JHZR2
Staff member
We had a shed built a few years back. Its a great little setup, we have been quite pleased with it except for one thing - water routing down the one side.
There is a side door and we have come to realize that some water can occasionally come in under heavy rains.
The design is such that there is maybe 1-1.5" of overhang of the roof from the vertical panels that make up the exterior walls. There is no practical overhang of the shingles beyond that.
So I guess under hard rain, the water teams down the roof and then falls straight down, with some managing to drip under the very short eave. Not sure if the drip edge isnt angling the water far enough out, or if under lighter rain, perhaps the water takes more of an arc off the roof and away from the walls.
Naturally Id like to prevent this, as it is obvious that there has been water on the floor of the shed from this.
The drip edge and design of the shed doesnt really allow the installation of a gutter. While I suppose one could be rigged, I dont think it would look or operate right.
I was thinking to take some flashing and try to fabricate something. Either let the flashing just extend out beyond the last shingle by an inch or two in order to help route the water, or else literally tuck it under and then let it route all the water to a sufficient distance away from the shed walls on either end.
Would either of these work? If I took a brake and bent the flashing up, could I put it under the very last shingles, at the drip edge? Those I can lift very slightly. All higher levels seem to be bonded to themselves at this point. Or do I put the flashing on top of the shingles, and nail/bond it down somehow, in order to route the water but avoid any flashing from routing water under the shingles?
Thanks!
There is a side door and we have come to realize that some water can occasionally come in under heavy rains.
The design is such that there is maybe 1-1.5" of overhang of the roof from the vertical panels that make up the exterior walls. There is no practical overhang of the shingles beyond that.
So I guess under hard rain, the water teams down the roof and then falls straight down, with some managing to drip under the very short eave. Not sure if the drip edge isnt angling the water far enough out, or if under lighter rain, perhaps the water takes more of an arc off the roof and away from the walls.
Naturally Id like to prevent this, as it is obvious that there has been water on the floor of the shed from this.
The drip edge and design of the shed doesnt really allow the installation of a gutter. While I suppose one could be rigged, I dont think it would look or operate right.
I was thinking to take some flashing and try to fabricate something. Either let the flashing just extend out beyond the last shingle by an inch or two in order to help route the water, or else literally tuck it under and then let it route all the water to a sufficient distance away from the shed walls on either end.
Would either of these work? If I took a brake and bent the flashing up, could I put it under the very last shingles, at the drip edge? Those I can lift very slightly. All higher levels seem to be bonded to themselves at this point. Or do I put the flashing on top of the shingles, and nail/bond it down somehow, in order to route the water but avoid any flashing from routing water under the shingles?
Thanks!