Flashing Flat Roof Brick Wall

These kinds of houses often have a roof that butts against a wall.

Flashing flat roof brick wall.

Metal roof flashing is a galvanized sheet metal bent at right angles with about eight to 12 inches on each side of the angle. 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. If the roof runs flat up against the brick wall you must install the roof side of the flashing either under the last layer of shingles or over the roof material if it is metal. Flashing on a wall above a flat roof.

Follow the photo for illustrated instructions. Lead seems very expensive and i wonder what the trade is using instead if at all. The lead flashing seems a bit cracked and there is water leakage into the rooms below. I wonder if i need a new roof.

Here is a guide on how to install lead flashing to your roof. Proper roof wall flashing example. This video demonstrates where flashing could be leaking from on a brick wall. 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. It may be quite a labor but it pays off with a strong roof.