Decking & Drip Edge Replacement

Today we are going to share with you some photos of decking and drip edge replacement. For those of you who are not familiar with drip edge it is made of 20 oz. copper, if on a slate or tile roof, and is installed on the edge of the roof to keep water from getting behind the facial board.

This is an example of a roofing system with out drip edge. If you can see there is a gap that needs to be covered. the reason it needs to be covered, is because there is a back draft that is created with in the attic that will pull water as it roles of the roof. Its just like an open window in the house pulls a door and slams it.

We would like to thank Scott Morrow of Scott Morrow Slate & Tile Roofing of Atlanta Georgia for letting us use his photos to illustrate this blog. 

The next part of this post we are going to show you how decking and drip edge are properly replaced on a Spanish tile roofing system.

 This is just part of the section that will be replaced, as you can see there are a few broken tiles that need to be replaced. It is a good idea to have your roof inspected at least once a year to avoid problems like this one. This was left unattended to the point to where it rotted all the decking beneath it.

The above photo is the first stage of the repair. you can see after the first two rows of tile were removed there is a little bit of the rotten wood exposed on the edge near the gutter.

And in this photo the right side of the decking has been replaced and covered by a new piece felt.

 This is a better photo of the replaced decking. you can see they have already went in with a new drip edge and they are starting back in with the new felt. If you look you can see the old felt has been cut just above the new decking so that the new felt can slide under it.

The above photo is the finished product. Again we would like to thank Scott Morrow of  Scott Morrow Slate & Tile roofing of Atlanta for letting us use these photos for the purpose of this blog.