Roof Edge Flashing Installation

Add the drip edge while it may be a common practice to install drip edge tight to the fascia silva advocates for a.

Roof edge flashing installation.

Tip 2 is. Tack the edge in place with a roofing nail every foot or so. The drip edge should be installed on top of the underlayment at all rakes and below or on top of the underlayment at the eaves. Start with the ice barrier in climate zones prone to ice damming code requires that a self adhering ice barrier.

Drive the nail through the drip edge into the roof surface not through the fascia. Start the installation at the lower edge of the roof and work your way up toward the peak. While the vertical leg should be placed 1 4 1 2 away from the fascia. When lapping the eave metal overlap them so the seam faces away from the direction of prevailing view.

The drip edge should be nailed beneath the builder s felt but over the fascia board. After you ve correctly installed the valley flashing you can install the drip edge which is corner shaped and will be attached with nails along the edge of the roof. The best way is to install the roof drip edge only along the eaves first then place ice and water barrier in the snowbelt or felt paper underlayment over the drip edge. Roof flashing is a thin material usually galvanized steel that professional roofers use to direct water away from critical areas of the roof wherever the roof plane meets a vertical surface like a wall or a dormer.

Three tips for overlapping drip edge flashing. At the eaves when installing the drip edge on top the underlayment a 4 inch wide layer of asphalt roof cement complying with the astm d4586 type i or type ii is required. Cover the nail heads with roofing cement and stick the felt down. Roof drip edge flashing corner detail.

Overlap pieces at least a couple of inches shingle style with pieces higher up on the roof overlapping pieces lower. Install roof drip edge along the eaves add underlayment then place drip edge along the gable end. How to install drip edge and step flashing 1. The roof leg should extend a minimum of 2 back onto the roof sheathing.