When installing a chimney for a wood stove on a metal roof you ll first need to assess the position.
How to install metal roof chimney flashing.
The roof flashing may be the hardest part to installing a chimney pipe for a wood burning stove.
Pry chisel and scrape off old metal flashings and roofing cement.
Screw it down in a way that its fits tight over the humps of the metal roof.
Use your feet to flatten the flashing down over the contour of the roof.
Hammer 2 roofing nails into the flashing and.
Slide the rubber boot over the pipe to check the fit.
Cut base flashing then attach the base flashing.
Remove the rubber boot.
Installing chimney flashing gather all materials first then remove old flashing.
Place the chimney where it would be related to the stove and mark the center of the chimney on the ceiling.
Trace the outline of the base of the rubber boot onto the metal roof with a pencil.
Bend the corner flashing tightly around the corner.
Roof shingle over step flashing.
Cut a piece of prebent base flashing to fit across the front of the.
Install front base flashing.
Step flashing on roof peak.
Place a small drop of caulk where the roof and chimney meet at the chimney corner.
Place the step flashing over the caulk and onto the chimney.
Rivet the pan flashing to the sidewall flashing.
Screw the pan flashing to the roof with gasket screws.
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Drill a small hole in this spot to mark the chimney s center.
Following making the outline of the flashing with a marker or pencil following put a large bead of silicane inside of your mark all the way around the flashing.
If you do not wish to form your own corner flashing you can buy pre bent pieces and cut them to size or use a piece of corrugated aluminum which is easier to bend.
Fit an 8 inch 20 3 cm piece of square step flashing over the chimney s front corner.
If you install a number of flashing segments you need to overlap these segments at about 4 to 6 inches from the previous sheet to prevent gaps.
Use metal screws or nails to hold the overlaps together then apply caulking material on the seams to seal them off.
Cut and fold pan flashing to fold up the back of the chimney and over the sidewall trim.
Nobody wants a leaky roof or the damage it could cause to yo.
Set the flashing aside.
