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Episode 28: Boots on the Ground, Nails in the Walls
Work boots, attic ducts and insulation, weather barriers and over-driven nails, and reusing building materials.
Flashing Duct Penetrations
Sealing the ducts to shed water also seals air leaks.
Flashing A Recessed Window using Liquid Tyvek
Flashing a recessed window is tricky, this new product from DuPont Tyvek called Fluid Applied (Liquid Tyvek!) makes the process much simpler. In this jobsite video we will take you…
Replacing an Entry Door: How to Flash the Rough Opening
Builder Manny Silva demonstrates how to weatherproof the rough opening before installing a new entry door in an old home.
How to Make a Simple Plywood Sheet-Metal Brake
This homemade tool is more like a mold or a die than a brake, but you can use it to make simple bends in narrow pieces of coil stock in a pinch.
Kickout Flashing: How to Flash Troublesome Roof-to-Wall Intersections
Mike Guertin demonstrates how he uses redundant layers of flashing and kickout flashing to prevent roof water from slipping behind the gutter, causing damage.
Installing and Flashing Windows Correctly
If you don’t include housewrap, use a sill pan, and flash the flanges, the work is far from watertight.
Installing Step Flashing to Prevent Roof Leaks
The first rule of roof flashing is that water runs downhill; the second rule is that the first rule isn't without exceptions.
Flashing Walls
Keeping water moving out and down is the key to effective sidewall flashing.

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