Putting Up Drip Edge On Trim Siding

Secure the drip edge with roofing cement.

Putting up drip edge on trim siding.

Nail in the center of the nailing slots. Tools supplies tin sn. This is important to protect damage to your fascia soffits rafters. Bend the wide surface of the channel inward at this cut to make a drip edge tab and slide the tab under the sill channel.

Install these fragile starter strips with a 15 gauge. Just be sure they re positioned high up under the shingles. These strips installed at the bottom will make your first row of siding angle out to match the rest of the rows. At the bottom make a 1 in.

Slide the corner tight to the fascia. When installing the starter strips allow a 1 8 inch space for corner posts and j channels for expansion. Find your most beat up pieces of siding and rip them down into 1 1 4 in. Cut the overlapping piece with the top edge to fit square against the end of the roof and the overhanging edge to fold around the corner.

Outward kick along the bottom. Snap a line 1 in. The drip leg is at least 3 4 in. Create a drip edge.

Get the real story about drip edge placement. As seen in m. Installing drip edge on your roof. Place a nail at one end then the other.

This does two things it pushes the water a little further out away from the trim the flashing is protecting and it helps stiffen the bottom edge so it stay straight as the metal expands and contracts with temperature. And i include a 1 4 in. Does the drip edge metal go under the tarpaper ice and water shield or underlayment on the eave. You may need to nail through the starter strip into the drip edge.

Slide the overlapping corner under the other overhanging piece of drip edge. Apply a continuous bead of cement along the top of the drip edge then press down on the shingle. If necessary secure the ends of the drip edge with short roofing nails. Cut along the corner of the facing edge.

Keep ends of adjoining starter strips at least 1 4 inch apart to allow for expansion. Above the bottom of the wall sheathing as a guide. Cut one piece of drip edge square on both edges to fit against the end of the roof.