Where Roof Meets Gutter

The soffit that meets the roof is one of the toughest areas to waterproof.

Where roof meets gutter. An ice dam occurs when snow melts and the water freezes when it hits the colder edges of your roof. The water is allowed to run on the roof surface and is collected by the lower gutters. However with a drip edge in place around the rake and eaves runoff from the roof drains into the gutter properly. This roof leaks during the snowy part of winter and during storms in the summer certainly due to poor flashing.

The term gutters can be applied to all roof drains but spouting refers specifically to external gutters. A cricket might also be placed where two sections of roof meet and form a valley. Gutters should be hung where a straight edge laying on your roof shingles can easily extend over the front lip of the gutter this is the proper installment location for the high point of the gutter. Step and kickout flashing should be installed at all roof wall intersections to protect the wall and divert rainwater runoff into a gutter.

Install step and kick out flashing at all roof wall intersections to protect walls from water intrusion and install boot or collar flashing at all roof penetrations to protect roofs from leaks. Gutter the gutters collect water and carry it away from the foundation of the building. In almost every instance gutter installers take the path of least resistance and shove the gutter right underneath the roof shingles instead. External gutters positioned outside the building envelope.

It is very common for dormers and other roof structures that have gutters above the level of the gutters on lower portions of the roof to empty onto the roof surface. In the photo you can still see signs of an ice dam. Concealed fascia gutter systems gutters installed directly behind a fascia. Internal gutters formed inside a parapet wall or where two connected gables meet at an internal draining point.