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New/Updated Content Web Pages
Revised April 7, 2011
Pre-Qualified Roofing Contractors
Roofing Contractor Agreement
roofkey Roofing Guidelines
Roof Inspection Service Fee
Selecting a Contractor
Eave to Rake Wall Flashing
One of the most troublesome areas of the roof is the Eave to Rake Wall Flashing intersection. However, the problems in this area can be greatly reduced if some guidelines are followed.
Below are Guidelines for Flashing the wall before installing any type of Sloped-Roofing Material at Eave to Rake Wall Intersections.
Before installing any roofing material, make sure that others before you have correctly completed their job with the Fascia Trim Board and Roof Decking intersection. This intersection should look as sketched above. See Eave Framing/Trim Problems web page.
A piece of Vertical Blocking Material is installed at all Roof to Wall Intersections. This Vertical Blocking Material will vary in thickness depending on the thickness of the Cladding. It can be equal to the thickness of the Cladding or slightly less but never thicker than the Cladding.
How far up the wall the Vertical Blocking Material extends will vary depending how high up off the roof deck the roofing material's surface is. The minimum height of the Vertical Blocking Material is 5 1/2", the dimension of a Nominal 6" board. A Nominal 2" x 4" board is only 3 1/2". This is too short for even the minimum roof flashing height of 4" up the wall that is required by some roofing materials.
The end of this Vertical Blocking Material must extend down the wall and be flush with the outside face of the Eave Fascia Trim Board as shown above.
The standard eave roofing materials are then installed turning the Ice & Water Membrane up the wall a minimum of 4". See Eave Roofing Material Installation web page. Sandwiching the Eave Metal Drip Edge between Ice and Water Membrane is always a good idea.
The Underlayment is also turned up the walls a minimum of 4" on the outside face of the Vertical Blocking Material. Shown is a two ply Underlayment installation which means that it is applied shingle fashion. Example: a 36" wide underlayment is lapped 19" to obtain a true 2 ply installation.
The Z Bar Flashing is placed over the Vertical Blocking Material. By the way, the Underlayment can be installed anytime, even after the placement of the Z Bar Flashing.
This closeup sketch shows details of the intersection of the Eave to Rake Wall.
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The Vertical Blocking Material end is flush with the face of the Eave Fascia Trim Board.
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Eave Metal Drip Edge stops just short of the thickness of the Cladding so it and the Gutter (installed later) will end on the face of the Cladding.
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The lower face of the Z Bar Flashing is extended past the end of the Vertical Blocking Material an inch or two to cover the intersection of the Cladding and the end of the Vertical Blocking Material. It also serves as the counter flashing of the roof to wall flashing that will extend into the gutter.
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To make a better seal (sealed later) and divert water off the top of the Vertical Blocking Material, the Z Bar Flashing is extended here past the end of the Vertical Blocking Material, cut, and bent up about an inch.
If the Cladding includes a Weep Metal Edge, it is next installed over the Z Bar Flashing.
This Weep Metal Edge is placed about 1/8" to 1/4" above the top of the Vertical Blocking Material to provide positive drainage onto the Z Bar Flashing. Setting it down directly on the Z Bar will block the weep holes.
Next the house wrap is placed over both the Z Bar Flashing and the Weep Metal Edge.
Now any moisture that gets in behind the Cladding will drain down the wall House Wrap onto the Z Bar Flashing and onto the roof surface once the roof flashing and roofing material is installed.
The Roofing Material and Roof Flashing can be installed at any time with ease. If the roof ever needs to be replaced, the new Underlayment and Roof Flashing can easily be installed without disturbing the Cladding.