How To Install Drip Edge On Gable Roof

Place the drip.

How to install drip edge on gable roof.

Make a 1 mark from the edge on top of the gable trim. Using your combo square mark a 45 degree line along the drip edge. Install drip edges on the eaves first. 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.

If it doesn t pull the drip edge out slightly from under the shingles. Asphalt roofing felt paper and nail it in place. Apply a continuous bead of cement along. At the right of the roof along the gable end we see more drip edge being used to flash the roof gable end fascia trim and roof edge.

Mark discusses placement of the gable edge trim at the eave joining two pieces of the gab. Make a 3 mark from the edge on top of the gable trim. How to install a drip edge. In addition 1 proposes 7 vents for 1500 sq.

I prefer to install the gable drip edge under the felt though that detail is less critical than at the lower roof edge or eaves. Using t bevel which was previously locked to the pitch of your roof mark a line on the drip edge side of the gable up to the 3 mark. Oddly enough it is not the same roofer. The roof leg should extend a minimum of 2 back onto the roof sheathing.

This video covers the installation process of the gable edge trim. 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. Slip the wide flat flange of the material all the way under the first course of roof shingles as illustrated. Drip edge at gables color and ice water shield and shingles on low slope.

And roofer 1 has his men put in nails by hand and will not use a power tool for that. More expensive roofer 1. Repeat steps for gabled ends installing the drip edge up the roof along the gable. Roofer 2 proposes no drip edge and no shingles on the low slope.

Pull the drip edge down about a half inch from that line to create a gap between the drip edge and the fascia board. Ft and roofer 2 wants to put in 4. Install roof drip edge along the eaves add underlayment then place drip edge along the gable end. Nail the drip edge in place using 1 inch galvanized roofing nails and a hammer.

Secure the drip edge with roofing cement.