How To Kickout Flashing Siding

Piece of flashing from the same metal used for the roof s.

How to kickout flashing siding. Step 3 install the kickout flashing. Place the back edge of the kick out flashing over the caulking and attach with a galvanized nail to the vertical wall. Next install a course of peel and stick membrane along the eaves. We usually begin by installing a piece of peel and stick flashing folding it into the corner between the roof and the wall.

Divert water away from the siding at the bottom of the roof with this critical flashing detail. Align the back side of the bent kick out flashing with the step flashing and shingle attached to the vertical wall. Kickout flashing is improperly fashioned and improperly installed on a regular basis but it s actually quite easy to make a piece of kickout flashing with a longnose pliers and a piece of step. Kick out flashing a somewhat forgotten practice except by the best roofers addresses this risk at the most vulnerable intersection between sloped roofs and walls.

Be sure to leave space between the end of the fascia and the wall where fastflash wrb and siding can slide up. Measure the first bend. Step 2 flash the roof and roof wall connection. Use a knife and a straightedge to cut a 12 in.

If the kick out and step flashing can t tuck behind the siding screw on cap flashing to cover it then caulk along the top. As an alternative to the diverter create a kickout from metal flashing as shown in fig. Here s the solution step 1 waterproof the wall. Make a 90 bend.

Run the siding until the last full course under the roof area. Run a small line of caulking down the end of the adjacent step flashing. Also make sure to slip it behind all j channels and roof flashing. Lift the bottom shingle and slip in the kickout flashing.

Cut a diverter from aluminum trim sheet making sure it sits on the nail hem of the last full course fig. Slip in the flashing. Nail it to the sidewall or glue it if nailing isn t possible. The job shown at left is typical for a reroof where we cut in and begin detailing the intersections first.

The kickout goes in next followed by standard step flashings. Start with coil stock.