Getting Water Between Gutter And Fascia

I had a look and think the problem is due to flashing being receded.

Getting water between gutter and fascia.

Are you getting water behind your gutter. Capillary action is a water activity in which water adheres to a surface and follow the surface. 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. What happens in this case is that water has this capillary action which means the water travels back up the underside of the sheet just a small amount.

Now when you add wind the wind blows this water further up the underside of the sheet and if there s not enough overhang into the gutter the water will actually find its way over the back of the fascia and inside your ceiling or somewhere else it s not meant to be. The gutters then direct the water to a downspout allowing the water to run down until it reaches the ground. When water drips between the fascia and the gutters the problem could be a compromised drip edge but it s also possible the gutters are overflowing. Ever wonder why that is.

Other than being old and rusty they are working fine based on my obser. Drip strip is designed to fill the gap between the bottom of the drip edge and the top of the gutter to insure the water will flow into the gutter preventing any damage to your fascia or other parts of your home or landscaping. For example most ranch style homes have a 3 12 or 4 12 pitch roof. There is water dripping down from fascia when it rains.

Water dripping down from fascia instead of gutter. The gutters are getting old and i want to replace all. Water leaking between gutter and fascia when there is rain the water is expected to roll down the roof and into the gutters. It s a bungalow so quite easy to access.

I have a 30 year old house which i have owned for the last five years. The fascia itself is upvc not wood thank god. As i only moved in recently i don t know how long fascia and flashing were. This is the sort of problem that rapidly gets worse as the more the fascia board is exposed to water the more it rots letting the gutter hangers fail.