Flashing Roof To Siding Snow

Roof and siding install.

Flashing roof to siding snow.

Galvanized sheet metal bent at a 90 degree angle i e. Bent into an l shape. Berger offers the most extensive selection of snow guards for virtually any type of residential or commercial roof including metal slate shingle and cedar. The edge of the roof has thin metal flashing that helps water drip off the roof without damaging the home or causing a leak.

Posted march 4 2017 filed under roof installation roof repair maintenance. Step flashing is used to provide a water tight connection where roofing adjoins a vertical juncture. While some skylight manufacturers include flashing in their products sometimes roofing professionals have to create it or purchase it separately. Otherwise the siding installer will need to be extra cautious.

This drip edge flashing provides protection from water damage along the eaves and rake of a roof. The remaining siding on the sidewall will overlap the step flashing and nail. They extend the course 3 8 1 2 inch past the starter course then nail in place then install step flashing then the next course and so on up the roof. This flashing is typically field fabricated from a sheet of 26 ga.

Open valleys have metal flashing to protect this critical area of the roof. In this sense it seems more practical to install the siding first. Some roofing components such as the flashing are easier to install without the siding. Install the first course of shingles.

Here silva and the apprentices are installing architectural shingles. They are designed to reduce large sheets of snow and ice from avalanching off a sloped roof and causing extensive damage to property and pedestrians.