Metal Roof Peak Flashing

Flashing is installed to surround roof features such as vents chimneys and skylights.

Metal roof peak flashing.

A ridge cap is normally installed only after all metal roof panels and any other trim are in place. In other words it s put on last the cap to the job. The most common flashing for metal roofing is the ridge cap which is used at the peak of a roof where two opposing roof slopes join. Asc building products has introduced a vented peak metal roof flashing to address the need for a clean reliable uphill venting solution on the shed style roofs.

Most ridge cap comes in pieces 10 6 long. This drip edge flashing provides protection from water damage along the eaves and rake of a roof. 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. I always wonder though if i m detailing the flashing correctly at the peak of the roof and at the lower edges where it meets the eave flashing.

One common method is to lay the edge metal under the eaves membrane and over the rake. Peak s galvanized deck flashing protects your home from water damage by directing rainwater away from roof surface. First use a stiff wire brush and solvent to clean the surface of any dirt debris or corrosion keep solvent away from asphalt shingles. Gibraltar drip edge flashing can be used with asphalt shingles or metal roofing panels.

You may want to paint the flashing to match the roof. Metal roofing ridge cap is the trim placed along the roof s ridge the peak where two roof slopes meet up. Two ways to flash roof edges. Based on asc s similarly effective ridge venting solution this system avoids the use of secondary roof surface venting products which penetrate the roof plane and create unnecessary penetrations into the metal roofing.

Protect the eave from ice dams and sideways rain step one in steep slope roofing is the edge flashing. More product details close. It s sold by every building supplier without labels or instructions. Products like box vents louver vents and turbine vents.

Coat the flashing with a zinc based primer followed by two or more coats of spray on rust preventive metal paint. Other flashings include transition flashing end wall and sidewall flashings and valleys see diagram on right for application. The extra kick at the bottom of the face directs run off away from the structure. Heavy duty steel flashings corrosion resistant aluminum finish.

Asc building products has introduced a vented peak metal roof flashing to address the need for a clean reliable uphill venting solution on the shed style roofs. Details concrete masonry roofing wrb flashing.