Roof Edge With No Gutters

Most sloping roofs can accommodate a rain chain even without a gutter.

Roof edge with no gutters.

Divert rainwater without gutters or downspouts with a rain chain. Shingles extending off your roof deck the plywood osb or wood tongue and groove over. The water hits a peak of your home and essentially just slides right off onto the ground where it belongs. How to properly install gutter drip edge 1.

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. The rainhandler gutter self cleaning system protect you from the need to climb ladders and roofs to clean clogged gutters. This is important to protect damage to your fascia soffits rafters. The drip edge can also be used along with a rain gutter to properly channel runoff water from the roof into the gutter.

Home centers sell rolls of 6 in. Ground gutter a ground gutter can help protect the house foundation and siding from rainwater without being too conspicuous. With without rain gutters. Use a flat pry bar and hammer to pry the nails out of the drip edge gently.

Installing drip edge on your roof. Study your roof and how it expels rain water before you install your gutterless rain chain. No flashing at the roof edge. The higher the slope of a roof is the lower the chances that you ll face any type of water damage.

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. Shingles extend too far. 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. Once the apron s in place fasten it with sheet metal screws.

Too often to compensate for lack of drip edge or flashing shingles are installed too far. It can be done. No gutters downspouts leaders or splash blocks to detract from the natural beauty of your home. Learn more about rainhandler at ask this old house.

Tools supplies tin sn. Gently lift up the shingles on the edge of the roof and locate the nails holding the existing drip edge onto. 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.