Fixing the roofer's mistake - installing a drip edge
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- Опубліковано 15 жов 2024
- I had my house re-shingled in 2013, but the roofer did not put a drip edge on it. This has lead to some issues with water dripping in places it shouldn't, and it will lead to the edge of my roof sheathing rotting.
Do you have any suggestions on what to do for a drip edge that is over the back of the gutter, but the grade of the gutter results in half of the gutter being lower than the drip edge and resulting in dripa between gutter and fascia?
Is it possible to bend the drip edge outwards so that it's bottom edge will drip into the gutter? I'm actually having a similar problem at a roof intersection location on my house. I keep getting a drip between the gutter and the fascia. I haven't been able to fix it yet.
@thewrighthandyman8139 I have agutter specialist coming this week. He says judging on the satellite view, the run is too long for a basic drip edge. He is saying he will have to install what is called a gutter guard to make it work properly.
@@MP57719 Interesting, I have never worked with anything like that. Let me know if it works.
@@thewrighthandyman8139 I am not a contractor nor know much about gutters but, I had a gutter company here yesterday and we talked about how we had a 36 foot long run and the drip edge is not in the gutter correctly leading to the downspout. He suggested possibly putting in another downspout or they could possibly rivet on a piece where the gutter is too low thus making an extension and get the water correctly into the gutter.
@@sony1998 Thanks for letting me know, I'm not a gutter expert either.
You don't need drip edge. Your supposed to have gutter apron there.
I hadn't heard of gutter apron before, mind you I did roofing over 30 years ago and was just a grunt. However, after looking it up, it does look like the preferred method although gutter apron and drip edge are very similar and both can be used (from what I've read).
2 questions:
1) The roofer did not provide a gap from the fascia board - can I bend the drip edge away from the fascia board?
2) If I have to remove and reinstall the drip flashing, should the flashing go under all 3 layers of roofing material?
Thanks
You should be able to bend the drip edge a bit if necessary, as long as it doesn't crack. I would install it under all the roofing if possible. If you can, put it right on the wood sheathing. If not, get it under as much of the roofing as possible.
The insurance company did not hire the roofer… You did. Insurance companies do not hire roofers for policyholders. It is up to you to do your own research.
@truepatriot111 this roofer was the preferred and recommended contractor by the insurance company. I assumed that a company that is preferred by an insurance company would be half decent, my mistake. Most likely, the insurance company recommends the cheapest contractor which is why they were cutting corners. I don't use insurance company recommendations anymore.