Some contractors make their own kickout flashing from a standard piece of step flashing by cutting the roof leg in half then sliding the upper half over the lower half.
Retrofit kickout gutter.
The kickout flashing is installed above the rain gutter and or drip edge flashing where the roof meets a vertical wall.
Constructed with heavy duty galvanized steel with a white finish it is an essential part of protecting your home against water damage.
The solution is kickout flashing which replaces the bottommost piece of step flashing and directs water away from the wall and into the gutter.
The kickout is installed above the rain gutter and or drip edge flashing where the roof meets a vertical wall.
A kickout diverter is not only best practice when flashing the eave edge to a wall it s code.
A kickout flashing is a pice of metal that is used where a lower roof line terminates against a vertical wall.
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.
It s placed over the membrane at the eave and bent to serve as a spout directing water into the gutter.
Product overview protect your home from moisture with amerimax s kick out diverter.
Originally posted by mr latone the way the siding lock falls in the op s picture makes for a very easy kick out that would be almost invisible.
The 2009 irc includes the following section.
The simplest solution is a kickout diverter flashing which serves as the bottom piece of metal step flashing.
At the end of the vertical sidewall the step flashing shall be turned out in a manner that directs water away from the wall and onto the roof and or gutter.
Foundation bolting house bolting or earthquake retrofit has been compared to a seat belt for your house the up and down and side to side motion of an earthquake can shake an unbolted house off its foundation during the 1994 northridge earthquake thousands of unbolted homes were damaged or destroyed.
This specialty flashing kicks out rain water and diverts it away from the lower wall.
Why should a stucco guy or even a sider have to retrofit a roofers.
Slide the kick out diverter up the roof plane until the starter trough stops at the shingle starter strip.
Without a kickout flashing the water misses the gutter and runs in behind the siding and gets trapped inside the wall.
It kicks out rain water and diverts it away from the lower wall.
More often it seems the drip edge aligns to the middle.
Place the seamless one piece non corrosive kick out diverter as the first piece of step flashing.
But it s often left out.
Installing a kick out diverter at the bottom of flashing on a shingle roof.
