Putting Up Drip Edge On Trim Siding

Slide the corner tight to the fascia.

Putting up drip edge on trim siding. These strips installed at the bottom will make your first row of siding angle out to match the rest of the rows. Install these fragile starter strips with a 15 gauge. Place a nail at one end then the other. Just be sure they re positioned high up under the shingles.

Does the drip edge metal go under the tarpaper ice and water shield or underlayment on the eave. This is important to protect damage to your fascia soffits rafters. Installing drip edge on your roof. Create a drip edge.

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. And i include a 1 4 in. You may need to nail through the starter strip into the drip edge. With without rain gutters.

Nail in the center of the nailing slots. When installing the starter strips allow a 1 8 inch space for corner posts and j channels for expansion. To seal the edge of a siding panel where it has been cut and to secure it to the wall you can use under sill trim. 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.

Slide the overlapping corner under the other overhanging piece of drip edge. Secure the drip edge with roofing cement. The drip leg is at least 3 4 in. Outward kick along the bottom.

Make sure the corner is tight and that the bottom edge is tight to the fascia before nailing off the drip edge. If necessary secure the ends of the drip edge with short roofing nails. Above the bottom of the wall sheathing as a guide. As seen in m.

Cut along the corner of the facing edge. At the bottom make a 1 in. Snap a line 1 in. Keep ends of adjoining starter strips at least 1 4 inch apart to allow for expansion.

Tools supplies tin sn. Find your most beat up pieces of siding and rip them down into 1 1 4 in. Cut one piece of drip edge square on both edges to fit against the end of the roof.