Installing A Metal Roof Flashing

For exposed fasteners avoid over tightening the fastener.

Installing a metal roof flashing.

Next you are ready to install the metal roof. Roof shingle over step flashing. Step flashing on roof peak. However the principles are the s.

A do it yourself video detailing step by step how to flash a chimney with our metal roofing chimney kit. Use your neoprene washer head screws to secure the metal to the sheathing. Bend the corner flashing tightly around the corner. Space the screws about 12 in 30 cm apart.

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 can use 1 inch nails for the installation of eave flashing. The eave flashing or edging is just the steel metal strips used to cover the entire perimeter of the roof. Step flashing for chimneys once the shingles have been installed lay the base flashing around the base of the chimney approximately 4 past each end.

Other flashings include transition flashing end wall and sidewall flashings and valleys see diagram on right for application. The most common flashing for metal roofing is the ridge cap which is used at the peak of a roof where two opposing roof slopes join. We ve cut our z trims and before we install them we need to know where to place them on the panel. 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.

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. Make sure that the screws are all aligned evenly as you will be able to see them from the ground if they are. One common method is to lay the edge metal under the eaves membrane and over the rake. You are essentially sealing off the metal roof with this flashing and you need to make sure that is securely fastened.

Eave flashings include gable. Details concrete masonry roofing wrb flashing. Two ways to flash roof edges.