Siding Drip Edge Installation

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.

Siding drip edge installation. Add the drip edge while it may be a common practice to install drip edge tight to the fascia silva advocates for a. Soffit and fascia starting with the soffit nail lengths of j channel against the inner edge of the fascia board. Secure the drip edge with roofing cement. Soffit and fascia if the soffit on your home wraps around a corner as with a hip roof you ll need to make some.

When installing the starter strips allow a 1 8 inch space for corner posts and j channels for expansion. Flush the end of the flashing length with the wall corner and secure the flashing to the framing with an 8d nail at each wall stud. Down preassemble the corners install fiber cement using a few special techniques layout the siding courses remove the plastic last flash the butt. This stock drip cap has a short backleg minimal drip leg and is often made from metal too thin to meet code standards.

Slip the wide flat flange of the material all the way under the first course of roof shingles as illustrated. Begin at either end of the wall and set the level middle section of the z flashing onto the top edge of the siding panel with the wider flange upward and against the wall framing. Keep ends of adjoining starter strips at least 1 4 inch apart to allow for expansion. Place a nail at one end then the other.

Make sure the outer edge extends over the gutter. And not very durable. The causeway connecting the house to the new garage in law suite needs a roof. Install the first length of z flashing.

Secure cap to siding next secure the drip cap to your siding using galvanized nails. Start with the ice barrier in climate zones prone to ice damming code requires that a self adhering ice barrier. You may need to nail through the starter strip into the drip edge. How to install drip edge and step flashing 1.

Tom silva starts off his roofing lesson with the apprentices by stressing the. Be sure that when you do this the cap itself slopes away from the window downwards forming an awning over the window. How to install a drip edge. Nail in the center of the nailing slots.

Just about the window apply flashing tape then slide the drip cap against the flashing tape and under the siding above it. Make sure the corner is tight and that the bottom edge is tight to the fascia before nailing off the drip edge. The back leg was only an inch and drip leg was just a square 90 degree 1 4 in. Installing vinyl siding in these 23 steps step 1.

If it doesn t pull the drip edge out slightly from under the shingles.