When my house was reroofed about 10 years ago, the contractor did not install drip edges either horizontally along the gutters or along the eaves. Along the bottom edge of the roof, the contractor doubled up the shingles (I believe) instead of putting in proper drip edge. Question: How advisable is it to install drip edge at this point? If advisable, can the new edge (2″ flange) be simply inserted between the bottom shingle and tar paper and nailed?
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My first question would be:
Are you having any problems with the roof function without the dripedge?
Is there any wood exposed, or any way for your framing, fascia to rot due to the lack of dripedge?
I'm not sure how much you know about roofing, but just for the sake of saying, there are always two layers of shingles that look to be doubled up at the eaves. One is a starter shingle, used to make sure your first course does not have any exposed seams on the sheathing/tarpaper; thus preventing leaks.
If you cannot identify any problems with my two questions above, then why bother, other than to make it look pretty? That may be enough reason for me, but the truth is that only roofers truly look at the roof.
You may be able to sneak in the dripedge on the eaves, but very unlikely on the rake without pulling nails - -if the roofer nailed that correctly.
Gotta disagree with your logic there. Just because you can't see something or identify a problem doesn't mean it was done right. Of course, who decides "right"?
As far as a drip edge is concerned I would always put them at the eaves and up the gable end but that is me. If the customer doesn't specify then the roofer may be able to do it the way he wants but I know people who have been talked out of installing drip edges by a roofer because "we don't do that here."
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I always use a drip edge too, but doing without is not necessarikly wrong, just not roight enough.But to try adding it now would do more damage than good
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I don't seem to be having any rot problems, but then I would not want to wait another few years, find rot, and have to replace the siding/fascia/etc. Also there is a piece of 1x2 that runs along the edge under the shingle course that is getting holes gnawed in it, probably from either squirrels or woodpeckers or even bugs. The drip caps I have seem would cover this area and prevent this kind of damage.
After ten years with no problems, don't worry about it.
BTW, the eave is where the gutter is, the rake is the other edge of the roof.
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