Roof Flashing To Vinyl Siding

Then caulk the nail heads.

Roof flashing to vinyl siding.

It is always recommended to install step flashing behind stucco dryvit wood panel lap siding vinyl siding cedar shingle siding etc. On the other hand you ll find some siding parts need to be nailed down under the roof shingles. Nail j channel along both sides of the cutout. Any water that may pass through the small hole where the siding is trimmed around the wing will be drained back out onto the face of the siding.

In this sense it seems more practical to install the siding first. On a wall to be covered with wood cement board vinyl or metal. If the house is sided with shingles or lap siding simply slip the metal s top edge up under the bottom edge of the shingles or siding as far as possible. Even if the roof has been properly flashed against the sidewall this one hasn t water can still run down the side of the house and behind the siding causing rot.

Some roofing components such as the flashing are easier to install without the siding. The intersection between a roof and a sidewall can be a rot problem waiting to happen. This is your fail safe backup to any leak at the kickout wing. On lean to roofs where a sloping roof plane meets the siding endwall flashing is necessary to prevent leaks.

Otherwise the siding installer will need to be extra cautious with the new roof. Step flashings on a cedar shake roof are typically installed every 10 inches. Next slide drip flashing behind the vinyl so the lip fits over the top of the ledger as shown at right. Now install the kickout flashing and step flashings up the roof as needed.

Flashing is a strip of metal usually aluminum about 8 inches long and bent at 90 degrees with each side at least 5 inches wide. Install undersill trim along the edge of the vinyl over the flashing at the top and bottom. Failing to replace step flashings when a cedar shake roof is replaced with a composition shingle roof. Then tack the ledger into place with 16d nails.

To tie the roof into the siding the tin roofing panels must first be installed to.