How To Install Roof Flashing Against A Brick Wall

Step 3 flashing angled roofs with the step method you can use the step method to flash an angled roof.

How to install roof flashing against a brick wall. Each flashing job is a little bit different and depends on the type of material that the exterior of your house is made of. You need step flashing which is metal flashing that is in an l shape. I use a wide piece of flexible flashing tape to protect the area between the subfascia and the wall. Once the roofing and step flashing are in place complete the counterflashing at the masonry as follows.

You have to install the roof side of the flashing either under the last layer of shingles or over the roof materials if the roof runs flat up against a brick wall. Flexible flashing tape seals the eave to the wall. Chalk a straight line about 2 inches above the back of the base flashing. Above the roof sheathing.

The most common method of fixing lead flashings is to make a lead bung also known as a lead chock. How to fix lead flashings. Install metal counterflashing onto the face of the block extending it down to about inch above the shingles. Caulk the slot after the flashing has been installed.

In an ideal installation the flashing will extend under the brick veneer so that there. I cut the tape so that it laps onto the housewrap above and 3 in. Most important make sure weep vents are included in the mortar at each pan without a way for water to escape all the fancy flashing is for nothing. Properly installed flashing covers the seam between the wall and the roof and directs water onto the roof.

However the principles are the s. Using the circular saw and masonry blade cut a slot about 1 5 inches into the brick so that the overlapping flashing or counter flashing will slide into the slot.