Install Flat Roof Flashing

Typically flashing is installed using roofing nails and roofing cement.

Install flat roof flashing.

4 inches should go up the house wall and 4 inches should go on top of the porch roof shingles. Working with a helper expect to spend half a day installing flashings and roll roofing for a 700 square foot roof with modest complications. Lead flashing maximum length. Flashing on a wall above a flat roof.

Step flashing on roof peak. Use the metal break tool to bend the flashing lengthwise in the middle according to the angle of the roof joint. Step 6 make a 10 degree bend on the shingle edge of the flashing approximately 1 2 inch from the edge. The gibraltar building products l flashing protects your home the gibraltar building products l flashing protects your home from moisture infiltration where your wall meets your roof.

Roofs peel off from the edges so it is critical to hold them tight with the roof deck sealed on the outside we turn to flashing the edges with metal and membranes metal drip edge flashing image details roofing wrb flashing. If you do not wish to form your own corner flashing you can buy pre bent pieces and cut them to size or use a piece of corrugated aluminum which is easier to bend. Most flashing is 8 inches wide. Ideally this should be 150mm or a minimum of 75mm again common sense and exposure applies.

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. For a flat or nearly flat roof use double coverage although a torch down modified bitumen or epdm roof is a better solution. This video demonstrates where flashing could be leaking from on a brick wall. Prepare the roof by tearing off the old shingles or by preparing for a reroof.

Roof shingle over step flashing. Bend the corner flashing tightly around the corner. Once you know where the flat roof flashing goes and you have trimmed it the easy part is installing it. Flat roof flashing this could virtually be any type of flat roof the upstand of the flat roof covering is overlapped by the drop of the flashing.