Install Flat Roof Flashing

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.

Install flat roof flashing.

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. 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. Step flashing on roof peak.

Flashing on a wall above a flat roof. Step 6 make a 10 degree bend on the shingle edge of the flashing approximately 1 2 inch from the edge. Once you know where the flat roof flashing goes and you have trimmed it the easy part is installing it. Typically flashing is installed using roofing nails and roofing cement.

L shaped flashing is a versatile general use flashing used where a uniform or strengthened finish is needed on a 90 surface. 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. 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. 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.

For a flat or nearly flat roof use double coverage although a torch down modified bitumen or epdm roof is a better solution. Ideally this should be 150mm or a minimum of 75mm again common sense and exposure applies. Bend the corner flashing tightly around the corner. This video demonstrates where flashing could be leaking from on a brick wall.

Roof shingle over step flashing. 4 inches should go up the house wall and 4 inches should go on top of the porch roof shingles. 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. Lead flashing maximum length.