How To Install Roof Flashing Against A Brick Wall

The most common method of fixing lead flashings is to make a lead bung also known as a lead chock.

How to install roof flashing against a brick wall. Most important make sure weep vents are included in the mortar at each pan without a way for water to escape all the fancy flashing is for nothing. Caulk the slot after the flashing has been installed. Above the roof sheathing. However the principles are the s.

How to fix lead flashings. Step 3 flashing angled roofs with the step method you can use the step method to flash an angled roof. Using the circular saw and masonry blade cut a slot about 1 5 inches into the brick so that the overlapping flashing or counter flashing will slide into the slot. You have to install the roof side of the flashing either under the last layer of shingles or over the roof materials if the roof runs flat up against a brick wall.

This is made by rolling up a 25mm or less strip of lead into an oval shape just wider than the mortar chase you are fixing and then driving it below the surface of the bricks to form a wedge. The masons should add a bond break layer to keep mortar droppings from creating dams behind the brick. Properly installed flashing covers the seam between the wall and the roof and directs water onto the roof. In an ideal installation the flashing will extend under the brick veneer so that there.

I cut the tape so that it laps onto the housewrap above and 3 in. You need step flashing which is metal flashing that is in an l shape. Chalk a straight line about 2 inches above the back of the base flashing. Once the roofing and step flashing are in place complete the counterflashing at the masonry as follows.

Flexible flashing tape seals the eave to the wall. Once the flexible flashing is set i apply a piece of housewrap along the wall where the fascia meets it.