Self flashing windows

[Marcel R. Cyr]

Applying 6" wide Vycore flashing membrane over the fins of a window as required by most Window Manufacture is not quite my idea of self flashing window. Someone has to install it and properly.


On a different note; David, first post I see from you since the flood. Hope you have transitioned back to normal and your family alright.

Marcel

[Kenton H. Shepard, CMI]

Some aluminum and vinyl windows have solid nailing fins that appear seamless where they meet the window, so I suppose thay do the same job as installng flashing. If it keeps the water out, it's flashing. There's a lot of bad flashing out there that might as well have been left off.
Also if it's made of the same material as the window frame it all expands and contracts at the same rate and may remain intact and weatherproof longer than installed metal flashing
-Kent

[Carl A. Brown]

What about under the windows where they have no sills?

[David P. Valley]

Originally Posted by cbrown1

What about under the windows where they have no sills?

Carl,

That question brings you back to...
http://www.badstucco.com/properflash/properflash.html

[David P. Valley]

Originally Posted by mcyr

On a different note; David, first post I see from you since the flood. Hope you have transitioned back to normal and your family alright.

Marcel

Yea, I've got all my soaken wet and ruined personal belongings in a dumpster (outside my garage). It's full. We lost a lot of money on this flood.

Drywall has been removed and I'm getting professionally douched today. I'll rent a keresene heater to do a rapid dry and then start drywalling again. Thanks for your concerns.

Sorry...OFF TOPIC.

[rwand1]

Self flashing? The diagram provided by David Valley lack a drip cap.

[Carl A. Brown]

This is being talked about in several places.


http://forums.jlconline.com/forums/s...ad.php?t=31279

http://ths.gardenweb.com/forums/load...5432608.html?5

http://ths.gardenweb.com/forums/load...0014076.html?5

http://bahrr.proboards32.com/index.c...e=1#1148474155

http://www.iccsafe.org/cgi-bin/ultim...c;f=4;t=007539



http://www.ibhs.org/building_codes/view.asp?id=189


Last but not least!
http://www.badstucco.com/ff.htm

[Joel Wilson]

I would like to know why the 2002 IRC with North Carolina ammendments code R703.8 (1.) states "except that self-flashing windows having a continuous lap of not less than 1 1/8" over the sheathing.....'

What fdoes that mean?

HELP