Roof To Headwall Flashing

Purpose to emphasize the importance of proper roof and deck flashing and to provide typical and enhanced flashing techniques for coastal homes.

Roof to headwall flashing.

Technical fact sheet no. Headwall flashing typically comes bent to 120 and can be fairly easily flattened for roofs with shallower pitches. These don t bend well to accommodate roofs with steeper pitches and you ll often see gaps beneath the flashing. On metal roofing systems a headwall flashing is designed to hook on the j channel or z channel and extend up behind the wall exterior while in shingle and slate roof the headwall sits on the first layer of roofing and is then covered by the second layer.

A headwall is defined by the junction between a sloped roof and a wall. The gibraltar galvanized drip edge flashing is made the gibraltar galvanized drip edge flashing is made from reliable 28 gauge galvanized steel. Occasionally you ll see a roof which has had 90 sidewall flashing installed as headwall flashing. This drip edge flashing provides protection from water damage along the eaves and rake of a roof.

Roof to wall and deck to wall flashing. The metal flashing is formed with a hook edge and cleated on 12 centers. Install gasketed fasteners approx. The roofing contractors usually try to slide the roof flashing up behind lapped siding but many times this can be a chore and sometimes the exterior wall covering and or the existing water resistive barrier house wrap gets damaged in the process.

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. Flashing this area of a roof correctly is very important to avoid leaks. Flashing joints are lapped 6 in the direction of water flow. The extra kick at the bottom of the face directs run off away from the structure.

The flashing extends onto the roof a minimum of 2 inches 4 inches is preferable in more severe climate areas. Depending on wind zone and local conditions underlayment turned up wall 3 minimum sheet metal headwall flashing. Minimum of 2 with house wrap or other flashing and then covered with the finish wall cladding laps in the headwall flashing should be 3 minimum and the overlapping end set in a double bead of sealant.