Skids & Tom, Thanks for the seminar. Altho i am no longer involved in construction, i have had some experiences in moons gone by. This project has been very interesting. My experiences with flashing ended just about the time everybody started using vapor wraps of various kinds to completely cover their buildings.
I built a barn for my equipment storage and my back gave out for heavy climbing and lifting before i could completely finish. I hat to build a little shed overhang at the over the garage door opening and traded a planting job for the framing of the overhang with a carpenter i had recently met. He framed, but left no allowance for flashing. I had never used any sort of wrapping other than black felt paper. He had never seen flashing for the type of overhang I had wanted. I had left a couple of rows of shingles out so he could work with the flashing. He put in the shingles with no flashing of any kind saying he never saw anything flashed in that situation before. Oh well, gradually, i have managed to get flashing up under there and counter flashed out over the roof. no shingles on the roof yet. a future project someday when my back lets me climb and work from a ladder (three legged orchard ladder that is)
My cousins have all moved out of the old farmhouse we all grew up in. Nobody was in the house all last winter for the very first time since over 100 years ago. There are winds that can blow thru the old structure leaving snow against inside walls. I have torn back the two chimneys and reflashed, not because they were leaking, but they had been flashed with lead. the lead would probably have lasted forever, but i had no experience working with it. i did know how to solder and work with copper. As far as I know, there appears to have been no flashing around or over any of the old windows (i am going to make a thoro inspection tour with my cuz and others some time this summer) but no signs of water damage ever. The widow panes are the problem. We have recaulked several times over the years, but the putty eventually cracks and pulls away. Hence, the wind blows thru.
as i said, this past winter, the house remained empty with the furnace (installed 40 years ago) held at 50ºF. My cuz expected a lot of musty smell from mold due to the closure. The house can breath. Consequently, not one sign of mold anywhere in the house. No musty smell. They were very surprised, but I told them my theory of air circulation. The house can breath.
Oops! Gotta run. My son & grandson have arrived. we are going out for brunch. I've alraedy had beakfast hours ago, but what the h---, i have a bad habit of being able to eat any time.
Tinker
