Applying Flashing Where The Second Floor Meets The Roof

Once the flexible flashing is set i apply a piece of housewrap along the wall where the fascia.

Applying flashing where the second floor meets the roof. We are planning to put a standing seam metal roof on the porch and the wall will be lap siding. There is another place that roof flashing has now invaded. Wherever you have a valley in your roof which the junction is where two roof planes meet at the bottom of a slope you ll apply your valley flashing. Nail it to the sidewall or glue it if nailing isn t possible.

I see most guys leaving the old step flashing and hardly anyone removing the siding and reinstalling ice shield and step. This material is available with a v or w shaped profile and is placed over the top of the building felt before the roof s finishing material is installed. Today the flashing is on top of the siding. Slip in the flashing.

Val ley flashing protects the valleys where two roof planes meet. Step flashing protects the joints between the roof deck and chimneys or dormers. The new house we are building has a porch that meets a wall on the second floor. These areas will leak first.

Headwall flashing should extend up behind the exterior wall covering and down over the roof covering material as you see here. Flexible flashing tape seals the eave to the wall. Traditionally the flashing was installed and hidden under the siding. I understand that the flashing must go under the siding but i am concerned about the workers walking on the metal roof while installing the siding.

If your flashing is new you may need a bonding primer. I cut the tape so that it laps onto the housewrap above and 3 in. The edge of the roof has thin metal flashing that helps water drip off the roof without damaging the home or causing a leak. This illustration shows proper flashing at a headwall condition.

There is most likely a lack of proper flashing. This is true no matter what type of roof covering material is installed. Flashing where wall meets roof when you have a section of roof typically second floor where it meets a wall how do you guys flash when there is existing vinyl siding or wood siding. Kickout flashing installs just like standard step flashing except that half of the kickout flashing hangs over the edge of the roof.

I use a wide piece of flexible flashing tape to protect the area between the subfascia and the wall. It is at the back of the porch roof where the roof meets the house siding. Roof flashing on a porch roof. Above the roof sheathing.

This flashing comes shaped like a v or a w valley flashing is attached on top of the roofing felt before shingles are added. Lift the bottom shingle and slip in the kickout flashing. As a professional roofing contractor we pay great attention to the flashing details because these are the areas most critical to the roof. While some skylight manufacturers include flashing in their products sometimes roofing professionals have to create it or purchase it separately.

Install the kickout flashing.