The idiots that put my roof on before I bought my house didn't install a drip edge. Water is picking up the underside of my shingles on to the fascia board. I took a look at my gutters before heading into town to buy drip edge and realized that the gutters were hung as high as possible. The gutter nails are right at the end of the shingles leaving no room for a drip edge to hang down. Any ideas other than removing and reinstalling the gutters?
Cut a notch in the drip edge (the part that lays against the fascia) to go around the nails, it's a bit of a pita but works.
Thanks. I thought about that but didn't know if it was a half-azz idea. At least the edging is cheap so if I mess it up it's not a big expense.
Had the same problem, cut slits in the drip edge by the hangers and bent the material up slightly. Benefit with the drip edge over lapping the gutter is no water getting between the gutter and fascia.
That was not a mistake. Almost nobody uses drip edge in the pnw. I certainly don’t have any on my last few homes and last few roofs that I helped with. Really, no metal edge product is needed anywhere if you are a competent roofer. In any case, that drip edge doesn’t protect the fascia board as much as the edge of the sheathing that should be on top of the fascia. I have double layer of sheathing so I have thought about adding some drip edge and my gutters are screwed, not nailed, to the fascia. My plan was to remove the two or three gutter screws needed per stick of drip edge, install the drip edge, and then drive the screws through the drip edge back into the holes. Did you plan on nailing the upper part of the drip edge into the roof deck?
Most gutters I have seen are tucked behind the drip edge and then nailed/screwed through the gutter and drip edge into the fascia. As Highbeam stated, pull enough nails for each piece of drip edge and work your way down the length of the roof.
Sorry I strongly disagree, the drip edge protects from driving rain. Any competent roofer would use drip edge end of story. I've done hundreds of roofs and we always used drip edge, cheap fly by night roofers don't use it. Asphalt shingle manufacturers also recommend it with their product. They probably won't warranty their product if it isn't on the roof. I'm not sure about tile roofs, but as rainy as the PNW is, I wouldn't think a tile roof would be appropriate either. Removing nails or screws works well for adding drip edge, you can't always tuck gutter behind drip edge because it needs to have a slight slope to drain well. Short runs are probably doable but when you're talking 30+ feet runs it isn't going to happen. Also if the gutters freeze up, it will go up under the drip edge and defeats the purpose of the drip edge.
It doesn’t hurt to install drip edge but it is certainly not required. Go look at a new house in a neighborhood with a comp roof. You’ll be lucky to even get a fascia board and you won’t get drip edge. They often attach the gutters right to the truss tails. Code does not require drip edge. Maybe it’s a regional thing? We Washingtonians certainly ought to be the experts in roofing!
I agree you guys should, but I have to wonder with what you're saying. We are close in precipitation Climate Washington - temperature, rainfall and average vs Climate Youngstown - Ohio and Weather averages Youngstown Code funny thing... Not every place adopts the standard, not every inspector cares. It's the minimum to do things and most people will only do the minimum. IBC 2006 1507.2.9.3 Drip edge. Provide drip edge at eaves and gables of shingle roofs. Overlap to be a minimum of 2 inches (51 rom). Eave drip edges shall extend 0.25 inch (6.4 rom) below sheathing and extend back on the roof a minimum of 2 inches (51 rom). Drip edge shall be mechanically fastened a maximum of 12 inches (305 rom) O.c. Just because they do it, doesn't mean they are doing it right. In the construction trade these days, it's all about faster quicker more efficient, move on to the next job. It's very rare to find people who truly care and think of it as a craft, take pride in it and treat it as such. Probably go broke if you did these days anyway. We used ice and water shield as a standard back in the 90's and still used drip edge. I think people who don't use it; don't care,or are ignorant or both and that goes with not installing fascia board too. If you don't think it's necessary and don't want to pay for it, don't it isn't my roof.
