Roof Edge With No Gutters

The water hits a peak of your home and essentially just slides right off onto the ground where it belongs.

Roof edge with no gutters.

Check out your roof slope. How to properly install gutter drip edge 1. Tools supplies tin sn. Most sloping roofs can accommodate a rain chain even without a gutter.

Once the apron s in place fasten it with sheet metal screws. Gently lift up the shingles on the edge of the roof and locate the nails holding the existing drip edge onto. Ground gutter a ground gutter can help protect the house foundation and siding from rainwater without being too conspicuous. No flashing at the roof edge.

Homes that were constructed with no gutters may have been built that way for a reason. No gutters downspouts leaders or splash blocks to detract from the natural beauty of your home. Installing drip edge on your roof. Shingles extending off your roof deck the plywood osb or wood tongue and groove over.

Shingles extend too far. Study your roof and how it expels rain water before you install your gutterless rain chain. Smart vent a special roof eaves vent product that provides a 3 4 opening about 6 above the top of the roof drip edge. Once free slide the drip edge out and discard.

Unguttered roofs quickly develop a trench like water line in the soil directly below the roof s edge which can pound plants to mush while guiding the water toward the foundation a big no no both because you don t want damp basements and because the mass of water can eventually de stabilize the foundation leading to cracks or worse. Since roof slopes will vary from home to home so will the trajectory of the water that streams from a roof through a crevice or crease during a storm. With without rain gutters. It can be done.

If there s a drip edge installed where the fascia meets your shingles and the gutter is hung below the drip edge get some roll flashing and tuck it up under the drip edge and over the top of the gutter. Too often to compensate for lack of drip edge or flashing shingles are installed too far. Venting solutions for roofs with no overhang or soffit install special roof intake venting products that work at the lower edge of the roof decking underneath the first course of shingles. Home centers sell rolls of 6 in.

The higher the slope of a roof is the lower the chances that you ll face any type of water damage. Learn more about rainhandler at ask this old house. The drip edge can also be used along with a rain gutter to properly channel runoff water from the roof into the gutter. Divert rainwater without gutters or downspouts with a rain chain.