Roofing - should I fix this?

9 years ago

We just got a new roof on our garage. It's a flat roof with a drip edge on two sides. I noticed that there is a gap where the drip edge meets the masonry wall. Should I be concerned about this in that water might get in and rot the rafter tails (Not sure the pics show it that well. We also have some stucco repairs to do as you can see.)

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roof35

9 years ago

last modified: 9 years ago

No. I mean the flashing needs bent at the bottom to kick the water away from fascia. Check out the link I posted and look at the profile for drip edge.

This should've been done on a brake before installed. No doubt the person doesn't have one. Same with the corners, which is why you have rounded corners instead of a nice crisp corner.

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roof35
9 years ago
I'd be more concerned the drip edge has no kick out on the bottom. Also the corners look like crap. They should be a nice crisp bend, not a rounded corner. Besides the obvious of what a kick out does, it actually provides strength to the metal and you don't get waves in the metal. This way the drip can be pulled snug and you should have a continuous reveal between the drip and fascia.

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klem1
9 years ago
I see the space between flashing and facia,look's fine to me.
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jhwilsonaz
Original Author
9 years ago
Okay, thanks. I won't worry about it.

Another issue that came up as I was inspecting the work is that the drip edge looks like it was installed on top of the felt layers. It was stuck on top with roofing tape, looks like. Nothing I can do about it now.
jhwilsonaz
Original Author
9 years ago
Roof35, by kick-out you're talking about a 1x2 furring strip? Yeah, I thought I addressed that with him before the job started but now I'm worried maybe I talked about it only with the other two guys I got estimates from. Anything I can do about it now? Isn't redoing it at this point hard?
jhwilsonaz
Original Author
9 years ago
It does have a kick out, shown better in this pic.
roof35
9 years ago
Ok, the other pictures don't show it. At least I couldn't see it. In that case I wouldn't worry about it.