Installing New Roof Drip Edge

The roof leg should extend a minimum of 2 back onto the roof sheathing.

Installing new roof drip edge.

How to install drip edge flashing to a new roof. If it doesn t pull the drip edge out slightly from under the shingles. You ll need to ask another roofing professional to hold up the shingles while you do so. While the vertical leg should be placed 1 4 1 2 away from the fascia.

Make sure the outer edge extends over the gutter. You may need to nail through the starter strip into the drip edge. Install the new drip edge as described above with cement and nails. 4 deep nail the drip edge to the sheathing every 16.

Install roof drip edge along the eaves add underlayment then place drip edge along the gable end. On the rakes the drip edge goes over the membrane so the roofers apply the membrane first. Use a flat pry bar and hammer to pry the nails out of the drip edge gently. Place a nail at one end then the other.

The common practice of installing drip edge tightly to the fascia creates a path for water to cling to the fascia and run down it wearing the face of the fascia and shortening its lifespan. Secure the drip edge with roofing cement. Using drip edge with a nailing edge approx. The drip edge is nailed in place using 1 1 2 galvanized roofing nails.

Gently lift up the shingles on the edge of the roof and locate the nails holding the existing drip edge onto the 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. The best way is to install the roof drip edge only along the eaves first then place ice and water barrier in the snowbelt or felt paper underlayment over the 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. Apply a continuous bead of cement along the top of the drip edge then press down on the shingle.