Water leaking behind new gutters and soffits
Water is following the drip-edge flange downward, hitting the back of the gutter, and dropping straight down the outside instead of flowing inside. This accumulated water collects between the soffit and the lip of the fascia, causing leaks that did not happen before the installation.
What people tried
Every workaround mentioned in the threads below. We haven’t tested any of them — and nobody here is claiming they worked.
- 1Putting clear silicone on a cut or seam in the drip edge where water might be leaking.
- 2Trying to adjust the gutter slope or lower the end of the gutter
In their words
Unedited, most upvoted first, each linked to the thread it came from.
“I never had dripping like this with the old wood, soffit or fascia.”source ↗
“As soon as I put my finger in the area between the soffit and lip of the fascia, I could feel water accumulating there and upon prodding it dripping started again.”source ↗
“Water follows the drip-edge flange downward (red arrow), hits the back of the gutter, and then drops straight down the outside instead of flowing into the gutter.”source ↗
Where this came up
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