Installing New Roof Drip Edge

Use a flat pry bar and hammer to pry the nails out of the drip edge gently.

Installing new roof drip edge.

On the eaves the peel and stick goes over the drip edge though there is some argument in the industry as whether this is the best way to install drip edge. How to install drip edge flashing to a new roof. Using drip edge with a nailing edge approx. Make sure the corner is tight and that the bottom edge is tight to the fascia before nailing off the drip edge.

You may need to nail through the starter strip into the drip edge. The drip edge is nailed in place using 1 1 2 galvanized roofing nails. If it doesn t pull the drip edge out slightly from under the shingles. Apply a continuous bead of cement along the top of the drip edge then press down on the shingle.

Gently lift up the shingles on the edge of the roof and locate the nails holding the existing drip edge onto the roof. Secure the drip edge with roofing cement. You ll need to ask another roofing professional to hold up the shingles while you do so. Once free slide the drip edge out and discard.

On the rakes the drip edge goes over the membrane so the roofers apply the membrane first. 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 roof leg should extend a minimum of 2 back onto the roof sheathing. Install the new drip edge as described above with cement and nails.

How to install a drip edge. Place a nail at one end then the other. 4 deep nail the drip edge to the sheathing every 16. While the vertical leg should be placed 1 4 1 2 away from the fascia.

Make sure the outer edge extends over the gutter. Install roof drip edge along the eaves add underlayment then place drip edge along the gable end.