How To Add Flashing To The Side Of Roof

This flashing is typically field fabricated from a sheet of 26 ga.

How to add flashing to the side of roof.

Galvanized sheet metal bent at a 90 degree angle i e. Next place your vent flashing on top of the membrane. Bend it back so that it. But it doesn t work that way.

How to install step flashing with a wall corner. Continuous flashing against a sidewall is one way to install a roof but it s not the correct way. Nail it in. Roof valleys are one of the most vulnerable areas that are prone to water.

Skylights are typically flashed the same way as chimney flashing. Lift the bottom shingle and slip in the kickout flashing. Nail it to the sidewall or glue it if nailing isn t possible. Bend the corner flashing tightly around the corner.

Once even a small section of roofing cement fails you ll have a leak. Take a second piece of flashing and set it down in place. Then nail the new l shaped flashing under the builder s felt but above the fascia board. Cut an angle with tin snips on one side of the flashing piece from an end corner to the bend.

Step flashing is used to provide a water tight connection where roofing adjoins a vertical juncture. Use roofing nails to install the l shaped flashing flush with the roof and wall then cover it with roofing cement and reattach the roofer s felt. It may seem as if a single piece of flashing would offer more protection than many pieces of step flashing. Ensure it sits flat and extends at least 8 inches above the shingles.

The metal flashing must overlap the material not the other way around. For roof vents flashing basically slides below the shingles. Bent into an l shape. The angle cut will be totally dependent on the pitch of the roof and will vary accordingly.

Cover with cap flashing. If the kick out and step flashing can t tuck behind the siding screw on cap flashing to cover it then caulk along the top. It overlaps the roofing material on the downhill side resulting an an exposed flashing. Cut some membrane material to seal between the vent flashing and the roof and cut an opening for the vent.

Apply a thin bead of silicone around the opening of the vent pipe area and lay the membrane in place.