Roof To Brick Wall Flashing
It may be quite a labor but it pays off with a strong roof.
Roof to brick wall flashing. When fitting cover flashings to a flat roof like the. Follow the photo for illustrated instructions. The copper counterflashing is inserted into the reglet and held by lead wedges. Install base flashing under shingles or over metal roofing material.
Metal roof flashing can be use to seal gaps between roof walls. Open valleys have metal flashing to protect this critical area of the roof. If the roof runs flat up against the brick wall you must install the roof side of the flashing either under the last layer of shingles or over the roof material if it is metal. While some skylight manufacturers include flashing in their products sometimes roofing professionals have to create it or purchase it separately.
It is commonly used in two story and side split houses. Properly installed flashing covers the seam between the wall and the roof and directs water onto the roof. This forms a reglet similar to detail 9 2a. New flashing in existing brick wall.
Proper roof wall flashing example. These kinds of houses often have a roof that butts against a wall. Metal roof flashing is a galvanized sheet metal bent at right angles with about eight to 12 inches on each side of the angle. That lip is then set into a reglet or groove in this case cut into the mortar joint of the brick wall above.
The edge of the roof has thin metal flashing that helps water drip off the roof without damaging the home or causing a leak. Here is an attempt though maybe not a very good one to make the roof flashing serve also as a through the wall flashing with a tile roof. In an ideal installation the flashing will extend under the brick veneer so that there. Click pic to enlarge the video below will show you how to fit lead roof flashing like the ones seen in the picture above.
The flat roofing material must go up the wall a minimum of 12 or up the wall and over the top of the wall if the wall is less than 12 high. The reglet is then filled with. This detail shows how new copper flashing is installed in an existing brick wall. The mortar joint between brick courses is raked at least 2 deep.