Flashing Will Be Found Along The Peak Of The Roof

The flashing is another way to protect your roof from moisture.

Flashing will be found along the peak of the roof. Roof flashing is a thin material usually galvanized steel that professional roofers use to direct water away from critical areas of the roof wherever the roof plane meets a vertical surface like a wall or a dormer. A flashing along the peak of the roof is called the flashing. Valley flashing protects the valleys where two roof planes meet. For any roof or flashing work it is also important to avoid exposed fasteners.

Flashing is installed to surround roof features such as vents chimneys and skylights. Don t mistake this condition for headwall flashing routed beneath the shingles and call it a defect. Flashing is really just a piece of sheet metal such as a sheet of aluminum or steel that is then secured in place on your roof wherever there are vulnerable joints such as along the base of a chimney. It is applied in several different areas.

Past the outside corner. Hold the eave flashing in place running about 1 in. Hold a piece of rake flashing in place and then mark and cut its leading edge plumb to the eave fascia. The flashing that goes between the roof covering and the sheathing around the roof s perimeter is called flashing.

Any nail screw or rivet that fastens something to the roof deck should be hidden under roofing material. Cut the top of the flashing at a slight angle to the face of the rake and bend the vertical leg back against the rake trim. A closed valley means that the valley flashing. Flashing should overlap the roof covering material but on asphalt shingle roofs for aesthetic reasons the part of the headwall flashing that extends down over asphalt shingles is often covered with a course of shingle tabs.

For most tile roofs a standard step flashing cannot be used against a wall so a. Window flashing is installed around a window to keep rain from leaking in around the sash. There is also an external type of roof flashing that is laid on top of the shingles in valleys and along peaks. Relying on caulks and goo to seal exposed fasteners introduces a weak link into the roofing system.

This material is available with a v or w shaped profile and is placed over the top of the building felt before the roof s finishing material is installed. Those fasteners should never see a drop of rain.