Applying flashing to a stucco roof or walls requires both cement and nails as well as caulk or more stucco to create a water tight seal.
Stucco roof flashing.
Typically made of aluminium or galvanized steel flashing is any material used over joints in your walls or roof to prevent water from seeping through.
Metal flashing also called roof flashing goes against a stucco wall to protect it from water damage.
Flashing that is done improperly can be detrimental to a stucco wall and will cause major issues.
Roof flashing is a thin material usually galvanized steel that professional roofers use to direct water away from critical areas of the roof wherever the roof plane meets a vertical surface like a wall or a dormer.
Flashing is installed to surround roof features such as vents chimneys and skylights.
Used as a stucco stop to separate either wallboard siding or stucco plaster.
Kick out flashing for stucco 2019 detail.
Some less common areas that are also important to cover are the seams around a solar panel system or any mechanical equipment that sits on a roof and the area around any decorative plaster or covering.
It is important that you use the right method when you install flashing.
Control joint at floor line 2016 detail.
Lay 2x4 blocks on the roof to set a consistent height for the weep screed flashing.
Cantilevered deck joist stucco 2020 detail.
Flashing a nail flange window 2018 rev detail.
The water that does penetrate behind the stucco will then be trapped there or worse forced down the inside of the walls and ceilings possibly causing damage and mold.
In this video kirk giordano demonstrates how to counter flash the bottom of a stucco wall over the step flashing of the roof so that no one has to jackhammer your walls just to fix a roof.
Weep screed for stucco 2020 detail.
Wall to roof deck flashing 2020 detail.
Slip the wall leg of the weep screed behind the existing paper.
Flashing is more of a general term i am using and can consist of paper flashing self adhering flashing metal flashing etc.
Stucco flashing is needed in places where two angles of the roof meet where a chimney or pipe comes through the roof at the seams in the middle of walls and around windowsills and door frames.
Sill pan for nail flange windows 2020 detail.
