How To Frame A Roof Against A Brick Wall

Below are two photographs of roof wall step flashing completed and effective of a slate roof against a brick wall below left and in process with step flashing against a dormer sidewall before the dormer siding has been put in place below right.

How to frame a roof against a brick wall.

These kinds of houses often have a roof that butts against a wall. This is part two of the porch build where i am doing the roof. I have a soft brick veneer covering my 2 story house in the northeast us built 1997. Metal roof flashing can be use to seal gaps between roof walls.

I would like to build a front porch all across the front of my house simple shed roof with perpendicular gable in center over door. When the roof of an addition garage porch or patio meets a brick wall the intersection creates a number of concerns. Caulk the slot after the flashing has been installed. In this video i teach you how to frame a 16 o c.

I show how i construct it showning in detail how to do the lead flashing. From bottom plates to top plates crowning studs and blocking for added rigidity. Proper roof wall abutment flashing examples. Coat the wide side of a 2 by 4 inch wood stud with construction adhesive that is approved for bonding wood to masonry material such as brick.

Most simply use a nominal 6 piece of lumber. Press this stud horizontally along the bottom of the. The roof framing itself in this. How to frame a roof against a brick wall.

The wall has many windows. Using the circular saw and masonry blade cut a slot about 1 5 inches into the brick so that the overlapping flashing or counter flashing will slide into the slot. We go over the stu. I was told that the brick is a softer brick when it was laid.

The exterior wall covering material is then kept off the surface of the roof. Chalk a straight line about 2 inches above the back of the base flashing.