How To Install Sidewall Flashing On A Metal Roof

We ve cut our z trims and before we install them we need to know where to place them on the panel.

How to install sidewall flashing on a metal roof.

Once even a small section of roofing cement fails you ll have a leak. It may seem as if a single piece of flashing would offer more protection than many pieces of step flashing. How to install sidewall on a vicwest metal roof. Applicable for ultravic supervic 7 8 corrugated barnmaster diamond rib double.

The wall side of the flashing can either be covered over with siding or sealed with caulk. Continuous flashing against a sidewall is one way to install a roof but it s not the correct way. Installing the sidewall flashing. Since most ordinary homeowners do not have all the necessary know how or significant knowledge of basic roofing principles along with experience of working on an actual roof all day in the sun with the sweat pouring down the face as you work on flashing all the dormers chimneys and roof vents or shingling away for hours on end and doing it right taking on the installation of a metal roof.

It s a standard l trim and we use this trim most often in a concealed or hidden fastener application. Butyl tape should be applied where the foot of the flashing attaches to the roof. Now we can put our sidewall trim up make our marks for cutting and folding and install it. But it doesn t work that way.

Sidewall flashing is applied when the side of the roof butts up against an adjacent wall.