Roof Shingles Dont Extend Over Into Gutter

The vertical leg would extend down into the gutters and not have any face nails or screws.

Roof shingles dont extend over into gutter.

Now with the new roof on i have trouble getting my hand in the gutter. And you re lifting up the edges of those shingles at the bottom of the roof edge. On 2019 09 02 by david debord why doesn t the drip edge extend in to the gutter or in lieu of that. A gutter apron is a bent piece of flashing that tucks up under the shingles and over the gutter.

What you need to do is to extend those roof shingles into the gutter. Regardless the solution here is the same. My roof shingles are flush with with the eve so that when the water pours off of the roof it misses the gutter. How to extend roof shingles over edge so that can drop into my gutters.

A gutter guard shouldn t add to water issues on your home it should eliminate them from starting. Home centers sell a gutter apron in 10 ft. I ve cleaned the gutters out 4 or 5 times since i bought the house a year ago. I didn t have this problem before.

The gutter apron will prevent the dripping. Too little can allow water to seep into rake or fascia boards. It can at the gutter s high end if drip edge is installed spaced out from the fascia as we illustrate here and if gutter is properly secured to the fascia roof runoff water will drip into the gutter without more flashing. In almost every instance gutter installers take the path of least resistance and shove the gutter right underneath the roof shingles instead.

So because there s not a magic potion that will do that the way to fix this is to get a flat bar and that s a very thin pry bar. Is there a standard ex. Since we extend out and down over your gutter we can accommodate slightly longer roof shingles but not too much or the filter will be covered. The contractor said the old shingles extended too far over the edge so now they must really hang too far over.

I have been told i need to extend the shingles out so that the water can run from the last shingle to the gutter. When permitted it is best to have the roof shingles hang over the drip edge by a minimum of 1 4 and a maximum of 3 4. When combined with the drip edge spacing the shingles will clear the fascia by 3 4 1 1 4 total. Too much overhang and the shingles could blow off in high winds.

Gutters should be hung where a straight edge laying on your roof shingles can easily extend over the front lip of the gutter this is the proper installment location for the high point of the gutter. At mastershield we make a point of mirroring our leaf gutter guard to the pitch of your roof. The edge of the shingles should hang over a roof between an inch and an inch and a half or between a half inch and three quarters of an inch if drip edge flashing is installed.