Rake trim is placed along the roofline where the line meets the gable.
Flashing roof to rake wall.
There have always been problems with the flashing details at head walls rake walls and chimneys especially if stucco brick or stone veneer is used.
If that s the case read this quick primer on how to install the following metal roof flashings on your home.
I recommend 12 in wide step flashings bent for a 5 in.
Roof to wall flashing.
Drip edges are strips of flashing material that run along roof eaves and rakes to prevent water from seeping under the finished roof along its edges.
The narrower step flashing just isn t wide enough to protect the intersection fully.
One of the most troublesome areas of the roof is the eave to rake wall flashing intersection.
To emphasize the importance of proper roof and deck flashing and to provide typical and enhanced flashing techniques for coastal homes.
7 2 and 7 3 for rake and eave details.
One common method is to lay the edge metal under the eaves membrane and over the rake.
Below are guidelines for flashing the wall before installing any type of sloped roofing material at eave to rake wall intersections.
Flashing is critical to certain areas of your roof namely the places where the roof surface meets a wall sidewalls and front walls the low points where two roof slopes meet called valleys roof protrusions bathroom kitchen vents skylights and the roof s edges rakes and eaves.
Eave to rake wall flashing.
The majority of roof leaks occur in locations where the plane of the roof is interrupted by a ridge another roof intersecting at an angle a wall or penetration.
Roof leg and a 7 in.
Bigger step flashing is better.
Its end needs to be cut angled and folded to fit the roof side and meet the end wall and eave.
See fact sheet nos.
Finally the housewrap can be laid up on the wall to cover the top of the kickout diverter and step flashings.
All exterior wall coverings whether it is wood siding vinyl siding brick or stone veneer stucco etc.
Must be kept up off the surface of the roof a minimum 1 some manufacturers of exterior wall coverings require.
