Flashing is a thin strip of weatherproof material installed to deflect water from seals and joints to protect your porch and home from damage.
Porch roof flashing.
Roof flashing on a porch roof there is another place that roof flashing has now invaded.
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Most flashing is 8 inches wide.
Gently hammer the 45 degree cut around the corner of the porch roof.
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Use the metal break tool to bend the flashing lengthwise in the middle according to the angle of the roof joint.
The corner cut should be facing upwards.
The wall s drainage plane material should overlap the flashing at this intersection guiding water from the walls to the flashing and finally to the roof.
Lay the cut flashing down at the corner over a shingle that is already in place.
As mentioned above apron flashing or cover flashing are probably the most common type of roof flashings in the u k.
If a porch or bay roof intersects the wall flashing must guide water from the wall s drainage plane where it can drain from the home.
If you have problems with your porch roof leaking it is often due to poorly installed flashing or a lack of flashing altogether.
Check the flashing at intersecting roofs.
Flashing is installed to surround roof features such as vents chimneys and skylights.
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Traditionally the flashing was installed and hidden under the siding.
This flashing has two sides one connected just on top of the porch roof and the other to the exterior wall.
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Often seen on the front and back of a chimney abutting brickwork on flat roofs or where a roof meets the brickwork of a house or outbuilding.
Step 6 make a 10 degree bend on the shingle edge of the flashing approximately 1 2 inch from the edge.
Roof flashing is a thin material usually galvanized steel that professional roofers use to direct water away from critical areas of the roof wherever the roof plane meets a vertical surface like a wall or a dormer.
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Find out if the flashing is correctly installed and sealed or if it has holes caused by corrosion.
4 inches should go up the house wall and 4 inches should go on top of the porch roof shingles.