Flashing on a wall above a flat roof.
Install flat roof flashing.
Typically flashing is installed using roofing nails and roofing cement.
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.
Lead flashing maximum length.
Roof shingle over step flashing.
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.
Bend the corner flashing tightly around the corner.
Step flashing on roof peak.
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.
Once you know where the flat roof flashing goes and you have trimmed it the easy part is installing it.
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.
Ideally this should be 150mm or a minimum of 75mm again common sense and exposure applies.
For a flat or nearly flat roof use double coverage although a torch down modified bitumen or epdm roof is a better solution.
Use the metal break tool to bend the flashing lengthwise in the middle according to the angle of the roof joint.
Prepare the roof by tearing off the old shingles or by preparing for a reroof.
Flashing is generally installed at any joints or edges in the roof where water could otherwise work its way in.
This video demonstrates where flashing could be leaking from on a brick wall.
Place the flashing where you determined and hammer it in place using roofing nails until the head of the nail is flush with the roof.
Most flashing is 8 inches wide.
L shaped flashing is a versatile general use flashing used where a uniform or strengthened finish is needed on a 90 surface.
