How To Install Flashing On Metal Roof

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How to install flashing on metal roof.

While some skylight manufacturers include flashing in their products sometimes roofing professionals have to create it or purchase it separately. Installing your roofing 1. A do it yourself video detailing step by step how to flash a chimney with our metal roofing chimney kit. 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.

The edge of the roof has thin metal flashing that helps water drip off the roof without damaging the home or causing a leak. The edging or eave flashing consists of metal strips that are used to cover the perimeter of. Use the metal break tool to bend the flashing lengthwise in the middle according to the angle of the roof joint. Each flashing job is a little bit different and depends on the type of material that the exterior of your house is made of.

Install drip edge starter trim against eave fascia trim of the roof. Installing the gable flashing and starting with the first panel. In order to do that we re going to use the end wall flashing as a guide. Always begin working at the point with the longest peak to eave distance.

Take your first sheet. We ve cut our z trims and before we install them we need to know where to place them on the panel. Most flashing is 8 inches wide. Step 6 make a 10 degree bend on the shingle edge of the flashing approximately 1 2 inch from the edge.

Following is the proceedure for installing the dsa flashing. I prefer to use a dsa flashing also known as a dead soft aluminum flashing. However the principles are the s. How to install a flashing on a metal roof.

Open valleys have metal flashing to protect this critical area of the roof. Lay out your roofing underlayment over the fascia trim so that water that may form due to condensation does not collect underneath the drip edge.