I hope you guys can understand my project. I really need your help. (I have added a photo) I have a modern looking house and one of the features is a dormer-type feature that rises about the roof. The house is stucco over concrete block on the first floor and stucco over wood on the second floor. A metal roof was installed perhaps 10 years ago. I believe this dormer feature was not flashed properly and the roofer guys didn’t really know what they were doing. So, the stucco on the side of the dormer feature is cracking out. I am sure water was getting in, and helped it crack out from behind. Now, I am trying to have someone replace the stucco. I really don’t want to tear apart the strip of metal roofing that lays up against it. The roofers answer was to “just caulk it.” I am so fed up with construction people who “just caulk it.” I am a homeowner with some experience of many projects, but stucco and roof flashing is not my thing and I will have a construction person do this repair. Unfortunately, the construction people in my area know nothing about proper flashing. I am hoping you can suggest some fixes that do not involve taking off any roofing. Thanks in advance for your help.
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Dormer stucco flashing with existing metal roof
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Re: Dormer stucco flashing with existing metal roof
Hello, A customer had a new roof put on a year ago.It is leaking pretty badly There are 4 dormers on the back of the house done with stucco. What is the correct way to flash a new roof where the roof meets the stucco? Any pictures would be appreciated I would think to cut a reglet with a grinder and tuck flashinginto this would be the correct way to do it. The roofer bent the flashing with a 3/4 '' flare out from the stucco at the top of the flashing and pumped a few tubes of caulk in there. What would you do in this situation.Footsox1 wrote: ↑Wed Jun 29, 2022 10:53 amI hope you guys can understand my project. I really need your help. (I have added a photo) I have a modern looking house and one of the features is a dormer-type feature that rises about the roof. The house is stucco over concrete block on the first floor and stucco over wood on the second floor. A metal roof was installed perhaps 10 years ago. I believe this dormer feature was not flashed properly and the roofer guys didn’t really know what they were doing. So, the stucco on the side of the dormer feature is cracking out roofing company vienna va. I am sure water was getting in, and helped it crack out from behind. Now, I am trying to have someone replace the stucco. I really don’t want to tear apart the strip of metal roofing that lays up against it. The roofers answer was to “just caulk it.” I am so fed up with construction people who “just caulk it.” I am a homeowner with some experience of many projects, but stucco and roof flashing is not my thing and I will have a construction person do this repair. Unfortunately, the construction people in my area know nothing about proper flashing. I am hoping you can suggest some fixes that do not involve taking off any roofing. Thanks in advance for your help.
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