Putting Up Drip Edge On Trim Siding

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Putting up drip edge on trim siding.

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. Install these fragile starter strips with a 15 gauge. This is important to protect damage to your fascia soffits rafters. As seen in m.

Cut along the corner of the facing edge. Installing drip edge on your roof. Find your most beat up pieces of siding and rip them down into 1 1 4 in. Slide the corner tight to the fascia.

Outward kick along the bottom. You may need to nail through the starter strip into the drip edge. Nail in the center of the nailing slots. Snap a line 1 in.

When installing the starter strips allow a 1 8 inch space for corner posts and j channels for expansion. Bend the wide surface of the channel inward at this cut to make a drip edge tab and slide the tab under the sill channel. These strips installed at the bottom will make your first row of siding angle out to match the rest of the rows. 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.

And i include a 1 4 in. Get the real story about drip edge placement. The drip leg is at least 3 4 in. Slide the overlapping corner under the other overhanging piece of drip edge.

Cut one piece of drip edge square on both edges to fit against the end of the roof. With without rain gutters. Just be sure they re positioned high up under the shingles. Secure the drip edge with roofing cement.

Make sure the corner is tight and that the bottom edge is tight to the fascia before nailing off the drip edge. At the bottom make a 1 in. Create a drip edge. Above the bottom of the wall sheathing as a guide.

Keep ends of adjoining starter strips at least 1 4 inch apart to allow for expansion. Apply a continuous bead of cement along the top of the drip edge then press down on the shingle. 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.