Flasing Against Panel Siding

After building in the proper flashing the homeowner will have a highly weather resistant engineered and treated wood siding backed by a five year 100 percent labor and replacement feature and a 50 year prorated limited warranty on the substrate.

Flasing against panel siding.

Lift the bottom shingle and slip in the kickout flashing. The warranty is transferrable to the next homeowner. Flush the end of the flashing length with the wall corner and secure the flashing to the framing with an 8d nail at each wall stud. Oftentimes if you re installing in a re roofing situation you re going to be coming up against vinyl siding brick wood.

Many homes have a transition point somewhere up the wall where brick gives way to some type of siding whether it s aluminum panels or cedar shingles. Building siding flashing finish details for building corners use overlapping 1x4s or 1x6s at outside corners or use 5 4 stock for a heavier look. 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. One of the most vulnerable areas for siding is transitions.

Nail it to the sidewall or glue it if nailing isn t possible. J flashing on transitions. Slip in the flashing. It is used to protect the horizontal joints between sheets of siding from water infiltration.

It is always recommended to install step flashing behind stucco dryvit wood panel lap siding vinyl siding cedar shingle siding etc. The exterior of a house presents plenty of opportunity for leaks. Use a felt paper spline wrapped around the corner and extending 6 inches beyond the corner board to protect the joints where the siding meets the corner boards see figure 1 5 at left. In certain instances flashing may need to be installed on the exterior of siding.

Install the first length of z flashing. Unless you re careful step flashing can allow water from the roof to slip behind the gutter and get behind the siding and even the housewrap. Begin at either end of the wall and set the level middle section of the z flashing onto the top edge of the siding panel with the wider flange upward and against the wall framing. The flashing can be used over window trim band boards panel intersections and other vertical surfaces.

However in most instances step flashing should be installed behind siding. The seat dimension 3 8 in corresponds to the siding thickness. A common problem area is the point where a gutter dies into an adjoining wall as the photo below illustrates. Installing the z trim.

A key part of my approach is using a special piece of flashing at this. Cover with cap flashing. How to use flashing between brick siding.