How To Install Flashing On Metal Roof

The edge of the roof has thin metal flashing that helps water drip off the roof without damaging the home or causing a leak.

How to install flashing on metal roof.

Lay out your roofing underlayment over the fascia trim so that water that may form due to condensation does not collect underneath the drip edge. Always begin working at the point with the longest peak to eave distance. Following is the proceedure for installing the dsa flashing. Installing the gable flashing and starting with the first panel.

Use the metal break tool to bend the flashing lengthwise in the middle according to the angle of the roof joint. The edging or eave flashing consists of metal strips that are used to cover the perimeter of. I m going to take the end wall flashing put it in place and use a pencil or a sharpie to mark the tops of the ribs and the gable trim just so i know where to put those z s. Step 6 make a 10 degree bend on the shingle edge of the flashing approximately 1 2 inch from the edge.

Installing your roofing 1. How to install a flashing on a metal roof. However the principles are the s. A do it yourself video detailing step by step how to flash a chimney with our metal roofing chimney kit.

Most flashing is 8 inches wide. Take your first sheet. You can call us with any questions you may have. Install drip edge starter trim against eave fascia trim of the roof.

Open valleys have metal flashing to protect this critical area of the roof. Each flashing job is a little bit different and depends on the type of material that the exterior of your house is made of. We ve cut our z trims and before we install them we need to know where to place them on the panel. In order to do that we re going to use the end wall flashing as a guide.

Add the metal panels. This flashing is super thin and very flexible to curve around the humps in the metal roofing.