Installing drip edge on a new roof or re roofing job.
Prepping drip edge for gutters.
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.
If not installed properly this will impact the effectiveness of your whole gutter systems.
Home centers sell rolls of 6 in.
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We can also relate it to gutter systems.
If you are installing a roof system drip edges and gutter aprons play the main role.
A drip edge is designed to take advantage of those forces and along with gravity direct water into the gutter.
Direct water away from fascia.
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Help keep water away from your foundation by repairing leaky metal gutters.
Hence it is no longer behind the drip edge but you should make sure that the drip.
Home centers sell rolls of 6 in.
During installation the gutter is usually at the opposite end of the downspout but it will go up behind the drip edge by the time you align the gutter and get to the other end where the downspout is situated.
Once in place fasten the apron with sheet metal screws.
If your roof has drip edge installed where the fascia meets your shingles with the gutter hung below the drip edge get some rolled flashing and tuck it up under the drip edge and over the top of the gutter.
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A drip edge or a gutter apron keeps your roof secure by filtering out all the water from the attic into the gutter.
The drip edge further diverts it into the gutter.
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Drip edges have two key purposes.
Some rain runoff by capillary action runs up under the shingle drip edge and down the fascia behind the gutter.
If there s a drip edge installed where the fascia meets your shingles and the gutter is hung below the drip edge get some roll flashing and tuck it up under the drip edge and over the top of the gutter.
Does the drip edge metal go under the tarpaper ice and water shield or underlayment on the eave.
