Flashing Where Fascia Meets Roof

Drip edge metal valley flashing dormer chimney and kickout flashing are types of roof flashing that shed water away from the connections between roofs walls chimneys and other building assemblies.

Flashing where fascia meets roof.

Dealing with dips and making clean overlaps metal drip edge flashing is. Home centers sell rolls of 6 in. Quality roofing material and expert installation are. I use a wide piece of flexible flashing tape to protect the area between the subfascia and the wall.

Modern standing seam roofs have a different design and the roof wraps around the fascia board completely hiding it at times. Roof drip edge flashing at roof eaves gable ends. Roof drip edge flashing serves multiple functions on a building the foremost of which is to assist water in leaving the roof edge with minimum damage to other building components by directing the water off of the roof and into the gutter. Install valley battens on both ends of the roof valley then attach first flashing 3 4 inches over the roof flange and another 3 4 inches over the fascia if any is present.

Trust our experts to replace your roof. Roof flashing is a very important part of a house. I cut the tape so that it laps onto the housewrap above and 3 in. If your roof has drip edge installed where the fascia meets your shingles with the gutter hung below the drip edge get some rolled flashing and tuck it up under the drip edge and over the top of the gutter.

Traditionally the flashing was installed and hidden under the siding. Anyplace where the roof plane meets a vertical wall such as a dormer a chimney or a split level roof flashing is necessary. Ground zero for roof rot is often where roofs meet walls. Click to enlarge any image.

Now nail this first flashing at both its far ends. It is at the back of the porch roof where the roof meets the house siding. Even if the roof has been properly. Once in place fasten the apron with sheet metal screws.

Flexible flashing tape seals the eave to the wall. Once the flexible flashing is set i apply a piece of housewrap along the wall where the fascia. Sidewalls where a roof abuts a wall are potential leak spots and rot spots. Above the roof sheathing.

Good metal flashing prevents these problems including a specially shaped kick flashing the intersection between a roof and a sidewall can be a rot problem waiting to happen.