How To Flash A Metal Roof

It s very important to make sure that you grab the z channel that s below and make sure that you re in the outside leg of the z channel.

How to flash a metal roof.

One common method is to lay the edge metal under the eaves membrane and over the rake. Since most ordinary homeowners do not have all the necessary know how or significant knowledge of basic roofing principles along with experience of working on an actual roof all day in the sun with the sweat pouring down the face as you work on flashing all the dormers chimneys and roof vents or shingling away for hours on end and doing it right taking on the installation of a metal roof. In this video i cover installing a roof boot for a vent pipe in a metal roof. Pan flashing should extend at least 12 inches up the roof plane.

Choose the appropriate flashing size. We will be depending. Step flashing on roof peak. Usually 8 inch flashing will work but any size will work well.

Bend the corner flashing tightly around the corner. Apply butyl tape sealant to the bottom of an offset cleat and install the cleat six inches above the chimney base. Rivet the pan flashing to the sidewall flashing. Roof shingle over step flashing.

Two ways to flash roof edges. Install base flashing under shingles or over metal roofing material. How to install metal roof flashing against brick step 1. This build is a porch addition on an existing metal building home.

Details concrete masonry roofing wrb flashing. Screw the pan flashing to the roof with gasket screws. If the roof runs flat up against the brick. With the end wall flashing in place i use stitch screws to attach it to the z trim and to the gable trim.

Protect the eave from ice dams and sideways rain step one in steep slope roofing is the edge flashing. I m going to install one between each panel directly in the center.