How To Install Sidewall Flashing On A Metal Roof

How to install sidewall on a vicwest metal roof.

How to install sidewall flashing on a metal roof. In order to do that we re going to use the end wall flashing as a guide. The wall side of the flashing can either be covered over with siding or sealed with caulk. I m going to take the end wall flashing put it in place and use a pencil or a sharpie to mark the tops of the ribs and the gable trim just so i know where to put those z s. Sidewall flashing is applied when the side of the roof butts up against an adjacent wall.

Installing the sidewall flashing. It s a standard l trim and we use this trim most often in a concealed or hidden fastener application. This is the sidewall flashing from american building components. We ve cut our z trims and before we install them we need to know where to place them on the panel.

Butyl tape should be applied where the foot of the flashing attaches to the roof. Now we can put our sidewall trim up make our marks for cutting and folding and install it. But it doesn t work that way. Since most ordinary homeowners do not have all the necessary know how or significant knowledge of basic roofing principles along with experience of working on an actual roof all day in the sun with the sweat pouring down the face as you work on flashing all the dormers chimneys and roof vents or shingling away for hours on end and doing it right taking on the installation of a metal roof.

Once even a small section of roofing cement fails you ll have a leak.