How To Install Wall Flashing On A Metal Roof

Begin by removing the shingles at the affected area and removing old flashing if present.

How to install wall flashing on a metal roof.

After screwing it down securely do another bead of silicone around the edge also put some silicone on all the screws as well. It may seem as if a single piece of flashing would offer more protection than many pieces of step flashing. Use your feet to flatten the flashing down over the contour of the roof. 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.

Continuous flashing against a sidewall is one way to install a roof but it s not the correct way. Use roofing nails to install the l shaped flashing flush with the roof and wall then cover it with roofing cement and reattach the roofer s felt. To make corner flashing take your tin snips and cut a 45 degree line from an outside corner to the center fold. Each flashing job is a little bit different and depends on the type of material that the exterior of your house is made of.

But it doesn t work that way. Screw it down in a way that its fits tight over the humps of the metal roof. However the principles are the s. 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.

With the end wall flashing in place i use stitch screws to attach it to the z trim and to the gable trim. Use your finger or a tool to smooth the silicone around. This video shows how to install endwall flashing with standing seam panels. I m going to install one between each panel directly in the center.