How To Install Drip Edge On Rake Of Roof

Three tips for overlapping drip edge flashing.

How to install drip edge on rake of roof.

Use nails as before. How to install a drip edge. Please like and subscribe for more instructional videos. When you get to a corner where the rake and eave edge meet simply install the rake s drip edge on top of the flap you left when installing the eave s drip edge.

If it doesn t pull the drip edge out slightly from under the shingles. The drip edge should completely cover the edge of the moisture barrier. Make sure the outer edge extends over the gutter. Apply a continuous bead of cement along.

Cut the end of the rake flashing flush with the edge of the eave. Slip the wide flat flange of the material all the way under the first course of roof shingles as illustrated. In today s video we go over the basic techniques to installing drip edge and rake edge on your roof. When water runs down the roof it pauses a moment before pouring off.

Because paul is working alone he sets the drip edge flashing in place on the rake and cuts and bends it in place. Then install drip edges on the rakes. This lets any water that gets on the roof run down the underlayment and. 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.

Install roof drip edge along the eaves add underlayment then place drip edge along the gable end. While the vertical leg should be placed 1 4 1 2 away from the fascia. The roof leg should extend a minimum of 2 back onto the roof sheathing. Overlap pieces at least a couple of inches shingle style with pieces higher up on the roof overlapping pieces lower down.

Secure the drip edge with roofing cement. 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.