Flashings In The Roof Gables

It is at the back of the porch roof where the roof meets the house siding.

Flashings in the roof gables.

Traditionally the flashing was installed and hidden under the siding. Install valley battens on both ends of the roof valley then attach first flashing 3 4 inches over the roof flange and another 3 4 inches over the fascia if any is present. Flashing is installed to surround roof features such as vents chimneys and skylights. Roof flashing is a thin material usually galvanized steel that professional roofers use to direct water away from critical areas of the roof wherever the roof plane meets a vertical surface like a wall or a dormer.

Now nail this first flashing at both its far ends. Today the flashing is on top of the siding. Gable trim designed to finish off the edge of the roof gable or rake. The gable trim combined with sealant provides a watertight seal for your roof system.

Without gable rake flashing protection wind driven rain can begin to rot the fascia and roof deck. Roof drip edge flashing at roof eaves gable ends roof drip edge flashing serves multiple functions on a building the foremost of which is to assist water in leaving the roof edge with minimum damage to other building components by directing the water off of the roof and into the gutter. Galvanized steel is a trusted low maintenance product that is known for durability. Striations and bends on the flashing provide strength and match the lines of your other edge trims.

Click to enlarge any image. Step 6 install the flashing. 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. The current flashing details in the 2013 international residential code irc for sloped roof wall intersections are very difficult to construct.

Remember to caulk the underside of the flashing with a sealant. Flashing the seam the bottom row of vertical siding goes on the gable end of the house first. Roof flashing on a porch roof. There is another place that roof flashing has now invaded.

As a result most typical construction does not use any type of through the wall flashing which results in leaky wall complaints.