How To Flash Dormer Metal Roofing Abc

With the end wall flashing in place i use stitch screws to attach it to the z trim and to the gable trim.

How to flash dormer metal roofing abc.

Nail along its upper edge. Here s a step by step look at how to flash a dormer so that water is carried away from those vulnerable areas. Because this type of metal flashing can t be soldered making a leak proof joint where the flashing turns the corner at the bottom of the dormer called for special attention but i have a detail that handled the situation nicely. Metal flashing can t be soldered making a leakproof joint where the flashing turns the corner at the bottom of the dormer called for special attention but i have a detail that handled the situation nicely.

Apply peel and stick membrane to the front wall of the dormer making sure it overlaps the roof underlayment and wraps up onto the wall 6 or 8 inches. Editorial adviser mike guertin is a builder and remodeler from east greenwich r i. The piece that s going to allow us to join the panels on the lower slope and the panels on the higher slope is the pitch transition flashing or the pitch change trim. Our host david mackey discusses techniques used in installing valley panel using the sl 16 standing seam roofing system from american building components.

If you look here at the lower slope roof you can see that we ve already put panel on it and installed z trim as we have been doing elsewhere on this project. One common method is to lay the edge metal under the eaves membrane and over the rake. Notch the first step flashing leaving a 1 in. It s very important to make sure that you grab the z channel that s below and make sure that you re in the outside leg of the z channel.

Bend the flap down and nail along the top edge. Details roofing wrb flashing. Two ways to flash roof edges. Photos by andy engel except where noted.

1 install roof underlayment up to the dormer cutting it a few inches short of the roof wall joints at the front and side walls. Add shingles and additional step. Run the base flashing 4 to 5 in. I m going to install one between each panel directly in the center.

Flap to bend around the front of the dormer.