Install Flashing Rolled Roofing

Attach drip edge along the edge of the roof with roofing cement.

Install flashing rolled roofing.

Reinstall lead flashing mechanically fastening it to decking. Lay it from the bottom of the roof to the top ensuring 4 inches of overlap at each base line. Provide 6 inches of overlap under each side of the flashing. This aluminum flashing protects the edges of the roof sheathing from water.

Flat roof installation. Remove flashing and install a layer of roof cement within the marks. Do not use the eaves as a guide instead because they can be uneven. Install roll roofing measure 35 inches up from the eaves at several intervals along the roof and mark them.

Install a lead flashing mark edges of flashing on the new roof. While this flashing is self adhesive it is. Set it in a bed of roofing cement smooth out any creases and drive nails near the edges. You will need 1 10 gallon of lap not mastic cement for every roll and 2 pounds of roofing nails for every square.

On this video i showed you how to prepare a basic flat roof step by step hope you learn something and. The roofing should overhang the eaves by inch except where you install drip edge flashing on top of the roofing along the rake edge. You can install roll roofing on your own but it goes more smoothly with a helper so grab a friend and get started. Install drip edge and install 9 cant strips of roll roofing material along the rake and eaves edges gable ends and lower roof edge such that the roofing strip overhangs the roof deck by 1 4 to 3 8.

Install a drip edge around the perimeter of the roof. Install an asphalt roll surface with polymer bituminous flashing on a low pitched but not flat roof. In roofing one square equals 100 square feet. How to install roof flashing against a wall.

An underlayment of felt roofing is optional. Install the rolled roofing first making sure it is cut tight to the plumbing vent. Step flashing step flashing redirects the water back onto the shingle. Even if one piece of step flashing fails the flashing and shingle below it start the process over again.

Install drip edge flashings roofing felt and wsu if needed. Prepare roof edges cant strips. How to install polymer bituminous flashing. Continuous flashing against a sidewall is one way to install a roof but it s not the correct way.

Water can accumulate in the roofing or flashing on a flat roof causing ponding that will eventually result in rotted underlayment and a roof leak. Snap a chalk line as a guide for the first layer roofing.