How To Seal A Hip Roof To A Wall

It is used to seal the gap between walls and intersecting roofs.

How to seal a hip roof to a wall.

Gaf mastering the roof chapter 13 flashing is used to seal and protects joints in a building from water penetration by direct the flow of water away from. Here i have a longer length. Next i ll remove the hip cap get our z trim cut them to length and install them. Finally the housewrap can be laid up on the wall to cover the top of the kickout diverter and step flashings.

It comes in 10 foot lengths or for step flashing 6 inch lengths. Roof leg and a 7 in. Yes even flat roof to wall intersections are not being properly done. I recommend 12 in wide step flashings bent for a 5 in.

Metal roof flashing is a galvanized sheet metal that is bent at a 90 degree angle about 8 to 12 inches on each side of the angle. A hip roof is a roof in which the roof slopes upward from all four exterior walls to meet at a central ridge. The most common roof to wall intersections involve either a gable roof with its ridge running perpendicular to the wall or a shed roof that slopes downward away from the wall. In the same way that we use z trim for the installation of end wall flashing and sidewall transition we re going to do the exact same thing here on the hip.

The narrower step flashing just isn t wide enough to protect the intersection fully. Below are two photographs of roof wall step flashing completed and effective of a slate roof against a brick wall below left and in process with step flashing against a dormer sidewall before the dormer siding has been put in place below right. Bigger step flashing is better. There are no gable ends on a building with a hip roof.

Proper roof wall abutment flashing examples.