How To Install Wall Flashing On A Metal Roof

Begin by removing the shingles at the affected area and removing old flashing if present.

How to install wall flashing on a metal roof.

It may seem as if a single piece of flashing would offer more protection than many pieces of step flashing. Use your finger or a tool to smooth the silicone around. I m going to install one between each panel directly in the center. Each flashing job is a little bit different and depends on the type of material that the exterior of your house is made of.

With the end wall flashing in place i use stitch screws to attach it to the z trim and to the gable trim. This video shows how to install endwall flashing with standing seam panels. It s very important to make sure that you grab the z channel that s below and make sure that you re in the outside leg of the z channel. But it doesn t work that way.

Screw it down in a way that its fits tight over the humps of the metal roof. The video features union s advantage lok ii standing seam roofing panel which is. Use your feet to flatten the flashing down over the contour of the roof. Continuous flashing against a sidewall is one way to install a roof but it s not the correct way.

After screwing it down securely do another bead of silicone around the edge also put some silicone on all the screws as well. Install your underlayment completely and your shingles up to where the wall begins so that the first piece of flashing or the corner flashing will rest on a shingle. However the principles are the s. To make corner flashing take your tin snips and cut a 45 degree line from an outside corner to the center fold.