How To Install Wall Flashing On A Metal 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.

How to install wall flashing on a metal roof.

Screw it down in a way that its fits tight over the humps of the metal roof. Begin by removing the shingles at the affected area and removing old flashing if present. This video shows how to install endwall flashing with standing seam panels. To make corner flashing take your tin snips and cut a 45 degree line from an outside corner to the center fold.

It may seem as if a single piece of flashing would offer more protection than many pieces of step flashing. With the end wall flashing in place i use stitch screws to attach it to the z trim and to the gable trim. 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.

Continuous flashing against a sidewall is one way to install a roof but it s not the correct way. Once even a small section of roofing cement fails you ll have a leak. I m going to install one between each panel directly in the center. Use your feet to flatten the flashing down over the contour of the roof.

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. The video features union s advantage lok ii standing seam roofing panel which is. However the principles are the s. After screwing it down securely do another bead of silicone around the edge also put some silicone on all the screws as well.