Vinyl Drip Edge Installation

Make sure the outer edge extends over the gutter.

Vinyl drip edge installation.

They are also known as d metal. Amerimax 1 5 in x 10 ft unpainted galvanized galvanized steel drip edge. Made from high quality vinyl construction. It is vital to install drip edge flashing.

Install by nailing under shingles. Drip edge flashing can be used for new construction and reroofing projects. A drip edge is designed to take advantage of those forces and along with gravity direct water into the gutter. Due to cohesion surface tension and other forces water droplets tend to stick to one another and to the surfaces they are on albeit slightly.

How to install a drip edge slip the wide flat flange of the material all the way under the first course of roof shingles as illustrated. If it doesn t pull the drip edge out slightly from under the shingles. By far the cheapest option vinyl drip edge is also the most likely to falter. Use along gutter line of the roof edge.

December 27 2018 a look at types of drip edge flashing how to cut it and how to retrofit it to an existing roof drip edge flashing is any flashing that protects a building element by shedding water. Drip edges are usually available in the shape of t. Drip edges have two key purposes. Drip edge is used to direct rainwater off of the roof and into your gutter system.

It directs all the water away from the fascia and then into the gutter. Then lag screw the ledger to the house using the fastener pattern approved in your plan. Drip edge installation on an existing roof. While the vertical leg should be placed 1 4 1 2 away from the fascia.

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. Drip edge is applied on the edge of the house roof to filter out all the water from the roof system. Overhanging drip edge gives maximum protection from roof run off. Vinyl is not metal but it does offer easy handling and installation.

The leading edge of the flashing is called the drip edge. The roof leg should extend a minimum of 2 back onto the roof sheathing.