How To Flash Cedar Siding To Shingles

How to install cedar shingles on a shed roof and walls.

How to flash cedar siding to shingles.

Flashing must be overlapped by the moisture barrier. Install a cedar breather if needed. Fasten that shingle with two galvanized nails at the top then cover the top of it with another piece of step flashing nailed to. Install the first course directly on top of the starter.

Nail it to the sidewall or glue it if nailing isn t possible. It looked the original flashing and it was gone see photo. Cedar shingle siding must never rest on the horizontal surface of flashing. Roofer helped me replace it by removing the bottom 3 shingle courses and putting in new aluminum flashing with ice water to seal the top of the flashing house had the original 120 year old cedar shakes under several layers of asphalt shingles.

Cover the roof in felt roofing paper. When you come to the last space in a row use a utility knife to cut a shingle to fit into it. Use a chalk line to align the starter course of cedar shingles. Guys i redid the ledge on the bottom of the front gable.

Otherwise it is possible for water to wick up the shingles and into the wall. Read the full post. Therefore shingles should be a minimum 1 4 above the horizontal surface of the flashing. Attach the shingles with 1 inch roofing nails.

Drive the heads flush with the wood but don t allow them to penetrate. It is always recommended to install step flashing behind stucco dryvit wood panel lap siding vinyl siding cedar shingle siding etc. Lift the bottom shingle and slip in the kickout flashing. Inspect the sidewall around and underneath the fascia and inside the house for signs of moisture damage and repair any rotted areas.

Failing to replace step flashings when a cedar shake roof is replaced with a composition shingle roof. Sidewall contractor dean fraser shows us how to apply cedar shingles. Lay a shingle over the step flashing starting at the roof edge. Install shingles using 2 weather resistant nails.