How To Install Roof Drip Edge Video

Place the drip.

How to install roof drip edge video. 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. 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. How to install a drip edge. Make sure the outer edge extends over the gutter.

If it doesn t pull the drip edge out slightly from under the shingles. This will allow for expansion and contraction and prevent buckling. The starter course is comprised. Some drip edge flashings actually help houses turn.

Install drip edges on the eaves first. 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. The leading edge of the flashing is called the drip edge. Turns out not all drip edge flashing perform the same.

In this video paulricalde shows the two main types of roof drip edge flashing how to cut both inside and outside corners on them and how to retrofit drip edge on a simple roof. Slip the wide flat flange of the material all the way under the first course of roof shingles as illustrated. Secure the drip edge with roofing cement.