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Wacky Weds: Penny Wise but Pound Foolish

We got another two-fer special for you today…Both involve a simple piece of flashing called a kick-out which directs water away from the wall. For more on this simple detail & the codes around it, check out 4 Flashing Errors & how to Avoid Them .

no-kick-out-very-badDo you really need three guesses where the water is flowing & being trapped? Nah, I didn’t think so

no-kick-out-damage

Yep, lord forbid that the roofer spends a dollar to install a kick-out flashing which will help prevent thousands of dollars of damage later on. In the same vain, thank goodness the homeowner called around and got the “best” price possible. Penny Wise & Pound Foolish – sure looks that way to me…

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Filed Under: Wordless Wednesday Tagged With: Roofing March 20, 2013 By SLS

Comments

  1. Allison Bailes says

    March 20, 2013 at 10:57

    How about solving another aspect of this problem during the design phase? Never put a window right below an adjoining as they did in the second photo above!

    • SLS Construction says

      March 20, 2013 at 18:32

      Thanks for jumping in Allison & while I do agree that the window location might not be the most optimal placement, just how far out should one place the windows? I have seen water shoot past gutters at a real good clip, so should it be a 1′ away, 2′, 3′?

      With a kick out flashing the window & trim detail would not be seeing that type of water damage. Shoot lets just say that the window wasn’t there, you are still going to have issues with the trim used for the gable transition &/or the brick work there.

  2. Allison Bailes says

    August 4, 2020 at 19:23

    How about solving another aspect of this problem during the design phase? Never put a window right below an adjoining as they did in the second photo above!

    • SLS Construction says

      August 4, 2020 at 19:44

      Thanks for jumping in Allison & while I do agree that the window location might not be the most optimal placement, just how far out should one place the windows? I have seen water shoot past gutters at a real good clip, so should it be a 1′ away, 2′, 3′?

      With a kick out flashing the window & trim detail would not be seeing that type of water damage. Shoot lets just say that the window wasn’t there, you are still going to have issues with the trim used for the gable transition &/or the brick work there.

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