It s placed over the membrane at the eave and bent to serve as a spout directing water into the gutter.
Gutters kick out diverter.
As part of his multilayer approach mike applies housewrap flashing tape copper self adhesive membrane and a kickout diverter.
A kickout diverter is not only best practice when flashing the eave edge to a wall it s code.
Product overview installs where roofline meets a vertical wall protects against water seeping behind your siding diverts water into gutter and away from wall galvanized steel with black finish to match many shingles avoids a source of mold problems and foundation damage east step instructions.
Our kick out diverters are manufactured from a recyclable engineered preformed non corrosive non conductive uv resistant thermoplastic polyolefin tpo material designed for extreme weather conditions.
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The kickout diverter directs water into the gutter decreasing the odds it will make its way behind the exterior cladding.
The minute or two it takes to create this detail has a pretty big return on investment.
When installed properly they provide excellent protection against the penetration of water into the building envelope.
They will not rust corrode or conduct electricity while their flexible seamless construction can withstand ice damming and wind driven rain.