Kickout flashing
Kickouts are fitted at the bottom of roof-to-wall joints so runoff stops soaking the siding.
Roof Repair
Flashing Repair Lyndhurst, NJ
A Lyndhurst roofer can stop leaks where the roof meets a wall, dormer, skylight or edge by renewing the flashing at that joint, so water is shed by the metal itself. One call to (551) 348-2859 reaches a nearby roofer who repairs flashing.
Wherever a roof meets a wall, a dormer, a skylight, a valley or an edge, it relies on flashing to keep water out. Along a sidewall, individual step flashing pieces interleave with every course of shingles, counter flashing covers their tops, and a kickout diverter at the lower end turns water away from the siding. A single missing or loose piece is enough to send water behind the shingles or into the wall.
A failed kickout or step flashing tends to rot wall sheathing long before it stains a ceiling. At the base of a roof-to-wall joint, water with nowhere to go runs behind siding and soaks the wall framing. Catching it early keeps the repair to the flashing instead of the wall.
A bead of sealant along a joint is a warning sign, not a repair. Sealant can hold for a while, but it fails sooner or later, and the joint leaks once more. Proper flashing sheds water by gravity and lapping, so it keeps working even after any sealant ages.
Many flashing repair calls in Lyndhurst also turn up a need for chimney flashing repair or roof leak repair.
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Call nowThe process
The flashing repair process
Good flashing work is mostly about the order things overlap.
Inspect the joint
The roofer checks the joint from the roof and the attic, looking for missing pieces, rust, face nails and caulk hiding a gap. Soft siding or stained trim below the joint suggests the wall needs a look too.
Open the joint
To replace step flashing properly, a few courses of siding and the shingles along the wall are carefully removed. New flashing has to tuck behind the housewrap, which means opening the wall a little.
Install new flashing
Each new step piece overlaps the one beneath it, and the kickout at the base sends water into the gutter. Fasteners go into the roof deck only, never through the vertical leg into the wall.
Cover the top
Housewrap is lapped over the vertical legs, then siding goes back on with a gap above the shingles so it does not wick water. Siding pressed tight to the shingles stays wet and rots.
Finish the edges
At the roof edges, drip edge is reset or replaced to protect the fascia and deck edge. At eaves the underlayment goes over the drip edge; at rakes the drip edge goes over it.
What is included
Flashing a roofer can repair
Edge flashing
Bent or missing drip edge is replaced at eaves and rakes with the underlayment lapped correctly.
Cap flashing
Cap flashing on masonry is reset into the mortar joint so the top edge of the step flashing stays covered.
Step flashing
Step pieces along walls and dormer cheeks are replaced and woven with new shingles.
Apron flashing
The flashing across the top of a roof section is redone so water cannot run behind it.
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Roof Flashing Repair Lyndhurst, NJ
Roof flashing repair ranges from resetting a single loose piece to rebuilding a full sidewall. Minor work includes refastening loose metal or adding a missing kickout; bigger jobs mean pulling siding and replacing every step piece along a wall. Ask the roofer which kind of repair your joint needs.
The metal used should suit the house. Copper outlasts most roofs, galvanized steel is durable and aluminum is light and easy to bend, though it corrodes in contact with wet masonry. Matching metals avoids corrosion where new and old flashing meet.
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Roof Valley Flashing Lyndhurst, NJ
A valley is where two roof slopes meet, and it channels a large share of the roof water toward the eave. Valleys are either open, with exposed metal, or closed, with shingles running through them. Either way, a self-adhered membrane should line the valley under everything else.
Leaves and needles that pile up in a valley hold water and wear the shingles or rust the metal. Uncut shingle corners can catch water and direct it under the roofing. A valley that leaks is generally rebuilt rather than patched.
Local help
Flashing Repair Near Me
Around Lyndhurst, flashing leaks tend to show up wherever a roof runs into a wall, a dormer or a skylight. Across Lyndhurst and nearby communities including Rutherford, North Arlington, East Rutherford and Wallington, the age of the house and the number of roof-to-wall joints decide how much flashing work is likely, and each of those joints is a place worth checking.
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Roofs in this climate
Cold winters bring snow, ice and a long stretch of freezing nights. Heat escaping from the attic melts snow on the upper roof, and the water refreezes at the colder eaves, building ice dams that push water up under the shingles. Coastal storms and heavy spring rain drive water sideways into flashing, valleys and old chimneys. That is why roof repair in Lyndhurst is busiest after a hard winter and before the next one.
Why call
Why act early
Drier ceilings
A roof problem fixed early rarely spreads to the decking, the insulation or the ceilings.
Local knowledge
Roofers in Lyndhurst know the roof types and weather wear common in local homes.
Straight answers
Ask the roofer about the cause, the options and the estimate before work starts.
Flashing Repair questions
Why does flashing need to be woven with the shingles?
Step flashing uses individual bent pieces that interleave with each shingle course. That layering means every piece sheds water onto the shingle below it, the same way the shingles shed water down the roof. A long single strip sends water under the roofing, which is why step pieces are the standard.
Can flashing be repaired without replacing the roof?
Most flashing problems are fixed without touching the rest of the roof. The roofer removes the shingles and siding along the joint, installs new flashing and reshingles that strip. If the roof is near the end of its life, it can make sense to replace flashing as part of a reroof instead.
Why does my roof need kickout flashing?
A kickout is a small diverter at the bottom of a roof-to-wall joint, where the roof edge ends against a wall. It turns water that runs down the step flashing outward into the gutter instead of letting it pour behind the siding. Leaving it out is one of the most common causes of rot in the wall under a roof edge.
Will caulk fix leaking flashing?
Caulk can slow a flashing leak but almost never fixes it. Sun and temperature swings crack it, and water gets behind it again, sometimes trapped where it rots wood faster. Real repairs use new metal lapped in the right order.
How do I know if my flashing is leaking?
Leaks near walls, dormers, skylights or valleys are the strongest sign. Outside, look for rust, gaps, lifted metal, nails through the face and heavy caulk along the joint. Stained trim where a roof edge meets a wall is a common clue too. Call (551) 348-2859 to have a roofer check it.
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