Align the back side of the bent kick out flashing with the step flashing and shingle attached to the vertical wall.
How to kickout flashing siding.
Here s the solution step 1 waterproof the wall.
Next install a course of peel and stick membrane along the eaves.
Step 3 install the kickout flashing.
Step 2 flash the roof and roof wall connection.
Measure the first bend.
Apply waterproofing membrane where the bottom of the roof meets the wall 1.
Start with coil stock.
As an alternative to the diverter create a kickout from metal flashing as shown in fig.
Slip in the flashing.
The kickout goes in next followed by standard step flashings.
We usually begin by installing a piece of peel and stick flashing folding it into the corner between the roof and the wall.
Install fastflash along the wall at the roof edge.
Make a 90 bend.
Lift the bottom shingle and slip in the kickout flashing.
The job shown at left is typical for a reroof where we cut in and begin detailing the intersections first.
Be sure to leave space between the end of the fascia and the wall where fastflash wrb and siding can slide up.
Place the back edge of the kick out flashing over the caulking and attach with a galvanized nail to the vertical wall.
Nail it to the sidewall or glue it if nailing isn t possible.
Cut a diverter from aluminum trim sheet making sure it sits on the nail hem of the last full course fig.
Kick out flashing a somewhat forgotten practice except by the best roofers addresses this risk at the most vulnerable intersection between sloped roofs and walls.
Kickout flashing is improperly fashioned and improperly installed on a regular basis but it s actually quite easy to make a piece of kickout flashing with a longnose pliers and a piece of step.
Cover with cap flashing.
Run a small line of caulking down the end of the adjacent step flashing.
Run the siding until the last full course under the roof area.
Divert water away from the siding at the bottom of the roof with this critical flashing detail.
If the kick out and step flashing can t tuck behind the siding screw on cap flashing to cover it then caulk along the top.
