How To Install Rain Gutters Under Drip Edge

Secure the drip edge with roofing cement.

How to install rain gutters under drip edge.

Rotate the gutter upward until its back edge slips into the hooks at the top of the back of the brackets as shown. Slip the wide flat flange of the material all the way under the first course of roof shingles as illustrated. With without rain gutters. Secure the gutters to the fascia brackets using machine screws.

Tools supplies tin sn. How to install a drip edge. If your gutter has been previously installed rather than taking it down and redoing it you can easily place a small strip of metal flashing under the drip edge and over the back of the gutter as shown by the illustration at the bottom of this page so the water will shed into the gutter. Make sure the drip edge coming from the shingle is bending against the fascia board because when it rains it s going to come down the roof and stick to the drip edge.

Afterward insert a 1 inch 2 5 cm 8 32 stainless steel machine screw through the hole and cap it with a flanged nut to secure the gutter to the bracket. Make sure the outer edge extends over the gutter. This will force the water into the gutter. Home centers sell rolls of 6 in.

Does the gutter go under over or behind a drip edge. Use tin snips to cut the gutter apron flashing roll in two 3 in. This is important to protect damage to your fascia soffits rafters. If it doesn t pull the drip edge out slightly from under the shingles.

Installing drip edge on your roof. If you don t bend the drip edge out the water will stick to that drip edge and fall behind the gutter. Use an electric drill to create a 3 16 inch 0 48 cm diameter hole into the front side of 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.