Ensure it sits flat and extends at least 8 inches above the shingles.
Installing step flashing on a roof.
Here s how to do it right the first time.
How to install step flashing with a wall corner step three.
It may seem as if a single piece of flashing would offer more protection than many pieces of step flashing.
The remaining siding on the sidewall will overlap the step flashing and nail.
You will start by snipping one of your pieces of step flashing at a forty five degree angle.
Continuous flashing against a sidewall is one way to install a roof but it s not the correct way.
Typically flashing is installed using roofing nails and roofing cement.
In order to properly install new flashing you ll have to remove the shingles surrounding your old flashing and then re lay them after installation.
Once even a small section of roofing cement fails you ll have a leak.
You will want to place the lower portion of the step flashing against the roof and the other edge goes around the corner edge.
Bend it back so that it overlaps the corner flashing.
The first part of installing the step flashing is the installation of the corner flashing.
Nail flashing to roof deck only.
Then set the piece down.
Flashing is generally installed at any joints or edges in the roof where water could otherwise work its way in.
Hammer one nail to the.
Make corner flashing from step flashing.
Then sink two nails in the wall near the top one on each face.
Nail through flashing into shingle do not extend flashing above top of shingle and.
Step flashings are to be installed one per course.
Cut step flashing pieces to be 10 in.
Wide and 2 in.
Once you ve shingled up to the sidewall cut a piece of step flashing at a 45ยบ angle from the outside corner to the bent seam.
Proper installation of step flashing.
Cover tops of step.
Nail it in place with two nails one.
The roof deck flange of step flashings are to be fastened to the surface of each shingle in a position whereby the next course of shingles will cover up hide the flashing from view.
Longer than the shingle s exposure.
Each additional rain adds more water and before you know it you ve got rotted wood.
