Detailed View Seamless Gutters Installed Behind Drip Edge

A drip edge is designed to take advantage of those forces and along with gravity direct water into the gutter.

Detailed view seamless gutters installed behind drip edge.

Most premade drip edge flashin. 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. 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. Home centers sell rolls of 6 in.

Does the gutter go under over or behind a drip edge. Posted by everything gutter on sep 15 2015 in downspouts gutter cleaning gutter guards gutter repair gutter sagging ice dams leaky joints leaky seams new gutters seamless gutters seamless rain gutters comments off on does the gutter go under over or behind a drip edge. The first mistake that some gutter installation agencies make is installing gutters on top of the drip edge called roof flashing. If the gutter is lower than the bottom edge of the drip edge install flashing behind the drip edge and over the back edge of the gutter to remove the gap.

Direct water away from fascia. Drip edges have two key purposes. 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. Water stains dirt debris and dripping water behind a gutter are usually the result of poorly installed or missing drip edge.

Being a manufacturer of roof edgings and an installer of gutters i know first hand it s not always possible to get the gutter behind the drip. Use tin snips to cut the gutter apron flashing roll in two 3 in.