How To Install Vinyl Drip Edge For Vinyl Gutters

Cut your soffit pieces.

How to install vinyl drip edge for vinyl gutters.

Make sure the corner is tight and that the bottom edge is tight to the fascia before nailing off the drip edge. Nail high up on the drip edge so that the shingles will cover the nails. Nailing edge with 1 in. Slide the corner tight to the fascia.

Be sure to tuck the drip edge under the starter strip and felt paper. Install by nailing under shingles. Most overhangs are 6 or 1. You may need to nail through the starter strip into the drip edge.

Drip edge flashing can be used for new construction and reroofing projects. Drip edge is used to direct rainwater off of the roof and into your gutter system. Then secure gutter hangers along your house and fit the gutter sections into them. Apply a continuous bead of cement along the top of the drip edge then press down on the shingle.

Use along gutter line of the roof edge. Place the drip edge down aligning it so water will drip into the gutters. Next attach drainpipes to carry water from the downspout outlets to the ground and away from your house. The roof leg should extend a minimum of 2 back onto the roof sheathing.

Make sure to support the long end of the cut if you let it fall after cutting it will bend down and kink the drip edge. Secure the drip edge with roofing cement. Overhanging drip edge gives maximum protection from roof run off. 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.

Made from high quality vinyl construction. Place a nail at one end then the other. The end with the flange or flare should point down and away from the roof. Since soffit runs perpendicular to the wall you will be cutting many short pieces depending on the width of your overhang.

If necessary secure the ends of the drip edge with short roofing nails. Just be sure they re positioned high up under the shingles. Use roofing nails to secure the drip edge.