Proper Gutter Installation Drip Edge

The whole purpose is to direct the water into the gutters.

Proper gutter installation drip edge.

A drip edge is designed to take advantage of those forces and along with gravity direct water into the gutter. How to install a drip edge. 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. This works out.

The best practice is to always install the drip edge so that it is inside the gutter. For proper water drainage the drip edge on the rakes should always overlap the drip edge on the eaves. We can also relate it to gutter systems. Snap layout lines photo by mary beth montgomery.

It should never be installed outside the gutter i e against the fascia board. If you are installing a roof system drip edges and gutter aprons play the main role. A drip edge or a gutter apron keeps your roof secure by filtering out all the water from the attic into the gutter. When you install the drip edge over this strip it keeps the lower flange further from the home s siding which helps to keep water further from the home.

A furring edge is a strip of one by two wood you install on the vertical surface of the house just beneath the roof s edge. Direct water away from fascia. Secure the drip edge with roofing cement. It is best to install the drip on a warm day.

How to install gutters in 8 steps 1. A drip edge has to be resistant to possible erosion and should be 36 gauge or larger. Mark the highest point of the gutter run on the fascia 1 inches below the metal drip edge flashing on the extra wide fascia shown here the gutter is lower down. Drip edges have two key purposes.

If it doesn t pull the drip edge out slightly from under the shingles. Determine what works best for your house before ordering gutters and attachments. Iko 2019 in the sketch above the furring strip is shown in blue.