morning here in East Texas it's overcast
it's 65 degrees this is the kind of
weather that's good to work in I just
have my thin coat on and I'll talk about
this thing in the future it's awesome
what we've got today is a little house
repair and so our house is wood sided
and one side of the houses are constant
maintenance you need to keep up with it
all the time so water doesn't get in
stick around with us and we're gonna
show you how to install a drip edge
today alright everyone we're up here at
the edge of the roof and we had this new
roof installed as part of our
negotiation on purchasing the house it
was in an extreme lower price for us and
the company we hired was the most
professional in the area and they should
have done a professional job but what do
we see here so they replaced some of the
rotten decking roof decking for us they
replaced it with let's see if I can get
a shatter in here sorry for banging the
camera they replaced it with OSB OSB is
a cheap product and if water gets on it
I think it's destroyed pretty easily
especially this it looks like 3/8 so
what they didn't do they failed to do is
put a drip edge on this now yeah the
shingles are overlapping by about an
inch and a quarter that's all fine and
good but if water decides to come around
now let's here we go come around this
shingle and through what's called
capillary action
draw itself back into the end of the OSB
here that's a huge problem because this
OSB will drink up water like crazy and
you don't want that because then we're
gonna have to replace this again and
that's ridiculous
I do not know why they didn't put a drip
edge on here and it's irritating that
they didn't but we need to do that
so water doesn't get back it's a piece
of metal flashing that covers the end
here so if water draws back on this
shingle into it it hits the metal and it
comes down so it's very important to
keep water out of your house now there's
some other places on this house the
water is getting into we're gonna do
those projects in the future one project
I've got it's pretty big here is the
deck you can see a green hue to it it
sits under the trees and this is East
Texas and it's humid here and it's wet
here and so we're gonna need to take
care of that we'll be doing that in the
future but that's way too big of a
project and too expensive to do right
now so over here we have got our in
front of the camera our metal drip edge
we're gonna tuck that under the end of
the shingles we've got to pull the
shingles up on the side and we're gonna
nail it down with just some roofing
nails and you know that will take care
of the problem you can seal it on the
ends but we're not gonna do that as
things will be completely fine with just
just nailing on the edge just keeping
that water from getting into the edge of
that also I think or probably can also
tackle maybe or maybe not you might not
see it in this video but maybe today
we're gonna tackle these gable end
boards these gable end fascia boards
here they were installed improperly by
the previous homeowner think I've talked
about in other videos you really need to
know ok you don't need to know what
you're doing but you need to do your
research and then you need to do it to
the best of your ability and do it
correctly and do it a hundred percent or
else you're gonna have problems you
can't do it half a okay you can't
half-hearted you can't do it rushed do a
good job a proper job so up here alright
we're gonna see if this camera will hold
focus here for you on this piece on the
end of the soffit here you can see it's
cut too short
that's cut too small so I don't know if
you even saw that or not but right there
the end of the underside of the soffit
the board right there can get water in
it and through that same principle we
talked about before water can drip down
here and come into the end of the board
and get in the house so this board right
here this angled board or this little
triangle piece right here needs to be
longer needs to hang down a little bit
farther so the water will come and it
won't run back into the house that'll
drip off so I need to replace that one
the one up near the front of the house
right there has got a couple of issues
but it's not as bad as something the
other ones on the other side and we did
see this during the house inspection
obviously we saw it before we bought the
house obviously I knew I could repair it
with no problem so we're gonna do those
things for you and keep water out of
your house all right let's get started
on this drip edge out real quick the
tools that we need for this project are
hammer obviously roofing nails since our
roof is already has shingles on it
we need our handy dandy wunderbar
one of the best tools ever made we need
some sort of small other small flat
prying device I use a five and one tool
from my house painting days this is a
great tool all around and we need a pair
of tin snips we're gonna start
by pulling up these shingles now you
want to be extremely careful this is
what the wunderbar is for you need to be
extremely careful you don't pop the nail
through the top shingle you pop it
through the bottom one you're gonna be
alright
because the other shingles are covering
it over the top but just be gentle
alright it's gonna take some work to do
it's gonna take a little time to peel
these guys back it's cool so these
shingles are actually less pliable than
normal if they're obviously heated up
but just be super super careful you want
to find any nails usually if your back
fairly far at least a couple inches so
here's one I found we're just going to
gently pry it up
it's like that
what's gonna be difficult on this cool
day is getting the shingles back far
enough where I can actually get a nail
in to the drip edge over top of this
felt paper right here once you get these
shingles up you get the this particular
shape is it
S or Z shape right here the long portion
here with the corrugated part is gonna
go under the shingle and then the water
is gonna come off and drip off the edge
here I'm doing it by myself today
usually it's good to have a partner and
help you get it in here a little bit
easier you can see it just slides right
in front of the shingle top to move my
letter and and fix that down there and
get it under the shingle and we're just
gonna drive some nails through
the top of our group edge right here
when I get to the corner that's what our
tin snips are are for I'm gonna do this
we're gonna cut a little V out right
here wherever we our corner meets right
there down at the corner I'm gonna cut a
little V out bending around the corner
we're gonna cut a straight portion here
so that bends this portion and then
it'll wrap nicely around the corner you
won't have a seam at the corner and
you're not gonna get any water in there
all right this is a really critical part
right so I found a nail and we've got
back to it with this shallow curve on
the wunderbar and it's coming up
perfectly and this is what you want okay
don't worry we're gonna push it back
down and nail it back down and that's
gonna give us the room we need to get in
here and nail this drip edge hopefully
if not you know I might have to devise a
different way of doing that it looks
like I'm gonna be so careful these
shingles looks like I might be able to
get my hammer in there if not we're
gonna try to use the wunderbar on the
top of the nail hit the wunderbar then
put push the nail through the drip edge
or we can
put the nail in there hit the top of the
shingle or hit the wunderbar on the top
of the shingle now I know what you're
saying that's gonna damage the shingle
not if you distribute the weight
properly by hitting the top of the
wunderbar is it gonna knock off some of
the some of the granules yeah is it as
bad as walking on the roof
no but that happens all the time so
we're gonna do our best here to try and
get our our hammer in here and see what
we can do not much room to work with it
all now you're saying well why can't we
nail through the face we can but that's
going to be in another entry point for
water you can nail through it and then
cover it with a water sealant some power
whatever and that will work this is a
better method but if we can't do that
we're gonna end up nailing this thing on
the face and and just sealing it up
afterwards
doesn't look like I'm gonna be able to
swing my hammer in here to get this nail
these shingles are just too thick and
too stiff I can't push them back far
enough I'm gonna give this one more shot
yeah
all right folks this isn't gonna work
this way I'm gonna try plan 2
and I'm gonna put the nail in here with
her all right I've got her nail started
gonna take the wunderbar I think the
best possibility is doing it this just
didn't really damage shingle at all
we're gonna have to go back and actually
tap the other ones in that we you know
pulled up as well they don't just really
shove down that easily some do some
don't cause you've already pulled them
through the wood
I'm gonna give this thing a few more few
more caps here that drove it in fine
these are 7/8 of an inch roofing nails
and that'll work that holds perfectly
it's not sticking up through the shingle
our single is you know missing a few
granules but not bad actually can't even
tell to be quite honest with you it
looks like nothing happened
we're gonna go ahead and we're gonna do
that for the rest of the way and I'll
show you how to turn that corner all
right we're getting down to our our
corner down here and we're gonna do is
this is gonna slip under the other one
underneath of it so you want this this
new one come up underneath from the the
peak where you start and down you want
each one can sit consecutively to run
each top one to run over the bottom one
so you don't get any water sliding this
way and coming underneath of it and what
the water sliding obviously that way and
over the top of this one so this one
will go under here we're gonna slide it
up probably four or five inches and at
our corner down here we're gonna mark it
and make our cut we're gonna measure
where we need to cut on our corner I'm
just gonna mark it with this nail
okay we're gonna mark on here on this
particular type of drip edge I'm just
gonna cut snip straight on the bottom
portion and then I'm gonna make the
birds mouth I got my little helper here
stay back sweetheart this is sharp okay
okay you can go on there I'm gonna come
right above or the corners gonna come
I'm gonna cut a straight line first well
that's a pretty awkward position I'm
gonna move it over here first let's do
this properly I'm gonna cut in line with
our mark like that well you've got this
middle portion here that's gonna Bend
along around the corner and to make it a
little bit easier
make it a little bit easier I'm gonna
cut a bird's mouth out of this cut an
angle be really careful that way it's
gonna Bend around that corner perfectly
so if you can see that cut that bird's
mouth I'm gonna bend it around our
corner gonna fit nice nice and tight
around the corner no water is gonna get
in that I got our other drip edge in
here it's tucked under our first one
right here I couldn't show you while I
was doing it because it's incredibly
flimsy pne's
it's really easier to do it with two
people because the gauge of the metal is
is not that much so it flexes all over
the place and I really had it
manipulated into place here but we're
hitting right on the corner it looks
good and going down our fascia board on
this side that's pretty much it you know
just basically keep the water out of
your house and your house is gonna last
longer
paint it this house needs paint job seal
up with caulk any place that you've got
water you think that might come in and
sorry I'm a little out of frame here I'm
on the top rung of my ladder because I'm
off the deck now and on the ground
my other ladders 150 yards that way into
the barn anyway
we appreciate you watching if you got
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that's another day on a homestead and
since we've been out here for a little
while now and my three-year-old daughter
is screaming for lunch we're gonna go do
that and I'll do those fascia boards or
the end on the gable for you another
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