Sill Flashings!

[Carl A. Brown]

Why is it that

http://www.sbionline.org/pdf/Flashin...%20English.pdf

Understands the importance of sill flashing yet with other claddings it seems to be out of the question?

[Bob Elliott]

Good PDF ...thanks

[Carl A. Brown]

Thanks Bob!

It came from here!

http://www.sbionline.org/

[Bob Elliott]

Put it in my goggle note book
I was driving around looking at all the new Mc Mansions yesterday and noticing how they all forget weepholes above the windows

[Carl A. Brown]

And no doubt no sill flashings and weeps!

[Bob Elliott]

most likely not.
They all cut the down spouts short to so they do not cross the sidewalk.
Very short sited.

[Dale Duffy]

Originally Posted by cbrown1

Why is it that

http://www.sbionline.org/pdf/Flashin...%20English.pdf

Understands the importance of sill flashing yet with other claddings it seems to be out of the question?

Carl,

Around here, I think builders might think "Flashing" was a fad in the eighties........and does not relate to a portion of the building envelope.....

[Carl A. Brown]

Flashing is alive and well!

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=eIPv9AtZ2zE

With that out of the way!

Everything that is old is not BAD and everything that is new is not GOOD!

[Barry Adair]

I'm in total agreement but please point to current reference/documentation.

We've been writing hard reports on phase around here for years and are stating to see some compliance from the builders that care.

These builders are and few between and I could drive you through entire neighborhoods that were circa BOCA CABO SBCCI ICBO built with no weeps anywhere.

You know as well as I it's all about what the AHJ is willing to "write" for, weeps being very far down the ladder of property or life loss.

The photo depicts the normal installation for the better homes around here and they are now starting to do the same "clean out" above the windows, but note where weeps were left out on this job, right under the window and flahings are still a joke if present at all...it takes time and a lot of patient reminders to get things anywhere near minimum standards.

[Carl A. Brown]

Please point to current reference/documentation.

Flashings are still a joke if present at all...it takes time and a lot of patient reminders to get things anywhere near minimum standards. Thats why I keep on making post on the subject! Alot of the new info one has to pay to get! ASTM specs ICC

I look everyday!

[Barry Adair]

BTW,

Great post of the "Best Design Practices"!!!

[Carl A. Brown]

That sill detail is easy to use when there is trim around a window no matter what the cladding! Of course my examples are with stucco.



http://www.badstucco.com/properflash/properflash.html

http://www.badstucco.com/repair2.html


The water is out of the wall!

[Carl A. Brown]

http://www.masonpro.com/EnglishGuide.pdf


http://www.masonpro.com/SpanishGuide.pdf

[William J. Decker]

I showed these details to a contractor (and his masonry sub) today. The sub just laughed. "Nobody does this", he laughed.

The contractor fired him, right on the spot.

Some days are just wonderful, ain't they

[Carl A. Brown]

One at a time Will !

Good JOB!