How To Seal A Hip Roof To A Wall

Next i ll remove the hip cap get our z trim cut them to length and install them.

How to seal a hip roof to a wall.

There are no gable ends on a building with a hip roof. A hip roof is a roof in which the roof slopes upward from all four exterior walls to meet at a central ridge. It is used to seal the gap between walls and intersecting roofs. Bigger step flashing is better.

Here is an attempt though maybe not a very good one to make the roof flashing serve also as a through the wall flashing with a. The flat roofing material must go up the wall a minimum of 12 or up the wall and over the top of the wall if the wall is less than 12 high. Gaf mastering the roof chapter 13 flashing is used to seal and protects joints in a building from water penetration by direct the flow of water away from. Yes even flat roof to wall intersections are not being properly done.

The most common roof to wall intersections involve either a gable roof with its ridge running perpendicular to the wall or a shed roof that slopes downward away from the wall. Below are two photographs of roof wall step flashing completed and effective of a slate roof against a brick wall below left and in process with step flashing against a dormer sidewall before the dormer siding has been put in place below right. In hip roof designs all four exterior walls support the ends of roof rafters so all exterior walls bear a weight load from the roof above them. I recommend 12 in wide step flashings bent for a 5 in.

Here i have a longer length. Roof leg and a 7 in. It comes in 10 foot lengths or for step flashing 6 inch lengths. The narrower step flashing just isn t wide enough to protect the intersection fully.

Proper roof wall abutment flashing examples.