How To Install Drip Edge On A New Roof

How to install a drip edge.

How to install drip edge on a new roof.

Drip edge roof flashing types. T shape drip edge is an l shaped flashing in which the long leg folds back on itself before heading down 90 degrees to form the short leg. Install the starter course. 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.

If using a type c drip edge you can install a furring strip to increase its performance. Using drip edge with a nailing edge approx. If it doesn t pull the drip edge out slightly from under the shingles. When you install the drip edge over this strip it keeps the lower flange further from the home s siding which helps.

This will allow for expansion and contraction and prevent buckling. The starter course is comprised. Make sure the outer edge extends over the gutter. Coat the flat part of the flashing that sits on the deck using a putty knife.

4 deep nail the drip edge to the sheathing every 16 if installing multiple runs of drip edge lap them by 1 4 1 2 inch keeping the nail back from the lapped joint. Apply roofing cement when installing drip edge on an existing roof. This lets any water that gets on the roof run down the underlayment and over the drip edge. L shape drip edge is a simple 90 degree bend with a flare out at the bottom of the short leg.

Find and fix a leaking roof. Lift the shingles slide the drip edge underneath them and position it so that it extends over the gutters then replace the shingles and push down to seat the drip edge. Slip the wide flat flange of the material all the way under the first course of roof shingles as illustrated. The roof leg should extend a minimum of 2 back onto the roof sheathing.

A furring edge is a strip of one by two wood you install on the vertical surface of the house just beneath the roof s edge.