How To Install Roof Flashing Against Siding

Even if one piece of step flashing fails the flashing and shingle below it start the process over again.

How to install roof flashing against siding. Remove the flashing and apply some roofing cement to fix the flashing into place. The remaining siding on the sidewall will overlap the step flashing and nail. Bent into an l shape. Prepare the area where you will install the roof flashing.

Ensure that the step flashing will lead the water directly into the kick out flashing. Once the flexible flashing is set i apply a piece of housewrap along the wall where the fascia meets it. Improper installation of flashing where roofing shingles meet vinyl siding. Galvanized sheet metal bent at a 90 degree angle i e.

If you already have faulty flashing installed you. Measure the length of the porch roof joint to determine how much flashing you will need. If the kick out and step flashing can t tuck behind the siding screw on cap flashing to cover it then caulk along the top. Cover with cap flashing.

Slip in the flashing. Above the roof sheathing. How to install roof flashing against a wall. I cut the tape so that it laps onto the housewrap above and 3 in.

Place a kick out flashing at the base of the roof and flush against the wall. Install the step flashing when the siding is installed it should be tucked behind this piece and then consecutive courses lapped over it. Lay a shingle over the step flashing starting at the roof edge. Continuous flashing against a sidewall is one way to install a roof but it s not the correct way.

Fasten that shingle with two galvanized nails at the top then cover the top of it with another piece of step flashing nailed to the. Improper installation of flashing where roofing shingles meet vinyl siding. Lift the bottom shingle and slip in the kickout flashing. Posted march 4 2017 filed under roof installation roof repair maintenance.

Step flashing is used to provide a water tight connection where roofing adjoins a vertical juncture. How to install porch roof flashing step 1. Nail it to the sidewall or glue it if nailing isn t possible. I use a wide piece of flexible flashing tape to protect the area between the subfascia and the wall.

I made this video this morning and i hope it help explain the flashing wall detail where the siding meets the roof.