Your house has corners and edges - protect them!
Whether your home is clad in wood, sheet metal, stone or other materials, certain areas on the roof and facade must be sheet metal.
These flashings protect against water penetration in critical places, so they are elementary for the protection of residents and their home.
What are flashings?
Flashings are the coverings and linings of critical places on the house, such as the window sill, dormer, parapet, chimney or wall connection. High-quality metal flashings reliably protect such corners and edges from moisture and mechanical stress. Such flashings are essential for any building, especially for roof waterproofing they are an important construction element.
Why are flashings necessary and where?
The elementary task of flashings is to protect places on skylights, ridges and similar, from water ingress. Thus, the flashings are a part of the general cladding of the house. They must be placed at transitions, joints and terminations to keep tight and prevent damage. Classic locations on the house are, for example, the dormer, the chimney, the roof in general, parts of the facade, windows and more.
The following list shows where cladding is necessary, for example:
- Transition of roof and gutters
- Verge cladding of the gable
- Dormer cladding
- Attic covering on flat roof
- Gable cladding at the edge of the roof
- Flashing of the roof ridge
- Inlet sheet / strip
- Window sill
- Chimney cover to protect against water ingress
- Chimney flashing or chimney covering
- cladding of snow guards
- Roof edge profiles, building profiles, sheet metal profiles
- Wall covering at the wall connection
- plinth sealing on the facade
- edging of doors and windows, e.g. skylights or balcony doors
- valley flashings
In a nutshell:
Flashings are coverings that are necessary on all your corners and edges on the house.
If the work of cladding is carried out correctly and with appropriate material, the flashing will provide reliable protection and safety for decades.
For this, professional fabricators follow long-standing traditions of craftsmanship in the execution. This is first-class quality of materials and implementation.