Stepped Flashing Detail At Roof

The flashing shall be a minimum of 4 inches 102 mm high and 4 inches 102 mm wide.

Stepped flashing detail at roof.

A 5 inch wide flashing will result in a 2 1 2 roof deck flange and 2 1 2 vertical wall flange. We try to help our clients in anyway possible. Once you ve shingled up to the sidewall cut a piece of step flashing at a 45º angle from the outside corner to the bent seam. Flashing directs rainwater away from these junctions preventing subsequent leaks and water damage.

Below are links to all our products downloadable roof details and drawings. Head flashings should be installed with a positive slope to the. Step and cover flashings are mostly used for profiled tiles. Base flashing step flashing and counter flashing.

Head flashings are used to direct water away from openings such as windows and doors. The bottom leg of the step flashing is placed over the roof drainage plane. It is used for roof to wall flashing. Flashing refers to the metal barrier installed where the roof meets any vertical wall including chimneys and dormers.

If you have any questions about a product please don t hesitate to call us we will help you get your roofing job done right the first time. At the end of the vertical sidewall the step flashing shall be turned out in a manner that directs water away from the wall and onto the roof and or gutter. However step flashings are used for slates and double overlapping flat profile tiles with accompanying lead soakers like the plain tiles pictured. A critical component of step flashings along the run of the roof slope is a kick out flashing.

Bend it down and back to sit flat on the corner. Step flashing is a rectangular piece of flashing bent 90 degrees in the center. With this method l shaped pieces of metal that are a couple of inches longer than the shingle overlap are installed on top of each shingle adjacent to the sidewall and the flashing is then laced into each course. Three types of flashing are typically used on each roof.

However the typical recommended width of step flashing ranges from 5 inches to 10 inches. Continuous flashing against a sidewall is one way to install a roof but it s not the correct way. Likewise a 10 wide flashing will result in a 5 inch wide roof deck flange and a 5 inch vertical flange. Step flashing redirects the water back onto the shingle.

It may seem as if a single piece of flashing would offer more protection than many pieces of step flashing. Step flashing has been required for asphalt shingles at roof to wall intersections as far back as the 1986 cabo. Make corner flashing from step flashing. It is used for roof to wall flashing.

Flashing against a vertical sidewall shall be by the step flashing method. The kick out flashing directs water away from the adjoining wall and ensures that the step flashing is not concentrating water on the surface of that wall. Multiple pieces of the flashing will be installed in layers with shingles to ensure the water flows away from the wall.