Pictures Of Aluminum Edge Flashing For EPDM Roof ???
 
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Old 10-12-2006, 09:08 PM   #1
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Pictures Of Aluminum Edge Flashing For EPDM Roof ???

I'm trying to properly flash and gutter an EPDM roof on a wood frame house that was mis-installed the first time around; what we've got is a wood frame wall that goes up to meet a roof, where the only surface on the roof is an EPDM sheet, and we've got about three inches of excess EPDM which is overhanging down onto the very top of the wall.

A local roofer told me that I should install aluminum flashing above the EPDM sheet, and then secure the aluminum down onto the EDPM via Mulehide tape, so that the final result would look like

---TOP---
Mulehide tape
Aluminum flashing
EPDM
Roof plywood
---BOTTOM---

In pictures:

Code:
                   -----------------
                 /    Mulehide tape |
                /   ----------------  
 --------------   /  -----------------------------
| Mulehide tape  /  | aluminum flashing           |
----------------     -------------------------    |
--------------------------------------------  |   |
EPDM EPDM EPDM EPDM EPDM EPDM EPDM EPDM     | | a |
----------------------------------------    | | l |
--------------------------------------  |   | | u |
roof plywood             roof plywood | | E | | m |
--------------------------------------  | P | | i |
                                   ---  | D | | n |
                                  |   | | M | | u |
                                  | f | |   | | m |
                                  | a | | E | |   |
                                  | s | | P | | f |
                                  | c | | D | | l |
                                  | i | | M | | a |
                                  | a | |   | | s |
                                  |   |  ___  | h |
                                  |   |       | i |
                                  | f |        \ n \
                                  | a |         \ g \
                                  | s |          \   \
                                  | c |            --- 
                                  | i |
                                  | a |
                                  |   |
                                   ---
With the gutter, it would look like:

Code:
                   -----------------
                 /    Mulehide tape |
                /   ----------------  
 --------------   /  -----------------------------
| Mulehide tape  /  | aluminum flashing           |
 ---------------     -------------------------    |
--------------------------------------------  |   |
EPDM EPDM EPDM EPDM EPDM EPDM EPDM EPDM     | | a |
----------------------------------------    | | l |
--------------------------------------  |   | | u |
roof plywood             roof plywood | | E | | m |
--------------------------------------  | P | | i |
                                   ---  | D | | n |
                                  |   | | M | | u |
                                  | f | |   | | m |
                                  | a | | E | |   |
                                  | s | | P | | f |
                                  | c | | D | | l |
                                  | i | | M | | a |
                                  | a | |   | | s |
                                  |   |  ---  | h |
                                  |   |       | i |
                                  |   |        \ n \
                                  |   |         \ g \
                                  |   |          \   \
                                  |   |            ---
                                  |   |
                                  |   |  ---                               ---
                                  |   | |   |  -------------------------  |   |
                                  |   | | g | | Leaf-Relief Leaf-Relief | | g |
                                  |   | | u |  -------------------------  | u |
                                  |   | | t |                             | t |
                                  |   | | t |                             | t |
                                  |   | | e |                             | e |
                                  |   | | r |                             | r |
                                  |   | |   |                            /   /
                                  |   | |   |                           /   /
                                  |   | |   |                          /   /
                                  |   | |   |                         /   /
                                  |   | |   |                        /   / 
                                  | f | |   |                       /   /
                                  | a | |    ----------------------    /
                                  | s | |     gutter gutter gutter    /
                                  | c |  -----------------------------
                                  | i | 
                                  | a | 
                                  |   | 
                                   ---
Is that correct?

I googled and googled and googled for this sort of thing, but I couldn't find an online picture, so if anyone knows of some good pictures showing the correct installation method, I'd be most grateful.

Also, if the EPDM isn't glued to the edge of the roof, then I'm thinking about gently pulling it back and placing a second piece of flashing beneath it, so that I'd have something like:

---TOP---
Mulehide tape
aluminum flashing
EPDM
Mulehide tape and/or flat-head nail
aluminum flashing
Roof plywood
---BOTTOM---

In pictures:

Code:
                   -----------------
                 /    Mulehide tape |
                /   ----------------  
 --------------   /  -----------------------------------
| Mulehide tape  /  | aluminum flashing                 |
 ---------------     -------------------------------    |
--------------------------------------------------  |   |
 EPDM EPDM EPDM EPDM EPDM EPDM EPDM EPDM EPDM     | | a |
----------------------------------------------    | | l |
                   -----------------          |   | | u |
                 /    ??? nail ???  |         | E | | m |
                /   ----------------          | P | | i |
 --------------   /  -----------------------  | D | | n |
| Mulehide tape  /  | aluminum flashing     | | M | | u |
 ---------------     -------------------    | |   | | m |
--------------------------------------  |   | | E | |   |
roof plywood             roof plywood | | a | | P | | f |
--------------------------------------  | l | | D | | l |
                                   ---  | u | | M | | a |
                                  |   | | m | |   | | s |
                                  | f | | i | | E | | h |
                                  | a | | n | | P | | i |
                                  | s | | u | | D | | n |
                                  | c | | m | | M | | g |
                                  | i | |   | |   | |   |
                                  | a | | f |  ---  |   |
                                  |   | | l |       |   |
                                  |   | | a |       |   |
                                  |   | | s |       |   |
                                  |   | | h |        \   \
                                  |   | | i |         \   \
                                  |   | | n |          \   \
                                  |   | | g |            ---
                                  |   | |   |
                                  |   | |   |  ---                               ---
                                  |   | |   | |   |  -------------------------  |   |
                                  |   | |   | | g | | Leaf-Relief Leaf-Relief | | g |
                                  |   | | a | | u |  -------------------------  | u |
                                  |   | | l | | t |                             | t |
                                  |   | | u | | t |                             | t |
                                  |   | | m | | e |                             | e |
                                  |   | | i | | r |                             | r |
                                  |   | | n | |   |                            /   /
                                  |   | | u | |   |                           /   /
                                  |   | | m | |   |                          /   /
                                  |   | |   | |   |                         /   /
                                  |   | | f | |   |                        /   / 
                                  |   | | l | |   |                       /   /
                                  |   | | a | |    ----------------------    /
                                  |   | | s | |     gutter gutter gutter    /
                                  |   | | h |  -----------------------------
                                  |   | | i |
                                  | f |  \ n \
                                  | a |   \ g \
                                  | s |    \   \
                                  | c |      --- 
                                  | i | 
                                  | a | 
                                  |   | 
                                   ---
Is that sort of thing okay, or is it like too much overkill?

Thanks for any suggestions you might have!

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Old 10-13-2006, 08:28 AM   #2
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Re: Pictures Of Aluminum Edge Flashing For EPDM Roof ???

The first sketch is how I would do it, and I believe is the recommended method.
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Old 10-27-2006, 03:30 PM   #3
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Re: Pictures Of Aluminum Edge Flashing For EPDM Roof ???

that's it.if you live in a colder climate you need to get some water block tape,to go under the epdm against the fascia then the drip edge.
so you don't get no ice creeping under you epdm.
and I would go to your local commercial roofing company and get some reinforced self laminated cover strip.and the primer too.
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Re: Pictures Of Aluminum Edge Flashing For EPDM Roof ???

Our waterblock comes in tubes.
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Old 10-28-2006, 05:03 PM   #5
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Re: Pictures Of Aluminum Edge Flashing For EPDM Roof ???

yeah ours did too,and it's a mess to use.I should have said butyl rubber tape.When I had worked for centimark all the guys called it water block tape,and lap sealant was blue glue.go figure.
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