How To Install Vinyl Drip Edge For Vinyl Gutters

Nail high up on the drip edge so that the shingles will cover the nails.

How to install vinyl drip edge for vinyl gutters. Place the drip edge down aligning it so water will drip into the gutters. While the vertical leg should be placed 1 4 1 2 away from the fascia. The roof leg should extend a minimum of 2 back onto the roof sheathing. Slide the corner tight to the fascia.

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. Then secure gutter hangers along your house and fit the gutter sections into them. Nailing edge with 1 in. Be sure to tuck the drip edge under the starter strip and felt paper.

Just be sure they re positioned high up under the shingles. 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. 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. If necessary secure the ends of the drip edge with short roofing nails.

Next attach drainpipes to carry water from the downspout outlets to the ground and away from your house. Cut your soffit pieces. The end with the flange or flare should point down and away from the roof. Secure the drip edge with roofing cement.

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. Use along gutter line of the roof edge. Place a nail at one end then the other.

Install by nailing under shingles. Use roofing nails to secure the drip edge. You may need to nail through the starter strip into the drip edge. Overhanging drip edge gives maximum protection from roof run off.

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. Drip edge is used to direct rainwater off of the roof and into your gutter system. Drip edge flashing can be used for new construction and reroofing projects.