Roof Shingles Dont Extend Over Into Gutter

It s a fine balance but one that professional roofers know all about.

Roof shingles dont extend over into gutter.

It s the low side of the gutter and also same place where another 8 length gutter drops into it too. And you re going to slip underneath some flashing. If a drip edge has been installed some of this irregularity can be addressed by the rigidity in the metal. The contractor said the old shingles extended too far over the edge so now they must really hang too far over.

Now with the new roof on i have trouble getting my hand in the gutter. If water is dripping behind your gutter it s probably because it was installed without any flashing over the back of the gutter. What you need to do is to extend those roof shingles into the gutter. Too often to compensate for lack of drip edge or flashing shingles are installed too far forward covering what is supposed to be the open trough of your new gutter.

My plan was to bend and rivet a little sheet of aluminum to make a splash guard on the outside of the gutter at that point and also a splash guard behind the drip edge and into the gutter laying against the fascia. Home centers sell a gutter apron in 10 ft. Longer overlaps of asphalt shingles past the drip edge will hang over into the gutter will send roof runoff off of the roof rather than into the gutter and will eventually crack break and look gross. Too much and the shingles can blow off.

Shingles extend too far. Too little overhang and the water can leak through into fascia boards. In some markets you ll see roofers drop shingles down into the gutter. A gutter apron is a bent piece of flashing that tucks up under the shingles and over the gutter.

Simply put this is faulty installation where the shingles extend too far over the edge of the roof or are too close to the edge. I ve cleaned the gutters out 4 or 5 times since i bought the house a year ago. Is there a standard ex. Most shingle manufacturers recommend a 1 4 to 3 8 inch overhang over your eave which is where your roof ends by your gutter.

The gutter apron will prevent the dripping. In many cases and particularly as home ages and settles the roof edge at the eave edge can wave in and out by more than this amount. And you re lifting up the edges of those shingles at the bottom of the roof edge.