Cut step flashing pieces to be 10 in.
Installing step flashing on a roof.
How to install step flashing with a wall corner step three.
Each additional rain adds more water and before you know it you ve got rotted wood.
Longer than the shingle s exposure.
Once you ve shingled up to the sidewall cut a piece of step flashing at a 45ยบ angle from the outside corner to the bent seam.
Hammer one nail to the.
Nail through flashing into shingle do not extend flashing above top of shingle and.
Typically flashing is installed using roofing nails and roofing cement.
Then sink two nails in the wall near the top one on each face.
It may seem as if a single piece of flashing would offer more protection than many pieces of step flashing.
The roof deck flange of step flashings are to be fastened to the surface of each shingle in a position whereby the next course of shingles will cover up hide the flashing from view.
Continuous flashing against a sidewall is one way to install a roof but it s not the correct way.
But it doesn t work that way.
Step flashings are to be installed one per course.
Nail flashing to roof deck only.
Flashing is generally installed at any joints or edges in the roof where water could otherwise work its way in.
Then set the piece down.
The first part of installing the step flashing is the installation of the corner flashing.
Here s how to do it right the first time.
In order to properly install new flashing you ll have to remove the shingles surrounding your old flashing and then re lay them after installation.
Install the step flashing when the siding is installed it should be tucked behind this piece and then consecutive courses lapped over it.
Ensure it sits flat and extends at least 8 inches above the shingles.
Once even a small section of roofing cement fails you ll have a leak.
Proper installation of step flashing.
Bend it down and back to sit flat on the corner.
You will start by snipping one of your pieces of step flashing at a forty five degree angle.
Bend it back so that it overlaps the corner flashing.
Cover tops of step.
Make corner flashing from step flashing.
Wide and 2 in.
