How To Properly Install Dripedge With Existing Gutters

In today s video we go over the basic techniques to installing drip edge and rake edge on your roof.

How to properly install dripedge with existing gutters.

No flashing at the roof edge. Begin at the lower corner of the roof and gradually progress to the top. In others it s not. Shingles extending off your roof deck the plywood osb or wood tongue and groove over your rafters and ice barrier or felt should extend over a metal drip edge roof apron or flashing.

How to properly install gutter drip edge 1. Snap layout lines photo by mary beth montgomery. This works out correctly if you do the eaves first. Apply a continuous bead of cement along the top of the drip edge then press down on the shingle.

Cut the gutters to size with a hacksaw and heavy duty tin snips. Use the other hand to hold the frame at the top by the wingnut. Then finish by installing the drip edge flashing on the rakes. Determine what works best for your house before ordering gutters and attachments.

Please like and subscribe for more instructional videos. Mark the point to be cut on the gutters with an erasable marker. How to install gutters in 8 steps 1. In many markets this is mandatory.

Use the nail spacing and pattern dictated by your code and or location. Begin installation it is best to install a drip edge on a day with warm weather because it makes it easier for the shingles to be stripped back. Raise the shingles and push the top rim of your drip edge beneath them. Mark the highest point of the gutter run on the fascia 1 inches below the metal drip edge flashing on the extra wide fascia shown here the gutter is lower down.

Hold the handle with your dominant hand and keep your index finger parallel to the top pointing toward the cutting direction for support. Secure the drip edge with roofing cement.