Step Flashing Metal Roof

It may seem as if a single piece of flashing would offer more protection than many pieces of step flashing.

Step flashing metal roof.

Item 831018 model 4916sp 30. How doers get more done. Multiple pieces of the flashing will be installed in layers with shingles to ensure the water flows away from the wall. It is used for roof to wall flashing.

Step flashing has its name due to its look after installation as steps going up on a wall. Step flashing can be fabricated in any size or metal but its commonly fabricated in copper due to better protection against leakage when soldered. Even if one piece of step flashing fails the flashing and shingle below it start the process over again. Step flashing is a rectangular piece of flashing bent 90 degrees in the center.

Gibraltar building products 4 in. 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. Jamsill guard sill pan flashing 4 5625 in x 40 in plastic step flashing. Roof flashing chimney flashing aluminum flashing roofing shingles 50 in.

Install the step flashing when the siding is installed it should be tucked behind this piece and then consecutive courses lapped over it. Step flashings are to be installed one per course. Or greater step flashing aluminum step flashing. Galvanized steel step flashing in weathered wood model 18912 62.

Continuous flashing against a sidewall is one way to install a roof but it s not the correct way. The vertical flange of the flashing is to extend up behind the adjoining siding. Step flashing redirects the water back onto the shingle. The remaining siding on the sidewall will overlap the step flashing and nail.