Chimney Kckout Flashing Gutters

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Chimney kckout flashing gutters.

Installed where a wall meets your roof it will help to divert the water from the roof into your gutter and not down your wall. Please visit the american achitectural manufacturers association for more information regarding this rigorous standard. Kickout flashing or diverter flashing is a special type of flashing that diverts rainwater to keep it from the cladding and makes sure it gets into the gutter. Kick out flashings at chimneys after dormers and bays the next most common location of damage caused by missing or incorrect kick outs is at chimneys for example when a chimney runs up the side of a structure we frequently observe interior and exterior water problems resulting from improper water control at the junction of chimney with the roof and gutter.

It is a simple little l shaped piece of metal and it is critical for anywhere a roof and exterior wall intersect and the wall continues past the lower roof edge and gutter. We usually begin by installing a piece of peel and stick flashing folding it into the corner between the roof and the wall. Kickout flashing is manufactured with powder coating that is compliant with aama 2604 standards. The kickout goes in next followed by standard step flashings.

When installed properly they provide excellent protection against the penetration of water into the building envelope. Kickout flashing also known as diverter flashing is a special type of flashing that diverts rainwater away from the cladding and into the gutter.