How To Install Flashing On A Slate Roof

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How to install flashing on a slate roof. While some skylight manufacturers include flashing in their products sometimes roofing professionals have to create it or purchase it separately. It may be quite a labor but it pays off with a strong roof. One of the best ways to avoid leaks is to install roof flashing on your slate roofs. Click pic to enlarge the video below will show you how to fit lead roof flashing like the ones seen in the picture above.

Once even a small section of roofing cement fails you ll have a leak. Continuous flashing against a sidewall is one way to install a roof but it s not the correct way. The edge of the roof has thin metal flashing that helps water drip off the roof without damaging the home or causing a leak. It may seem as if a single piece of flashing would offer more protection than many pieces of step flashing.

Bend a piece of cap flashing to fit around the top corner of the chimney and add the cap flashing across the back of the chimney. Open valleys have metal flashing to protect this critical area of the roof. Pound the flashing into the grooves and fasten with the drive in expanding anchors. When fitting cover flashings to a flat roof like the.

Cut the side cap flashing to fit the angle of the roof so it overlaps each lower cap flashing at least 2 in.