Flashing Flat Roof Brick Wall

Lead seems very expensive and i wonder what the trade is using instead if at all.

Flashing flat roof brick wall.

It is commonly used in two story and side split houses. To install the roof wall flashing above the builder bent the top edge of the flashing into a 90 degree lip about 2 cm in width. Follow the photo for illustrated instructions. Metal roof flashing is a galvanized sheet metal bent at right angles with about eight to 12 inches on each side of the angle.

These kinds of houses often have a roof that butts against a wall. The lead flashing seems a bit cracked and there is water leakage into the rooms below. I have a flat roof adjoining a brick wall. A couple of trades people have suggested i need new flashing.

Metal roof flashing can be use to seal gaps between roof walls. Flashing on a wall above a flat roof. This video demonstrates where flashing could be leaking from on a brick wall. It may be quite a labor but it pays off with a strong roof.

Here is a guide on how to install lead flashing to your roof. That lip is then set into a reglet or groove in this case cut into the mortar joint of the brick wall above. Proper roof wall flashing example.