How To Flash A Metal Roof To A Vertical Wall

Roof shingle over step flashing.

How to flash a metal roof to a vertical wall.

Caulk the slot after the flashing has been installed. This video shows how to install endwall flashing with standing seam panels. With the end wall flashing in place i use stitch screws to attach it to the z trim and to the gable trim. Long helps it to fold onto the roof sheathing.

Bend the corner flashing tightly around the corner. Details concrete masonry roofing wrb flashing. 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. The video features union s advantage lok ii standing seam roofing panel which is.

Two ways to flash roof edges. Chalk a straight line about 2 inches above the back of the base flashing. The roof flashing is then placed up behind this through the wall z bar flashing on the outside of the vertical blocking backing material. I fold a piece of metal flashing for the inside corner between the subfascia and the wall.

Step flashing on roof peak. Protect the eave from ice dams and sideways rain step one in steep slope roofing is the edge flashing. I then add a second piece of flexible flashing tape to cover the open corner of the metal flashing and i fold it down onto the subfascia. A vertical cut about 2 in.

The exterior wall covering material is then kept off the surface of the roof. Most simply use a nominal 6 piece of lumber. Using the circular saw and masonry blade cut a slot about 1 5 inches into the brick so that the overlapping flashing or counter flashing will slide into the slot. Since most ordinary homeowners do not have all the necessary know how or significant knowledge of basic roofing principles along with experience of working on an actual roof all day in the sun with the sweat pouring down the face as you work on flashing all the dormers chimneys and roof vents or shingling away for hours on end and doing it right taking on the installation of a metal roof.