Installing A Metal Roof Flashing

Two ways to flash roof edges.

Installing a metal roof flashing.

Eave flashings include gable. A do it yourself video detailing step by step how to flash a chimney with our metal roofing chimney kit. The eave flashing or edging is just the steel metal strips used to cover the entire perimeter of the roof. 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. 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. Bend the corner flashing tightly around the corner. Installing your roof flashing is going to be slightly different depending on the specific type that you re installing.

Protect the eave from ice dams and sideways rain step one in steep slope roofing is the edge flashing. 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. Step flashing on roof peak. Other flashings include transition flashing end wall and sidewall flashings and valleys see diagram on right for application.

For exposed fasteners avoid over tightening the fastener. One common method is to lay the edge metal under the eaves membrane and over the rake. Use your neoprene washer head screws to secure the metal to the sheathing. We ve cut our z trims and before we install them we need to know where to place them on the panel.

Details concrete masonry roofing wrb flashing. Roof shingle over step flashing. Next you are ready to install the metal roof. 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.

Space the screws about 12 in 30 cm apart. Make sure that the screws are all aligned evenly as you will be able to see them from the ground if they are. In order to do that we re going to use the end wall flashing as a guide.