For areas where the walls meet the roof you will need to use the step flashing technique.
How to flash a roof against a wall.
I cut the tape so that it laps onto the housewrap above and 3 in.
I use a wide piece of flexible flashing tape to protect the area between the subfascia and the wall.
Proper roof wall abutment flashing examples.
Even though roof flashing is one of the most important elements of a roof not many people know how to install roof flashing against a wall properly.
Flashing is usually made of sheet metal and is used to seal and protect joints in a building like those where a roof meets the brick walls of a chimney from roof leaks by directing the flow of.
It may seem as if a.
How to install roof flashing against a wall with a corner when there is a corner where the roof meets the wall you will need a corner flashing piece.
Below are two photographs of roof wall step flashing completed and effective of a slate roof against a brick wall below left and in process with step flashing against a dormer sidewall before the dormer siding has been put in place below right.
Metal flashing also called roof flashing goes against a stucco wall to protect it from water damage.
Continuous flashing against a sidewall is one way to install a roof but it s not the correct way.
Once the flexible flashing is set i apply a piece of housewrap along the wall where the fascia.
Obviously the further up the wall a flashing extends the greater the resistance to water intrusion.
A roof or wall that is not properly sealed off from water can be extremely costly to fix not to mention the hassles that accompany the unwanted water.
Even if one piece of step flashing fails the flashing and shingle below it start the process over again.
Flexible flashing tape seals the eave to the wall.
Step flashing redirects the water back onto the shingle.
Above the roof sheathing.
How to install roof flashing against a wall.
