Flashings In The Roof Gables

Flashing is installed to surround roof features such as vents chimneys and skylights.

Flashings in the roof gables.

Gable rake flashing is a professional trim product that covers the exposed ends of metal roofing panels resulting in a neater appearance. This creates a horizontal top edge that is even with the bottom of the roof eaves. Gable trim designed to finish off the edge of the roof gable or rake. Roof flashing on a porch roof.

Galvanized steel is a trusted low maintenance product that is known for durability. Striations and bends on the flashing provide strength and match the lines of your other edge trims. Step 6 install the flashing. 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. Roof flashing is a thin material usually galvanized steel that professional roofers use to direct water away from critical areas of the roof wherever the roof plane meets a vertical surface like a wall or a dormer. 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. For roof flashing to be effective it must be durable low maintenance weather resistant and also accommodate movement.

Click to enlarge any image. Now nail this first flashing at both its far ends. There is another place that roof flashing has now invaded. Without gable rake flashing protection wind driven rain can begin to rot the fascia and roof deck.

Today the flashing is on top of the siding. It is at the back of the porch roof where the roof meets the house siding. Traditionally the flashing was installed and hidden under the siding. Roof flashing is commonly used around chimneys fan vents plumbing vent stacks and other items that project out of residential roofs.

Sheet metal can be used to make roof flashing. If your flashing is new you may need a bonding primer.