Flashing Flat Roof Brick Wall

The lead flashing seems a bit cracked and there is water leakage into the rooms below.

Flashing flat roof brick wall.

Flashing on a wall above a flat roof. Lead seems very expensive and i wonder what the trade is using instead if at all. Proper roof wall flashing example. This video demonstrates where flashing could be leaking from on a brick wall.

It is commonly used in two story and side split houses. These kinds of houses often have a roof that butts against a wall. That lip is then set into a reglet or groove in this case cut into the mortar joint of the brick wall above. Install base flashing under shingles or over metal roofing material.

It may be quite a labor but it pays off with a strong roof. I have a flat roof adjoining a brick wall. A couple of trades people have suggested i need new flashing. To install the roof wall flashing above the builder bent the top edge of the flashing into a 90 degree lip about 2 cm in width.

If the roof runs flat up against the brick wall you must install the roof side of the flashing either under the last layer of shingles or over the roof material if it is metal. Metal roof flashing is a galvanized sheet metal bent at right angles with about eight to 12 inches on each side of the angle. I wonder if i need a new roof.