How To Flash A Shed Roof To A Wall

Most simply use a nominal 6 piece of lumber.

How to flash a shed roof to a wall.

Nail the vent to the wall with matching spacing of nails. I use a wide piece of flexible flashing tape to protect the area between the subfascia and the wall. Above the roof sheathing. Above this install a counter flashing back on your sheathing with a return wide enough to allow air movement.

The rough side will be down against the roof and wall and nailed at 2 in from ends along the black nail line in the fabric and two nails evenly spaced between them. Ensure the vent is nailed at each edge 2 in. In this video isaac illustrates installation of an 18 w. The roof flashing is then placed up behind this through the wall z bar flashing on the outside of the vertical blocking backing material.

Vent the shed roof by installing the end wall flashing on top of strips of your wall strapping cut the same height as the vertical leg of the flashing. To install the roof wall flashing above the builder bent the top edge of the flashing into a 90 degree lip about 2 cm in width. It should tuck under the sheathing wrap above and over the flashing below. That lip is then set into a reglet or groove in this case cut into the mortar joint of the brick wall above.

Iws is used in conjunction with step flashing or 4x5 wall flashing to create a water tight junction. Two ways to flash roof edges. Once the flexible flashing is set i apply a piece of housewrap along the wall where the fascia meets it. Above this start your wall strapping and cladding.

One common method is to lay the edge metal under the eaves membrane and over the rake. It is used for roof to wall flashing. The flashing only going part way into the wall will merely stop excess water running down the outside of the wall and between the wall and roof. I cut the tape so that it laps onto the housewrap above and 3 in.

Nail length should penetrate through roof decking. Above a lower roof where it abuts the wall in all cases make sure to detail the flashing membrane so that it sheds water. Step flashing is a rectangular piece of flashing bent 90 degrees in the center. Details roofing wrb flashing.

The base flashing or apron flashing is the bottom piece. Protect the eave from ice dams and sideways rain step one in steep slope roofing is the edge flashing. To do the job properly the flashing should go right through the block wall and thereby keep the lower wall dry. If installed along the foundation the membrane should cover the joint where the sill meets the foundation.