If there is no metal flashing installed at the wall roof intersection or if the existing flashing is damaged improperly installed or allowing water to damage the wall remove the siding and any existing flashing to expose at least 8 inches of the.
Flashing a roof wall intersection.
The sketch shown here courtesy of steve bliss and j wiley sons is discussed in detail.
Chapter 9 roof assemblies section r903 2.
Roof to wall intersections.
At wall flashing details.
Headwall flashing should extend up behind the exterior wall covering and down over the roof covering material as you see here.
There have always been problems with the flashing details at the roof to wall intersections of head walls rake walls and chimneys especially if brick or stone veneer or stucco is used.
As a result most typical construction does not use any type of through the wall flashing which results in leaky wall complaints.
Roof leg and a 7 in.
The current flashing details in the 2013 international residential code irc for sloped roof wall intersections are very difficult to construct.
Self adhered flashing must comply with aama 711.
The narrower step flashing just isn t wide enough to protect the intersection fully.
The current flashing details in the 2013 international residential code irc for sloped roof wall intersections are very difficult to construct.
Flashing must be installed at wall and roof intersections and at built in gutters.
This illustration shows proper flashing at a headwall condition.
Finally the housewrap can be laid up on the wall to cover the top of the kickout diverter and step flashings.
82 build supplement flashings section 4 roof wall intersections figure 79b step 2.
Step 2 flashing 2 covers both the apron flashing upstand and the wall underlay.
And in our experience when a single piece of flashing extends only a few inches under the shingles especially on a long roof slope and worse on a roof that happens to slope slightly towards rather than away from the abutting vertical building wall the accumulated roof drainage water near the bottom end of the roof wall intersection will overwhelm the width of the flashing and because it.
Flashing is required at wall and roof intersections and to divert water away from where the eave of a sloped roof intersects a vertical sidewall.
As a result most typical construction does not use any type of through the wall flashing which results in leaky wall complaints.
I recommend 12 in wide step flashings bent for a 5 in.
Figure 79a flashing the junction step 1.
Counter flashing let into the brick mortar joints sealed the top of roof wall flashing that you can t see.
Bigger step flashing is better.
