This article provides details of foundation tops building walls exterior trim wall corners and roof wall intersection flashing to prevent leaks water damage.
Roof wall flashing installation.
These leaks are almost always caused by improper flashing installation or the absence of roof flashing altogether.
To make corner flashing take your tin snips and cut a 45 degree line from an outside corner to the center fold.
How to install roof flashing against a wall.
Continuous flashing against a sidewall is one way to install a roof but it s not the correct way.
Many people who have porches attached to their homes have problems with water leaks at the junction of the porch and the exterior wall of the home.
The wall leg of the kickout should be applied over the housewrap cut a 2 ft square piece of housewrap and tuck one edge into the horizontal cut the same one the first piece of housewrap was slipped into and up under the housewrap on the wall by at least 5 in.
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Step flashing redirects the water back onto the shingle.
Even if one piece of step flashing fails the flashing and shingle below it start the process over again.
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.
Install your underlayment completely and your shingles up to where the wall begins so that the first piece of flashing or the corner flashing will rest on a shingle.
