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by kendrid
Wed Jul 18, 2012 4:22 pm
Forum: Ask Our Pro's a Question
Topic: Proper capping/wrapping/flashing?
Replies: 19
Views: 14046

Re: Proper capping/wrapping/flashing?

If there are no roofs emptying out onto the wall and If none of the windows above have J-channel, and the wall has no J-blocks, J-vents or J-corners where water can leak in behind the siding, then you will probably not get water behind the aluminum siding. Vinyl siding is a different story. It gets...
by kendrid
Wed Jul 18, 2012 2:54 pm
Forum: Ask Our Pro's a Question
Topic: Proper capping/wrapping/flashing?
Replies: 19
Views: 14046

Re: Proper capping/wrapping/flashing?

I thought he cut the siding back? If he cut it back and took the entire window and nailing fins out, there would be no drip cap left because if there was a drip cap, the drip cap would have been installed right on top of the nailing flange. And then he says the drip cap is inside of his wrapping? S...
by kendrid
Wed Jul 18, 2012 11:33 am
Forum: Ask Our Pro's a Question
Topic: Proper capping/wrapping/flashing?
Replies: 19
Views: 14046

Re: Proper capping/wrapping/flashing?

An update: I spoke to the installer and he said there was a drip cap but they had to go over it with the wrapping because of our aluminum siding. He said it has a channel to run out of. He also stated that the inside of the wrapping is all caulked also, not just the outside along the siding. He did ...
by kendrid
Wed Jul 18, 2012 9:27 am
Forum: Ask Our Pro's a Question
Topic: Proper capping/wrapping/flashing?
Replies: 19
Views: 14046

Re: Proper capping/wrapping/flashing?

Windows on Washington wrote: If the window is finned, you are fine.
If you mean a nailing fin there was not one on the new windows, they were replacement. Now that I see the installation and what you guys are saying having a nailing fin would have made a lot more sense.
by kendrid
Tue Jul 17, 2012 10:27 am
Forum: Ask Our Pro's a Question
Topic: Proper capping/wrapping/flashing?
Replies: 19
Views: 14046

Re: Proper capping/wrapping/flashing?

If that is the way they were installed, with the siding being cut back, then yes, at a mininum they should have installed a drip cap up under the building paper at the top edge. The wrapping should then have been tucked up under the drip cap. Not to pick, but their wrapping skilled are not the grea...
by kendrid
Tue Jul 17, 2012 9:18 am
Forum: Ask Our Pro's a Question
Topic: Proper capping/wrapping/flashing?
Replies: 19
Views: 14046

Re: Proper capping/wrapping/flashing?

The cut out around the old nailing fin. The new windows did not have nailing fins - they were set into the hole, leveled screwed into place. The area they cut out from the old window is where the new capping was installed. but most likely those returns just go straight in and the trim is caulked to ...
by kendrid
Tue Jul 17, 2012 8:13 am
Forum: Ask Our Pro's a Question
Topic: Proper capping/wrapping/flashing?
Replies: 19
Views: 14046

Re: Proper capping/wrapping/flashing?

Thanks for the responses. I will ask them but I want to know what I should be asking first. :) Before going with this company I spoke to three old customers and all were happy. But I have aluminum siding and as some of you have mentioned it can be more difficult. The window that was there before was...
by kendrid
Mon Jul 16, 2012 11:37 pm
Forum: Ask Our Pro's a Question
Topic: Proper capping/wrapping/flashing?
Replies: 19
Views: 14046

Proper capping/wrapping/flashing?

I had a local window installer that has been around for a while install 20 windows in our home. They were recommended and well reviewed but that does not mean that they know what they are doing. We have aluminum siding and they wrapped the windows with aluminum. Does this look correct? They cut out ...