How To Tie Flat Roof Into Vinyl Siding

Posted march 4 2017 filed under roof installation roof repair maintenance.

How to tie flat roof into vinyl siding.

With regards to the inside of the porch and the siding if the siding is cut at an angle you could use j channel there as well if it is flat the have a channel that the siding locks into and a tool you can buy for less than 10 to make tabs on the siding to make it lock into the channel. The flat roofing material must go up the wall a minimum of 12 or up the wall and over the top of the wall if the wall is less than 12 high. Step flashing is used to provide a water tight connection where roofing adjoins a vertical juncture. What should a roofer prepare for and a homeowner expect when having a new roof installed on a house that has vinyl siding.

Here is an attempt though maybe not a very good one to make the roof flashing serve also as a through the wall flashing with a tile roof. Join the area between the porch roof and the vinyl siding with metal flashing. Galvanized sheet metal bent at a 90 degree angle i e. Be sure to pay attention to roof w.

This flashing is typically field fabricated from a sheet of 26 ga. To tie the roof into the siding the tin roofing panels must first be installed to. On lean to roofs where a sloping roof plane meets the siding endwall flashing is necessary to prevent leaks. Bent into an l shape.

With fibercement you have to leave 2 inches to the roof surface and for wood you should leave about. 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. If you have beveled horizontal siding then use an inverted piece of siding as shown in the illustration here to create a plumb flat surface for attaching the ledger. Relatively flat siding can remain intact but clapboard beveled wood metal or vinyl siding should always be cut away.

Finishing with vinyl i just j channel 1 in. For any lap or shingle siding the process isn t a problem. Then coat the areas where the flashing meets the siding and where it meets the new roof with roof sealant. First use roofing nails to secure the flashing to both surfaces bending it in the middle if needed.

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