Roof Shingles Dont Extend Over Into Gutter

I didn t have this problem before.

Roof shingles dont extend over into gutter.

Too little overhang and the water can leak through into fascia boards. And you re going to slip underneath some flashing. It s a fine balance but one that professional roofers know all about. I ve cleaned the gutters out 4 or 5 times since i bought the house a year ago.

The contractor said the old shingles extended too far over the edge so now they must really hang too far over. The gutter apron will prevent the dripping. 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. What you need to do is to extend those roof shingles into the gutter.

So because there s not a magic potion that will do that the way to fix this is to get a flat bar and that s a very thin pry bar. If a drip edge has been installed some of this irregularity can be addressed by the rigidity in the metal. Home centers sell a gutter apron in 10 ft. Most shingle manufacturers recommend a 1 4 to 3 8 inch overhang over your eave which is where your roof ends by your gutter.

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. Shingles extend too far. Too much and the shingles can blow off. A gutter apron is a bent piece of flashing that tucks up under the shingles and over the gutter.

Now with the new roof on i have trouble getting my hand in 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. 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. Is there a standard ex.

And you re lifting up the edges of those shingles at the bottom of the roof edge. In some markets you ll see roofers drop shingles down into the gutter. Shingle overhang often has to be addressed.