Rubber Roof Drip Edge Repair

This article describes an epdm roof installation study roof repair history spanning fourteen years from original rubber roof installation and the mistakes shortcuts that led to leaks and trouble to an extensive tear off and re roof repair that was made along the entire problem roof s lower edge.

Rubber roof drip edge repair.

It bends around the edge of the roof channeling any moisture that penetrates the shingles away from the roof decking. This is important to protect damage to your fascia soffits rafters. I m going to have to replace some on them but i m wondering if it would make sense to slip another piece with drip edge underneath that angle all around to protect the rest of the wood. Leaky epdm rubber roof repair details.

The wood 1x2 strips underneath are rotting. We illustrate how choice of the wrong roof edge. This lets any water that gets on the roof run down the underlayment and over the drip edge. The edge of it doesn t have a drip edge it s just straight aluminum angle.

Installing drip edge on your roof. Maybe just glue it in. The best way is to install the roof drip edge only along the eaves first then place ice and water barrier in the snowbelt or felt paper underlayment over the drip edge. With without rain gutters.

Metal drip edge flashing is an important element of any roofing edge.