How To Seal Roof To Wall

Yes even flat roof to wall intersections are not being properly done.

How to seal roof to wall.

In order to do so safely you will need an extension ladder and rubber soled non slip shoes. 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. 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. 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.

Before attempting to get to the roof you must make sure that the ladder is secure. It is used to seal the gap between walls and intersecting roofs. 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. It comes in 10 foot lengths or for step flashing 6 inch lengths.

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. Proper roof wall abutment flashing examples.