Step flashings there are two distinct types of step flashing on a roof and getting them wrong can create leaks.
Flashing under roof tiles.
Open valleys have metal flashing to protect this critical area of the roof.
Using insufficient layers of roof terminal tile such as ridge boards hip tiles and hip roll tiles will damage the clay tile roof flashing.
While some skylight manufacturers include flashing in their products sometimes roofing professionals have to create it or purchase it separately.
Wakaflex is australia s leading lead free flashing for roofs and is suitable for nearly all roof profiles and types including tiles metal and polycarbonate.
Manufactured from 0 4 0 5mm galvinised steel prevents and channels water away from the structure and is situated under the roof tiles.
One common method is to lay the edge metal under the eaves membrane and over the rake.
The intersection between the tile roof which is usually steeper and the low pitched metal roof klipolok trimdek or corrugated profiles should be flashed correctly using a tile or transition flashing.
Protect the eave from ice dams and sideways rain step one in steep slope roofing is the edge flashing.
Insufficient roof terminal tile to cover the flashing.
Personally i prefer to see the gutter at the top of the poly roof removed then a flashing from under the tile roof and over the poly roof but that would mean a new longer poly sheets and b the lower gutter may not take the extra flow cannot see enough of it in the pic 12th may 2018 03 01 pm 6.
15 year warranty and guarantee exceptions.
Heunis steel product type.
West coast roofer shows a tile roof tune up done on a roof in aliso viejo ca.
Step and cover flashings are mostly used for profiled tiles.
The edge of the roof has thin metal flashing that helps water drip off the roof without damaging the home or causing a leak.
However step flashings are used for slates and double overlapping flat profile tiles with accompanying lead soakers like the plain tiles pictured.
Roof flashing and accessories.
Correct installations and area.
Wakaflex is quick and easy to install with no specialist tools required just scissors or a stanley knife are all you need.
