Constructed with heavy duty galvanized steel with a white finish it is an essential part of protecting your home against water damage.
Retrofit kickout gutter.
But it s often left out.
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.
Product overview protect your home from moisture with amerimax s kick out diverter.
The diverter must be flat on the roof and flush to the sidewall.
The kickout flashing is installed above the rain gutter and or drip edge flashing where the roof meets a vertical wall.
Place the seamless one piece non corrosive kick out diverter as the first piece of step flashing.
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.
The simplest solution is a kickout diverter flashing which serves as the bottom piece of metal step flashing.
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.
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.
The kickout is installed above the rain gutter and or drip edge flashing where the roof meets a vertical wall.
More often it seems the drip edge aligns to the middle.
A kickout diverter is not only best practice when flashing the eave edge to a wall it s code.
This specialty flashing kicks out rain water and diverts it away from the lower wall.
The minute or two it takes to create this detail has a pretty big return on investment.
Proper way to do kickout flashing where gutter meets side wall.
It s placed over the membrane at the eave and bent to serve as a spout directing water into the gutter.
It 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.
Installing a kick out diverter at the bottom of flashing on a shingle roof.
The 2009 irc includes the following section.
The solution is kickout flashing which replaces the bottommost piece of step flashing and directs water away from the wall and into the gutter.
Slide the kick out diverter up the roof plane until the starter trough stops at the shingle starter strip.
