Edge Drip
superxll
Sun Jul 10, 2005 8:16 pm
would like to confirm. I thought I should put edge drip before felt. while the specialist in Home Depot told me the otherwise. I am a little bit confused after talking with him...
appreciate the help very much!
appreciate the help very much!
Pride_roofing
Sun Jul 10, 2005 8:56 pm
Well on any job the applicators manual all state drip goes on first. So like i have said a million times experts my turd cutter. If you are doing this yourself with ur dims you need 1 roll of felt + whatever you are adding from. Staple the flet down. Do not use nails they will go thru unless you are hand nailing. Since you have a vallley in this on both sides. I can only assume and that s a bad thing but. Make sure you READ the shingle packages. They explain the whole thing, funny thing is people forget to read.
superxll
Sun Jul 10, 2005 10:12 pm
thanks a lot!
G-Tape
Mon Jul 11, 2005 1:07 am
I would put felt first, then the drip edge.
Master
Mon Jul 11, 2005 1:20 am
I nail my felt every job with a pnuematic and it doesnt go through.
QRFL
Mon Jul 11, 2005 6:11 am
i always use to put the drip over the felt it seems to hold the felt down and i feel more comfortable working on that first row of felt with that added security of the drip keeping it from sliding if it rips (depending on your roof pitch) also the shingles seem to lay down better if the felt is nice and flat with the metal over it, otherwise felt may lift the shingles a little if it curls up.
i,ve seen companies changing their system to installing the felt over the drip along the bottom edge of the roof (eaves),and under the metal along the sides (rakes), wich makes sence as far as waterproofing following the pitch of the roof. i will keep doing it under the metal even if the bottom is backwards for all i know all this years of doing it, it saved my life from a fall, if you staple specially and using lightweight felt like the #15 on a warm day the felt can rip thru the fasteners.
as far as home depot people we hear a lot how they confuse customers,better ask a contractor like the ones you find here.
good luck and god bless
i,ve seen companies changing their system to installing the felt over the drip along the bottom edge of the roof (eaves),and under the metal along the sides (rakes), wich makes sence as far as waterproofing following the pitch of the roof. i will keep doing it under the metal even if the bottom is backwards for all i know all this years of doing it, it saved my life from a fall, if you staple specially and using lightweight felt like the #15 on a warm day the felt can rip thru the fasteners.
as far as home depot people we hear a lot how they confuse customers,better ask a contractor like the ones you find here.
good luck and god bless
smokingun17
Mon Jul 11, 2005 10:49 am
dont ever ask home depot people anything, they very lil about construction other than at the end of the week they geta check. they are very uninformed and lost when it actually comes to applications..
as the one reply went, metal on bottom first, metal over the sides. 20 plus years of doing this same application, has worked best for me and others I have taught.................there is never a specialist at any home depot unless he is buying something, they do not work there, they know better..
as the one reply went, metal on bottom first, metal over the sides. 20 plus years of doing this same application, has worked best for me and others I have taught.................there is never a specialist at any home depot unless he is buying something, they do not work there, they know better..
Master
Mon Jul 11, 2005 12:17 pm
All the shingle wrappers i read say felt first then edge metal.
smokingun17
Mon Jul 11, 2005 1:30 pm
felt then metal. logic, if water does happen to get under the shingle, it would run over the felt and over the drip edge.if you do it felt then metal, then you run the risk of water gettin between the metal and felt and running into the facia area and rottin what ever it happens to run on to.same with metal over the felt on the eave, if water does get under the shingle, it would run over the metal and onto the felt. I really dont care what the package says, Ive been doing this long enough to know how water runs and how it would get into certain areas. butif you like doing what all packages say, feel free. but because I have seen so much damage when felt is run under the metal, I would prefer to do metal then felt.
Master
Mon Jul 11, 2005 2:42 pm
I prefer not to let the water run under my roof covering.
Randall
Sun Jul 24, 2005 11:44 am
Think Gravity
dougger222
Sun Jul 24, 2005 4:24 pm
Minnesota roofing code says drip edge under the ice and water and over the felt.
Agreed, the home depot guys are the worst people to ask for advice. Go to a roofing center or a lumber yard and ask a prof. who has delt with building for several years. Going to either places you will usually leave with all your questions answered.
The other day while looking at the "Jon Deere's" at home depot the salesman tried telling me they were the real deal. Just because the paint is green don't mean there anything better than a Craftsman. A real Deere will run you $5,000 mimumal and thats for a pretty small rider. The smallest diesel powered Deere rider is $11,000! I guess he was insulted when told I'd never buy one of the knock of Deere's. It's just like any of the Honda gas motors sold there, homeowners versions and not the prof. version.
Agreed, the home depot guys are the worst people to ask for advice. Go to a roofing center or a lumber yard and ask a prof. who has delt with building for several years. Going to either places you will usually leave with all your questions answered.
The other day while looking at the "Jon Deere's" at home depot the salesman tried telling me they were the real deal. Just because the paint is green don't mean there anything better than a Craftsman. A real Deere will run you $5,000 mimumal and thats for a pretty small rider. The smallest diesel powered Deere rider is $11,000! I guess he was insulted when told I'd never buy one of the knock of Deere's. It's just like any of the Honda gas motors sold there, homeowners versions and not the prof. version.
jproffer
Sun Jul 24, 2005 6:47 pm
I drip over the felt on the sides, and under at the eaves.
dougger222
Sun Jul 24, 2005 7:03 pm
The moderator or owner of the site should see if they can put a poll up on this post to see who's doing it which way, may be interesting.
Pride_roofing
Sun Jul 24, 2005 7:18 pm
Start your own poll its just starting a new post that easy. I think it would be interesting.
