Roof To Wall Flashing Installation

Many people who have porches attached to their homes have problems with water leaks at the junction of the porch and the exterior wall of the home.

Roof to wall flashing installation.

Click pic to enlarge the video below will show you how to fit lead roof flashing like the ones seen in the picture above. How to install roof flashing against a wall. These leaks are almost always caused by improper flashing installation or the absence of roof flashing altogether. Must be kept up off the surface of the roof a minimum 1 some manufacturers of exterior wall coverings require.

Install your underlayment completely and your shingles up to where the wall begins so that the first piece of flashing or the corner flashing will rest on a shingle. Drip edge metal valley flashing dormer chimney and kickout flashing are types of roof flashing that shed water away from the connections between roofs walls chimneys and other building assemblies. Roof to wall flashing. Here is an attempt though maybe not a very good one to make the roof flashing serve also as a through the wall flashing with a tile roof.

The wall leg of the kickout should be applied over the housewrap cut a 2 ft square piece of housewrap and tuck one edge into the horizontal cut the same one the first piece of housewrap was slipped into and up under the housewrap on the wall by at least 5 in. Now install the kickout flashing and step flashings up the roof as needed. To make corner flashing take your tin snips and cut a 45 degree line from an outside corner to the center fold. Even if one piece of step flashing fails the flashing and shingle below it start the process over again.

All exterior wall coverings whether it is wood siding vinyl siding brick or stone veneer stucco etc. How to install porch roof flashing. Continuous flashing against a sidewall is one way to install a roof but it s not the correct way. The flat roofing material must go up the wall a minimum of 12 or up the wall and over the top of the wall if the wall is less than 12 high.

Before we install the end wall flashing we have to apply tape sealant to the top of the z trim so that there s a water tight barrier between the end wall flashing and the top of the z. Apron flashings if you are new to roofing or fitting roof flashings this really is a bread and butter place to start master this and the slightly more difficult flashings like step flashings will seem a lot easier. The final thing to do is install the end wall trim. Step flashing redirects the water back onto the shingle.