How To Seal A Hip Roof To A Wall

There are no gable ends on a building with a hip roof.

How to seal a hip roof to a wall.

It comes in 10 foot lengths or for step flashing 6 inch lengths. The narrower step flashing just isn t wide enough to protect the intersection fully. I recommend 12 in wide step flashings bent for a 5 in. A hip roof is a roof in which the roof slopes upward from all four exterior walls to meet at a central ridge.

Here is an attempt though maybe not a very good one to make the roof flashing serve also as a through the wall flashing with a. Yes even flat roof to wall intersections are not being properly done. In hip roof designs all four exterior walls support the ends of roof rafters so all exterior walls bear a weight load from the roof above them. Bigger step flashing is better.

Proper roof wall abutment flashing examples. Finally the housewrap can be laid up on the wall to cover the top of the kickout diverter and step flashings. Next i ll remove the hip cap get our z trim cut them to length and install them. The flat roofing material must go up the wall a minimum of 12 or up the wall and over the top of the wall if the wall is less than 12 high.

Here i have a longer length. Roof leg and a 7 in. The most common roof to wall intersections involve either a gable roof with its ridge running perpendicular to the wall or a shed roof that slopes downward away from the wall. In the same way that we use z trim for the installation of end wall flashing and sidewall transition we re going to do the exact same thing here on the hip.

Metal roof flashing is a galvanized sheet metal that is bent at a 90 degree angle about 8 to 12 inches on each side of the angle.