Details of Finish 



Servants' quarters of house, at Newburgh, N. Y., showing 

 a good piazza and steps ; also a telling use of the long shingle 

 effect 



Either of these forms of flashing, already described, can be used to flash about 



dormers, the problem being similar to that of the valley. 



It is advisable to flash under the last course of shingles on either side of the 



ridge, and this flashing should be in one piece bent over in the form of the ridge 



or "saddle" board which surmounts the 



finished job. 



Stepped flashing is used for joints 



between the incline of the roof and a 



vertical wall of brick or stone, i. e., on 



sides of chimneys and gables that project 



above the roof. The common method 



is to use small pieces of metal of such 



shape and size as to conform with the 



shingle courses. The exposed vertical 



edges, which overlap the piece below 



it, are set so as to space one or two 



shingle courses. The tops are bent over 



and let into the horizontal masonry 



joints at least 6 inches from the roof. 



These top joints should be built into the 



chimney or other wall as it is constructed, and not forced in from the outside 



afterward. It is also best that they be carried into the wall far enough to turn 



down over the outside brick course. This makes it impossible for it to slip out. 



The loose ends are adjusted to the shingle 



course afterward. 



A better way than this general 

 method is to cut the flashings in a rec- 

 tangular form, the exposed edge on the 

 chimney being set at an angle so that 

 its continuation when bent upon the 

 roof shall be horizontal or in line with 

 the shingle courses. This makes a better 

 overlapping joint, the tendency of which 

 is to shed rather than invite water, as 

 is the case with the vertical overlap (see 

 Fig. 7). The tops of the flashings can 

 be turned into the wall as already 

 described. 



The lower side of the chimney is 

 flashed with a lead "apron," which 

 extends in one piece horizontally over 

 the roof shingles, up one or two courses 

 on the chimney and into the horizontal 

 joints. The upper side of the chimney 

 should be provided with a "cricket" Portion of house at Bryn Mawr - Pa - Wra - L - Price > archi - 



. . r , . , tect. A creditable handling of stone and stucco as influenced 



Or miniature rOOf, Which Serves tO by French and |nglish half-timber examples 



