Pressure Flashing Roof

Open valleys have metal flashing to protect this critical area of the roof.

Pressure flashing roof.

Never pressure wash your roof if you have asphalt shingles. 3 12 flashing large roof penetrations 17 3 13 flashing small roof penetrations 19 3 14 expansion 20 3 15 standard roof flashings 21 3 16 non standard roof flashings cappings 24 3 17 box gutters 25 3 18 barge gutters and capping 26 4 0 typical wall flashings 27 4 1 cladding orientation 27. This is a dangerous project that can damage your home so it s best to hire a pro. The water pressure will remove the granules that are important for protecting your roof.

Pressure sensitive tpo and white epdm accessories allow for clean and efficient completion of details. The edge of the roof has thin metal flashing that helps water drip off the roof without damaging the home or causing a leak. 1 attach a 35 degree spray wand to the pressure washer hose and fill the pressure washer. Other options although more expensive include stainless steel the best choice for coastal projects copper and lead.

While some skylight manufacturers include flashing in their products sometimes roofing professionals have to create it or purchase it separately. Cleaning a roof costs 294 and 582 or 423 on average expect to pay between 0 20 and 0 60 per square foot regular roof cleaning makes it last longer and improves your curb appeal. Once you squeeze the trigger the powerful recoil on the spray wand can throw you off balance and off of a ladder. Roof plumbing flashing roofs to walls aim the aim of this technical solution is to advise roofing practitioners of approved methods and options to install and affix wall flashings including pressure flashings where appropriate see figures 1 2 and 3.

And in our experience when a single piece of flashing extends only a few inches under the shingles especially on a long roof slope and worse on a roof that happens to slope slightly towards rather than away from the abutting vertical building wall the accumulated roof drainage water near the bottom end of the roof wall intersection will. Time tested and proven pressure sensitive splice tape is factory laminated to cured or uncured formable white epdm flashing and molded tpo accessories.