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.
Roof ridge flashing detail.
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The top end of each rafter is cut at an angle so that it meets flush with one broadside of the ridge board and the ridge is sandwiched between the rafters.
The extra kick at the bottom of the face directs run off away from the structure.
The copper ridge cap is locked into the base flashings.
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Ridge boards and beams.
The kick out flashing directs water away from the adjoining wall and ensures that the step flashing is not concentrating water on the surface of that wall.
A critical component of step flashings along the run of the roof slope is a kick out flashing.
This detail involves the use of a ridge batten anchored to the ridge pole.
For pitched roofs regardless of the application or type of flashing used the purpose of flashing is to direct the flow of water that leaks into the intersection down and away from the interior of the structure to the topside of the roofing material.
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This drip edge flashing provides protection from water damage along the eaves and rake of a roof.
Gibraltar drip edge flashing can be used with asphalt shingles or metal roofing panels.
Flashing is installed to surround roof features such as vents chimneys and skylights.
The base flashings maintain contact with the shingles by spring action.
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Copper base flashing is installed on both sides of the batten with brass screws and lead washers.
In traditional house framing also called stick framing a basic roof frame consists of opposing pairs of sloping rafters that meet at their top ends at a ridge board or ridge beam.
The bottom leg of the step flashing is placed over the roof drainage plane.
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Edge flashing and starter strip roofs peel off from the edges so it is critical to hold them tight with the roof deck sealed on the outside we turn to flashing the edges with metal and membranes metal drip edge flashing details roofing wrb flashing.
