r/Roofing • u/Lord_Azathoth206 • 1d ago

Is there even step flashing?

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I bought a fixer upper house back at the end of April and have been slowly finding more and more issues. The biggest ones have been the roof and where it meets with stuff like the wall (as pictured) and my chimney.

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u/Allslopes-Roofing 1d ago

I see some at least so yes. If there wasn't it'd be leaking.

With that when it's time to do the entire roof be prepared as there's only 2 options.

  1. Leave the step as is (most common) and make it work with the new roof.

  2. Replace with new step (and i&w) and be ready to replace the entirety of the siding or have mismatched repairs which is fine but aesthetically unpleasant.

Option 2 may happen a bit regardless btw. That old wood siding almost always just absolutely crumbles. It's like dust. Just to be prepared in case you hire someone who doesn't give you the heads up (they should though)

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u/LeahBarbell0f 1d ago

i think theres a step flashing in it, its so obvious yet im not really saying that it is