Flashing assembly and flashing kit for a roof window and method for manufacturing the flashing assembly
AssigneeVKR Holding A/S
InventorsMartin FYHN KRISTENSEN, Søren FREDERIKSEN
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Abstract
A flashing assembly for use at a joint where a first roof window mounted in an inclined roof structure meets a second structure, the flashing assembly comprising an interior flashing element and an exterior flashing element each comprising a first planar portion arranged to overlap and being attached to each other by an adhesive, wherein spacing elements are provided between the first portion of the interior flashing element and the first portion of the exterior flashing element, a flashing kit comprising two such flashing assemblies, and a method for manufacturing such a flashing assembly.
Claims20
A flashing assembly for a first roof window mounted in an inclined roof structure,
- said flashing assembly comprising an exterior flashing element and an interior flashing element, each configured for extending along a frame member of the first roof window in a length axis (L) of the flashing assembly, and each having a first portion of planar configuration and each extending along a width axis (W) perpendicular to the length axis and parallel to the inclined roof structure in a mounted state,
- wherein the first portions overlap and are attached to each other by an adhesive which engages the first portion of the interior flashing element and the first portion of the exterior flashing element,
- at least one spacing element is provided between the first portion of the exterior flashing element and the first portion of the interior flashing element.
A method for manufacturing a flashing assembly, which method comprises
- providing an exterior flashing element and an interior flashing element each configured for extending along a frame member of the first roof window in a length axis and each having a first portion of planar configuration,
- applying an adhesive to the first portion of the interior flashing element or the exterior flashing element,
- arranging the interior flashing element and the exterior flashing element such that the respective first portions overlap,
- pressing the first portions of interior flashing element and the exterior flashing element together, such that the adhesive engages both of the first portions and at least one spacing element provided between the first portion of the exterior flashing element and the first portion of interior flashing element maintains distance between the first portions.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.