Installing Drip Edge On New Roof

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.

Installing drip edge on new roof.

Once free slide the drip edge out and discard. Slip the wide flat flange of the material all the way under the first course of roof shingles as illustrated. How to install a drip edge. Use a flat pry bar and hammer to pry the nails out of the drip edge gently.

If it doesn t pull the drip edge out slightly from under the shingles. Slide the corner tight to the fascia. Place a nail at one end then the other. Be sure to tuck the drip edge under the starter strip and felt paper.

While the vertical leg should be placed 1 4 1 2 away from the fascia. 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. Slowly lift a shingle that is closest to the apex of the roof. Add the drip edge using drip edge with a nailing edge approx.

Gently slide the flatter side of the drip edge under the eave. Push the drip edge a bit so that it passes under the shingle and appears from its other side. The roof leg should extend a minimum of 2 back onto the roof sheathing. 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. Using a utility knife cut back the front end of the drip edge. Make sure the corner is tight and that the bottom edge is tight to the fascia before nailing off the drip edge. It can be done.

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. Gently lift up the shingles on the edge of the roof and locate the nails holding the existing drip edge onto. Secure the drip edge with roofing cement.