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Default Rain bypassing gutter

On Nov 2, 1:59 am, wrote:
I have fairly new gutters and they are not working. The rain runs
between the house and the gutter. I have verified that the shingles
overlap into the guttter, but the water sticks to the bottom side of
the shingle instead of dripping into the gutter. The water runs
underneath the shingle back towards the house and runs between the
house and the gutter. In some instances the water accumulates above
the soffit at eave vinyl. I am concerned this will rot the roof.

I already have drip gaurds.

Any ideas on what to look for? or how to fix it?


The drip edge need to extend into the gutter. The surface tension of
the water is causing it to hang onto the shingles and curl back
underneath.

It's not perfectly clear from the picture at this site, but if you use
your imagination, you can see that the "vertical" part of the drip
edge will hang down into the gutter once the drip edge is slid under
the shingles.

http://www.thisoldhouse.com/toh/skil...193154,00.html

The other option is to increase the pitch of your roof to overcome the
surface tension. I'm guessing new drip edge is cheaper.