Vinyl Drip Edge Installation

Overhanging drip edge gives maximum protection from roof run off.

Vinyl drip edge installation.

A drip edge is designed to take advantage of those forces and along with gravity direct water into the gutter. It directs all the water away from the fascia and then into the gutter. Vinyl is not metal but it does offer easy handling and installation. They are also known as d metal.

Drip edges have two key purposes. While the vertical leg should be placed 1 4 1 2 away from the fascia. 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. The leading edge of the flashing is called the drip edge.

Install by nailing under shingles. The roof leg should extend a minimum of 2 back onto the roof sheathing. Amerimax 1 5 in x 10 ft unpainted galvanized galvanized steel drip edge. If you have vinyl siding on your shed you can purchase a drip edge from the same manufacturer to match the siding.

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. If it doesn t pull the drip edge out slightly from under the shingles. Make sure the outer edge extends over the gutter. Use along gutter line of the roof edge.

Drip edge is used to direct rainwater off of the roof and into your gutter system. Install undersill trim along the edge of the vinyl over the flashing at the top and bottom. It is vital to install drip edge flashing. 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.

Drip edge flashing can be used for new construction and reroofing projects. Made from high quality vinyl construction. By far the cheapest option vinyl drip edge is also the most likely to falter. 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.

Then lag screw the ledger to the house using the fastener pattern approved in your plan. Drip edges are usually available in the shape of t.