Water Leaking Behind Gutter

If water is dripping behind your gutter it s probably because it was installed without any flashing over the back of the gutter.

Water leaking behind gutter.

If the gutter is clogged some of that water will back up on the roof soaking it. The gutter apron will prevent the dripping. Water leaking in behind the facia of your roof could be caused by a couple of things. Some of the water may leak behind the gutters down towards the soffit and the fascia.

Usually this is due to gutter fasteners rusting. And it doesn t stop there. The first thing you should do after it stops raining is to get up on a ladder to check that the gutters themselves aren t clogged. Home centers sell a gutter apron in 10 ft.

Gutters are supposed to direct water away from your roof and into the ground. The first cause is when the roofing material is installed many roofers will not extend the roofing material past the roof edging or drip edge. When the roof shingles do not extend past the metal drip edge the water will suck back on the metal drip edge this is called capillary action and run behind your gutters. A gutter apron is a bent piece of flashing that tucks up under the shingles and over the gutter.

There are a few elements that come into play that cause water to run behind the gutter. 1 your roof sheets have a hole in them or your screws or nails or equivalent are not watertight anymore or 2 the more common reason is where roof sheets are cut too short or they don t overhang far enough into the gutter. Over time rain gutters often start to pull away from the roof allowing water to drip over the gutter sides or between the gutters and the walls.