Each flashing job is a little bit different and depends on the type of material that the exterior of your house is made of.
How to install continuous roof flashing.
It s a long single piece of metal that carries water down to the shingles below.
To install continuous flashing embed it into roof cement and nail it to the last course of shingles nailed to the deck.
How to install roof flashing against a wall.
He bonds 6 inches of the flashing tape to the wall and 4 inches onto the roof sheathing.
Installing your roof flashing is going to be slightly different depending on the specific type that you re installing.
Long pieces of continuous flashing will have trouble flexing as the home expands and contracts in the changing seasons.
In the code s eye view section of jlc code specialist glenn mathewson took a look at a 2012 irc provision that allows the use of continuous flashing at roofing to sidewall intersections as an alternative to traditional step flashing.
However the principles are the s.
Continuous flashing against a sidewall is one way to install a roof but it s not the correct way.
Continuous flashing is also called apron flashing because it acts a lot like an apron.
Even if one piece of step flashing fails the flashing and shingle below it start the process over again.
Step flashing step flashing redirects the water back onto the shingle.
Instead install the flashing before the siding bricks or stucco.
If the siding is already instead you will need to pry it up to slip the flashing under it.
Step flashing for chimneys once the shingles have been installed lay the base flashing around the base of the chimney approximately 4 past each end.
