Flat Roof Lead Flashing

This flashing provides protection for pipes cables conduits and wires.

Flat roof lead flashing.

The soft aluminum base conforms to most metal roof panels. It may be quite a labor but it pays off with a strong roof. Lead flashing onto a flat roof when fitting flashings to flat roofs no overlap onto the roof is required as the roof itself will have it s own upstand flashing built into it. Lead flashing is a piece of milled lead that sits between joints to create a durable and weathertight seal.

Lead flashing has been used for hundreds of years in situations such as where a roof meets a wall on a roof valley around other penetrations such as chimneys pipes and around window and door openings. Essentially flat roof flashing is strips of metal that are bent at a 90 degree angle. Flat roof flashing is a very important component of a roof and should never be ignored. Anything which rises through or joins to the roof will have a flashing.

Porches walls doors and windows even the foundations but the most common area is the roof. All the same rules of flashing apply except only the measurements of chase depth and drop are required. Chimney dormer window skylight vents and roof valleys will all have a flashing where they join or disappear through the roof. This adjustable rubber pipe flashing for metal roofing this adjustable rubber pipe flashing for metal roofing accommodates roof penetrations from 1 4 in.

Up to 5 3 4 in.