Installing Roof Shingles And Flashing

Install new flashing metal flashing is often called drip edge along the bottom of the roof near your gutters.

Installing roof shingles and flashing.

Be sure to follow the shingle manufacturers recommended lapping and nailing schedule. Continuous flashing against a sidewall is one way to install a roof but it s not the correct way. Even if one piece of step flashing fails the flashing and shingle below it start the process over again. Lay a shingle on top of the flashing and nail it as usual.

Nail the drip edge in place using your hammer and roofing nails. If the roof meets a wall that is parallel to the shingles roof up to the wall then slip a long continuous piece of flashing under the siding and on top of the shingles. Finish the whole shingle course. Flashing works like one long shingle to make the joint between the porch roof and the house impregnable.

Various roof vents roof planes that butt against vertical walls at the end of the shingle course are protected by metal step flashing at least 125 mm high and 125 mm wide 5 high and 5 wide. Complete shingle installation above the plumbing stack flashing. These leaks are almost always caused by improper flashing installation or the absence of roof flashing altogether. They extend the course 3 8 1 2 inch past the starter course then nail in place then install step flashing then the next course and so on up the roof.

Always install flashing around a chimney and other valleys where two roof planes meet as these areas are more prone to leaks if not protected. Apply a flashing piece then a shingle then flashing as you would apply step flashing for a chimney. Dealing with dips and making clean overlaps metal drip edge flashing is installed on the perimeter of a roof to direct water away from the. 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.

Here silva and the apprentices are installing architectural shingles. Step flashing redirects the water back onto the shingle.