How To Install Drip Edge Flashing On Roof

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.

How to install drip edge flashing on roof. Slide the corner tight to the fascia. The starter course is comprised of a shingle that s roughly half the width of the field shingles. Be sure to tuck the drip edge under the starter strip and felt paper. Select enough lengths of flashing to cover it.

Gaf mastering the roof chapter 05 the drip edge is critical to provide a finished look and to add waterproofing. The roof leg should extend a minimum of 2 back onto the roof sheathing. How to install drip edge flashing on a roof hunker. This will allow for expansion and contraction and prevent buckling.

Place a nail at one end then the other. Learn more about drip edge at. Install the starter course. While the vertical leg should be placed 1 4 1 2 away from the fascia.

You may need to nail through the starter strip into the drip edge. Measure the length of the eave you need to cover with drip edge using a tape measure. 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. The drip edge should be installed on top of the underlayment at all rakes and below or on top of the underlayment at the eaves.

At the eaves when installing the drip edge on top the underlayment a 4 inch wide layer of asphalt roof cement complying with the astm d4586 type i or type ii is required. Make sure the corner is tight and that the bottom edge is tight to the fascia before nailing off the drip edge.