Putting Flashing On A Roof

Installing drip edge on your roof.

Putting flashing on a roof.

Flashing is the key to a skylight that won t leak water into the roof cutting a hole in a perfectly water tight roof is asking for trouble and true to form skylights are notorious for. Install new flashing metal flashing is often called drip edge along the bottom of the roof near your gutters. You will also need rake edge flashing for the sides of the roof. When working with step flashing this may involve removing undamaged pieces of flashing as well.

These areas include anywhere there are intersections or joints such as edges around chimneys vents skylights roof valleys and soil stacks. If your roof joint is longer than that you will need to have two or more pieces soldered together to make one long piece. Once even a small section of roofing cement fails you ll have a leak. First use a stiff wire brush and solvent to clean the surface of any dirt debris or corrosion keep solvent away from asphalt shingles.

With without rain gutters. This is important to protect damage to your fascia soffits rafters. As a protectant flashing is placed anywhere on the roof s surface that requires extra protection. Nail metal flashing called drip edge along the bottom edge of the roof deck near the gutters.

Tools supplies tin sn. Fixing roof flashing just like installing flashing is best left to roofing professionals. Continuous flashing against a sidewall is one way to install a roof but it s not the correct way. Make sure to install flashing around the chimneys and walls.

But it doesn t work that way. Typically flashing comes in 10 foot long pieces. It may seem as if a single piece of flashing would offer more protection than many pieces of step flashing. These types of flashing are known as step flashing and turn back flashing.

Nail the drip edge in place using your hammer and roofing nails. You should not take risks with your roof. Coat the flashing with a zinc based primer followed by two or more coats of spray on rust preventive metal paint. You may want to paint the flashing to match the roof.