How To Do Flashing On A Metal Roof

Remember to place the flashing under the weather barrier on the dormer.

How to do flashing on a metal roof.

Start at the highest point and the furthest point from the trash container and take off all the old shingles flashing. Bend the corner flashing tightly around the corner. If you re flashing a masonry chimney nail the flashing to the roof as far up the flashing as possible. Continuous flashing is sometimes seen where a roof meets a sidewall but in the long run step flashing will do a better job of preventing water leaks.

If you come across any large nails that are sticking out either remove them and put them in your debris container or. Installing the gable flashing and starting with the first panel. Protect the eave from ice dams and sideways rain step one in steep slope roofing is the edge flashing. Details concrete masonry roofing wrb flashing.

By placing it slightly behind the lines we make sure that it doesn t stick out from beyond the end wall flashing. Even if one piece of step flashing fails the flashing and shingle below it start the. Step flashing redirects the water back onto the shingle. This is not a complete install only basic install on a bungalow i.

Now that we have the z trim in place the next thing to do is fasten it to the roof deck. If you do not wish to form your own corner flashing you can buy pre bent pieces and cut them to size or use a piece of corrugated aluminum which is easier to bend. Cap flashing counter flashing inserted into mortar joints will cover the top edge. Two ways to flash roof edges.

Install drip edge starter trim against eave fascia trim of the roof. One common method is to lay the edge metal under the eaves membrane and over the rake. This video shows how to install endwall flashing with standing seam panels. We can do that using either a pancake head fastener or a neoprene washer fastener both are fine.

Lay out your roofing underlayment over the fascia trim so that water that may form due to condensation does not collect underneath the drip edge. In this video i m installing some metal roofing over an existing ash fault shingled roof. If you need to reposition your gutters do so at this. Roof shingle over step flashing.