How to install flashing around a vent pipe five steps to replace a vent pipe flashing 1.
How to install roof flashing for vent pipe.
Center the pipe in the flashing and push the flexible front corners up or down so that the flashing pipe is parallel to the vent pipe.
Begin by removing the shingles at the affected area and removing old flashing if present.
The edge of the roof has thin metal flashing that helps water drip off the roof without damaging the home or causing a leak.
1 remove nails holding down shingles above the pip.
After selecting an area to install from inside the building square the template between the roof rafters and outline with a marker.
Continue the next row of shingles cutting a hole for the vent pipe.
Metal roof flashing installation.
Carefully remove all the shingles from the flashing.
Use roofing nails to install the l shaped flashing flush with the roof and wall then cover it with roofing cement and reattach the roofer s felt.
Hammer the nails into the top and sides of the flashing.
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The neck of the flashing should fit snugly around the pipe.
Figure 1 install shingles just below vent pipe.
Apply the last row of shingles that is just below the vent pipe as shown in figure 1.
Using a sawzall cut any roofing nails in the area of the lower mounting plate flush with the sheathing.
Pull the old flashing up over the vent pipe and scrape any old caulk and debris off the roof.
Open valleys have metal flashing to protect this critical area of the roof.
Be sure to clean the outside of the pipe from old caulk that could be in the way of the flashing.
Then nail the new l shaped flashing under the builder s felt but above the fascia board.
The flashing should be installed under the top and side shingles but it should be laid above the shingles that are below the vent pipe.
Apply the roofing felt on the roof cutting a hole for the vent pipe.
While some skylight manufacturers include flashing in their products sometimes roofing professionals have to create it or purchase it separately.
Slide the new flashing over the vent pipe and under the shingles above the pipe.