How To Flash Around Skylight With Metal Roof

Place the skylight unit on the roof at the desired location.

How to flash around skylight with metal roof. Align the grooves on the skylight fins. Some skylights come with a kit and you don t have to build the aprons and install step fl. Secure by nailing the flashing to the roof. Install 6 in wide strips of a self sticking waterproof underlayment.

Install from the bottom up lapping each piece on top of the lower one. If you have to replace shingles around a skylight examine the old flashing. Then fold the tabs on all sides of the skylight and screw them down. Flashing a skylight may involve sealant as one line of defense against water infiltration but above all there must be good flashing.

We had to tear out all of the old flashing. How to put a skylight in a corrugated metal roof 1. This clip shows how you can easily install a polycarbonate. Proper flashing of a skylight is critical.

On this project adam was called out to inspect leaks around a skylight. Once the metal flashings are ready place the pieces between the roof and skylight above the roof and under the skylight. A skylight in a metal roof must be curb mounted in order to be properly flashed. Instructional video on how to properly install and trim out a square penetration on a standing seam metal roof.

Repeat to install the flashing to all sides of the skylight frame. This underlayment will direct any water that may get through the metal flashing onto the roofing felt. Properly installing a skylight requires detailed skylight flashing.