Typically made of aluminium or galvanized steel flashing is any material used over joints in your walls or roof to prevent water from seeping through.
How to install roof flashing against a stucco wall.
The wall leg of the kickout should be applied over the housewrap cut a 2 ft square piece of housewrap and tuck one edge into the horizontal cut the same one the first piece of housewrap was slipped into and up under the housewrap on the wall by at least 5 in.
The edge of the roof has thin metal flashing that helps water drip off the roof without damaging the home or causing a leak.
If the stucco is already in place then the flashing must rest against the stucco in a similar manner to that of a brick wall.
How to install porch roof flashing.
Materials for installing flashing to stucco.
Flash onto the surface of the existing stucco.
Each flashing job is a little bit different and depends on the type of material that the exterior of your house is made of.
Apply the roofing felt and nail the first piece of step flashing to the lowest.
Stucco presents its own logistics problem.
While some skylight manufacturers include flashing in their products sometimes roofing professionals have to create it or purchase it separately.
If you currently have a stucco roof or walls on your home but wish to do more to prevent water from penetrating the surface the installation of metal flashing can go a long way.
If the stucco has not been installed then the flashing should be underneath the stucco.
If it s a sloped roof cut out 3 1 2 s high coat the bottom freshly cut edge install two 2x4 s standing on there sides run your shingles and step flashings against the 2x4 s than use l shaped counter flashing the l should slide between the stucco and 2x4 s all the way to the wall and down over top the step flashings.
Open valleys have metal flashing to protect this critical area of the roof.
Wrap the top of the wall with the wrb and install a new cap flashing.
To install the roof wall flashing above the builder bent the top edge of the flashing into a 90 degree lip about 2 cm in width.
These leaks are almost always caused by improper flashing installation or the absence of roof flashing altogether.
Proper roof wall flashing example.
Then install new stucco over the existing including a wrb.
That lip is then set into a reglet or groove in this case cut into the mortar joint of the brick wall above.
Alternatively if allowed install painted metal wall panels from roof flashing up and under existing cap flashing.
Now install the kickout flashing and step flashings up the roof as needed.
The first part of installing roof flashing to a stucco wall is to gather the necessary materials.