How To Install Drip Edge On Roof Corner

Make sure the corner is tight and that the bottom edge is tight to the fascia before nailing off the drip edge.

How to install drip edge on roof corner.

Preferred sequential method of installation otherwise is. Installing drip edge on your roof. 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. Cut the overlapping piece with the top edge to fit square against the end of the roof and the overhanging edge to fold around the corner.

Usually laps on drip and rake edges are minimal about an inch. Try to overlap on the sloped edges. While the vertical leg should be placed 1 4 1 2 away from the fascia. The trick is to make your cut s at the right spot so the drip isn t too tight to the fascia.

Secure the drip edge with roofing cement. Just be sure they re positioned high up under the shingles. This is important to protect damage to your fascia soffits rafters. Place a nail at one end then the other.

When you install the drip edge over this strip it keeps the lower flange further from the home s siding which helps to keep water further from the home. Please like and subscribe for more instructional videos. Then you will need to set the drip edge in such a way that water doesn t drain on the overlap. Drive one nail through both top edge pieces to secure the corner.

Slide the corner tight to the fascia. With without rain gutters. If necessary secure the ends of the drip edge with short roofing nails. Start working from one corner of the roof you will need to start nailing the drip edge from one corner of the roof.

Slide the overlapping corner under the other overhanging piece of drip edge. In today s video we go over the basic techniques to installing drip edge and rake edge on your roof. You may need to nail through the starter strip into the drip edge. Place the drip edge down aligning it so water will drip into the gutters.

Tools supplies tin sn. Drip i w eavs valleys felt paper rest of the roof rake edge. Install drip edges on the eaves first. If it doesn t pull the drip edge out slightly from under the shingles.