Flashing around chimneys can rust through if it s galvanized steel especially at the 90 degree bend at the bottom.
How to repair roof wall flashing.
I cut the tape so that it laps onto the housewrap above and 3 in.
That way any water that seeps through will be diverted.
This is a surecoat systems how to roof.
When working with step flashing this may involve removing undamaged pieces of flashing as well.
Be sure to follow the.
Plug pinholes with roofing cement and patch holes up to about 3 4 inch in diameter with a patch from the same material as the flashing.
How to repair roof flashings.
If you find damage then you will have to get it.
At the moment there s metal flashing all along that intersection except for the length beneath 3 bedroom windows.
Once the flexible flashing is set i apply a piece of housewrap along the wall where the fascia meets it.
A quick but fairly long term fix is to simply slip new flashing under the old rusted stuff.
First roughen the area around the hole with a wire brush or sandpaper and then clean it.
The best fix though is to cut a saw kerf into the mortar and install new flashing.
Proper roof wall flashing example to install the roof wall flashing above the builder bent the top edge of the flashing into a 90 degree lip about 2 cm in width.
That has rubber tape flashing.
However it s important to check for damage anyway.
How to repair roof flashing small holes or corroded spots in flashing can be easily repaired.
Roofs are typically covered in asphalt shingles but sheet metal and natural stone pieces are also used as are clay and concrete roof tiles.
That lip is then set into a reglet or groove in this case cut into the mortar joint of the brick wall above.
Above the roof sheathing.
I use a wide piece of flexible flashing tape to protect the area between the subfascia and the wall.
How to repair roof flashing step one.
