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Flashing where fascia meets roof.
Ground zero for roof rot is often where roofs meet walls.
Modern standing seam roofs have a different design and the roof wraps around the fascia board completely hiding it at times.
Install valley battens on both ends of the roof valley then attach first flashing 3 4 inches over the roof flange and another 3 4 inches over the fascia if any is present.
Once in place fasten the apron with sheet metal screws.
Remember to caulk the underside of the flashing with a sealant.
Drip edge metal valley flashing dormer chimney and kickout flashing are types of roof flashing that shed water away from the connections between roofs walls chimneys and other building assemblies.
Flexible flashing tape seals the eave to the wall.
Home centers sell rolls of 6 in.
Step 6 install the flashing.
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Sidewalls where a roof abuts a wall are potential leak spots and rot spots.
I use a wide piece of flexible flashing tape to protect the area between the subfascia and the wall.
Now nail this first flashing at both its far ends.
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Once the flexible flashing is set i apply a piece of housewrap along the wall where the fascia.
Dealing with dips and making clean overlaps metal drip edge flashing is.
Traditionally the flashing was installed and hidden under the siding.
It is at the back of the porch roof where the roof meets the house siding.
Anyplace where the roof plane meets a vertical wall such as a dormer a chimney or a split level roof flashing is necessary.
Roof drip edge flashing at roof eaves gable ends.
Quality roofing material and expert installation are.
Above the roof sheathing.
Good metal flashing prevents these problems including a specially shaped kick flashing the intersection between a roof and a sidewall can be a rot problem waiting to happen.
If your roof has drip edge installed where the fascia meets your shingles with the gutter hung below the drip edge get some rolled flashing and tuck it up under the drip edge and over the top of the gutter.
Even if the roof has been properly.
