Help Installing Gutters
A plastic wedge holds the drip edge off the fascia without scratching it.
There are plenty of ways to install gutters after the roofers have come and gone. I like to use hard-plastic glazing wedges roughly 3 ft. on center that I put under the drip edge, as shown in the drawing.
Then I tuck the gutter under the drip edge on top of the wedge and I remove the wedges as I install the gutter. The wedges hold the drip edge off the fascia without scratching it.
— Michael Fuller; Runnells, Iowa
From Fine Homebuilding #298
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