Window Flashing - Page 7 of 8

Mike Guertin demonstrates the entire process, from preparing the rough openings and sills to taping seams to make each window well air-sealed and watertight.

A few extra bends in this typical aluminum-window-flashing component makes it a more effective water-shedding detail.

You won’t necessarily find head flashing on windows and doors that have integral flanges because some manufacturers call for it and some don’t

Plumb, square, sealed, screwed, and taped — these windows are affixed to the house for a generation to come.

Fold-out window flanges have open corners. As a backup to the stick-on patch piece we backflash the flanges with flexible flashing tape.

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Protecting the rough opening helps with air-sealing and water management.

Watch an expert demonstrate the process, step by step.

Preflashing the window and door bucks allows us to completely install the exterior insulation and rain-screen furring.

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