Installing Metal Flashing On A Roof

I m going to take the end wall flashing put it in place and use a pencil or a sharpie to mark the tops of the ribs and the gable trim just so i know where to put those z s.

Installing metal flashing on a roof.

4 inches should go up the house wall and 4 inches should go on top of the porch roof shingles. Use your neoprene washer head screws to secure the metal to the sheathing. In this video i m installing some metal roofing over an existing ash fault shingled roof. Even if one piece of step flashing fails the flashing and shingle below it start the process over again.

Space the screws about 12 in 30 cm apart. Flashing is generally installed at any joints or edges in the roof where water could otherwise work its way in. This is not a complete install only basic install on a bungalow i. Bend the corner flashing tightly around the corner.

Continuous flashing against a sidewall is one way to install a roof but it s not the correct way. Roof shingle over step flashing. How to install roof flashing against a wall. Use 1 inch galvanized roofing nails.

For exposed fasteners avoid over tightening the fastener. Typically flashing is installed using roofing nails and roofing cement. Each flashing job is a little bit different and depends on the type of material that the exterior of your house is made of. In order to properly install new flashing you ll have to remove the shingles surrounding your old flashing and then re lay them after installation.

Make sure that the screws are all aligned evenly as you will be able to see them from the ground if they are. Step flashing step flashing redirects the water back onto the shingle. We ve cut our z trims and before we install them we need to know where to place them on the panel. Attach the flashing panel in place at the bottom.

Use the metal break tool to bend the flashing lengthwise in the middle according to the angle of the roof joint. Make sure that the end of the flashing panel is perfectly in line with the edge of the roof. Lay the flashing down in the roof valley and start at the lower end of the roof. Step 6 make a 10 degree bend on the shingle edge of the flashing approximately 1 2 inch from the edge.

Installing drip edge on a humpy old roof dealing with dips and making clean overlaps metal drip edge flashing is installed on the perimeter of a roof to direct water away from the fascia into the gutters and to keep wind blown rain videos roofing wrb flashing drip edge installation on an existing roof. Step flashing on roof peak. In order to do that we re going to use the end wall flashing as a guide.