Retrofit Roof Drip Edge
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Retrofit roof drip edge. The drip edge is the bottom edge where if you had gutters the water would fall in there. I also ran some roofing nails through the drip edge into the fascia and topped the nails with some white gutter seal. If this slight overhang is too short water will drip behind the gutters leading to rotted roof sheathing and fascia stained siding and even soil erosion and a flooded basement. The gable or rake edge is that edge which runs up the roof pitch.
It is designed to protect the roof s sheathing from water damage caused by rain snow or ice. The leading edge of the flashing is called the drip edge. It s made by genoa the same people that make the plastic gutters. Some drip edge flashings actually help houses turn.
The weight of the shingles keeps the edging flat. One is the drip edge and the other is the rake or gable edge. Set your store to see local availability. Turns out not all drip edge flashing perform the same.
The 1x2 or 1 1 2 x 1 1 2 simply slides underneath the roof shingles and. Gary i saw a retrofit drip edge product at lowes. Hope i m not too late with the reply. Seems the drip edge plastic slides between the shingle and roof sheathing and barbs on the strip hold it in place without nailing.
Also called drip edge flashing or d metal they serve a vital function by directing water away from the fascia and into the gutter. What is drip edge flashing. Drip edges are metal sheets usually shaped like an l installed at the edge of the roof. The lower edge of a roof should extend beyond the fascia board by about 3 4 inch so that runoff drains into the gutters.
If your roof is already finished sans drip edge you can still do a drip edge retrofit installation. Drip edging is a strip of flashing that is applied to the edge of roofing prior to the installation of other items. Of drip edge in the amount of time the first 10 ft. Without a drip edge water may end up beneath the shingles and may cause damage to various parts of the home.
Using this method i put in 120 ft. No calk galvanized steel drip edge pipe flashing model 11815 11 92 11 92. Amerimax c3s 1 5 in x 10 ft unpainted galvanized galvanized steel drip edge. 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.