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.
Metal roof to stucco wall flashing.
There sometimes is a problem with movement differences of the wall and the roof decking when the flashing is fastened to both the wall and the roof.
That lip is then set into a reglet or groove in this case cut into the mortar joint of the brick wall above.
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.
Often with new construction the roof flashing is first nailed to the wall.
If you do all this carefully and neatly the existing stucco stays and looks fine.
Flashing a nail flange window 2018 rev detail.
Wall to roof deck flashing 2020 detail.
Lay 2x4 blocks on the roof to set a consistent height for the weep screed flashing.
Metal flashing also called roof flashing goes against a stucco wall to protect it from water damage.
Cantilevered deck joist stucco 2020 detail.
Proper roof wall flashing example.
When the plywood deck is in place slide the 6x6 flashing down to the deck and nail to the deck at the outside edge of the flashing.
The edge of the roof has thin metal flashing that helps water drip off the roof without damaging the home or causing a leak.
For areas where the walls meet the roof you will need to use the step flashing technique but you will need kickout flashing in other areas.
Corners for stucco 2020.
Sill pan for nail flange windows 2020 detail.
Control joint at floor line 2016 detail.
Kick out flashing for stucco 2019 detail.
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.
Slide a 6x6 galvanized flashing up behind the stucco and paper.
Stucco parapets 2020 detail.
In this video kirk giordano demonstrates how to counter flash the bottom of a stucco wall over the step flashing of the roof so that no one has to jackhammer your walls just to fix a roof.
It is important that you use the right method when you install flashing.
The new roof is sealed to the flashing you just installed.
While some skylight manufacturers include flashing in their products sometimes roofing professionals have to create it or purchase it separately.