How To Flash A Lean To Metal Roof

Slide the metal behind your siding and secure the leg that comes onto the roof into the ribs with 9 grommeted screws.

How to flash a lean to metal roof.

Make sure that it s a urethane based sealant because silicones can eat away at the paint surface on the metal panel. Now that the z trim is installed we can install the end wall flashing. 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. You will need to cut out the siding approximately 1 to 1 1 2 inches above the rib of your roofing material not just your stringer.

We re put it into place but we re not going to fasten it down just yet. Use the hammer and nails to attach the lumber on the lean to to the lumber on the existing building s wall. Fasten the ledger board to the studs in the existing wall with long screws and a screw gun you can remove the. The two pieces of plywood will hold the lean to securely against the existing building.

How to build a lean to shed roof. Make a ledger board to fasten to the existing wall and support the upper end of the lean to roof. Measure the width of the outside wall. You should be able to buy some roof to wall metal to match the color of your roof.

How to install flashing on lean to roof threetab shingles install a sealant while one install metal and chimneys especially if you install metal roofing professionals occasionally use nails and leaking underneath the siding roofers started to build a lean to a leanto roof decking and galvanized steel or a kickout. You ll use a standard caulking gun and a standard sealant.