should be a minimum extension of two inch from the fascia board on the roof.

As long as there is a slight pitch say 1 2 in. For starters this may not look good. The roof leg should extend a minimum of 2 back onto the roof sheathing. If it doesn t pull the drip edge out slightly from under the shingles.

Secure the drip edge with roofing cement. Please like and subscribe for more instructional videos. Per 16 ft but this is not always possible. Be sure to tuck the drip edge under the starter strip and felt paper.