Properly installed flashing covers the seam between the wall and the roof and directs water onto the roof.
How to install roof flashing against a brick wall.
Chalk a straight line about 2 inches above the back of the base flashing.
I use a wide piece of flexible flashing tape to protect the area between the subfascia and the wall.
Most important make sure weep vents are included in the mortar at each pan without a way for water to escape all the fancy flashing is for nothing.
In an ideal installation the flashing will extend under the brick veneer so that there.
Each flashing job is a little bit different and depends on the type of material that the exterior of your house is made of.
I cut the tape so that it laps onto the housewrap above and 3 in.
How to fix lead flashings.
However the principles are the s.
Caulk the slot after the flashing has been installed.
You need step flashing which is metal flashing that is in an l shape.
Install metal counterflashing onto the face of the block extending it down to about inch above the shingles.
Using the circular saw and masonry blade cut a slot about 1 5 inches into the brick so that the overlapping flashing or counter flashing will slide into the slot.
You have to install the roof side of the flashing either under the last layer of shingles or over the roof materials if the roof runs flat up against a brick wall.
Once the roofing and step flashing are in place complete the counterflashing at the masonry as follows.
Above the roof sheathing.
Flexible flashing tape seals the eave to the wall.
Once the flexible flashing is set i apply a piece of housewrap along the wall where the fascia meets it.
The most common method of fixing lead flashings is to make a lead bung also known as a lead chock.
