I have an uncovered patio (concrete) that has a storage room below it, and the three walls that support it are brick. Water runs down these walls, and drips into an access door (standard double door about 5 feet wide). This had rotted out the door framing. Before I replace it, I want to fix the problem.
What I have in mind is a miniature awning or some type of drip edge attached to the wall above the door. Just enough to get the water to drip onto the ground. Ideally, it would look like copper, since a few areas around the roof that aren’t shingles have been done in copper. Using copper isn’t a necessity, since this is on the back side of my house.
Any suggestions on what to do? Are there already standard pieces available that I could use for this? Maybe vinyl, and I could wrap it in copper.
Thanks
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got a picture?
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I"ll try to take one, but my wife and the kids took the camera out of town for a few days. The last row of brick above the door rests on a lintel (sp?). And the framing for the door sits back a few inches from that. I have about 4 rows brick above the door to the top of the patio.
I had a tiny roof that needed a gutter, so I had one made by a metal roofing manufacturer, basically a fascia style... 4" high back, 1-1/2" bottom, 3" front with a hem and leaning out about 10 degrees. Drilled a hole in one end for the water to drip out. Barely visible in the pic but it's there.
Nice looking work David--
Thanks, Mike, I sure wish it was my house.
If you just want to keep water from running down to the top of the door frame cut in a riglet and slip a piece of flashig in there to build a drip cap. A double bend of material should be stiff enough.
If you want to put more than metal there, perhaps get a Piece of PVC trim (AZEK) rip the edge into a 15 degree or greater angle and fasten to the wall to build a little drip shelf that could stick out a few inches then cut in and flash above that (You could caulk the trim in but it wont hold forever
is this a full brick wall or a brick veneer?
how much space from top of door jamb to bottom of lintle?
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Full brick. I'm not sure I understand your question - the door jamb is attached to the bottom of the lintel. Is that what you're asking?
So the top of the door is swinging just below the lintel...? I can imagine some sort of sheet metal "L"... long leg attached to the lintel, short leg pointing up 1/2" or so with a hem... make it the width of the opening and any water coming down will have to drip to one side or the other. Might want to bend the projecting part down slightly to prevent water from trying to wick back into the lintel.
Another option would be something installed into the mortar joint on top of the lintel. Use a grinder to cut a kerf into the joint, insert a sheet metal drip cap that directs water to the ends.
Generally there will be anywhere from a half inch to two inches between the jamb and the lintle, so I was thinking in terms of a Z-flashing from inside the wall to outside over the jamb to keep that leakage on the outside.A thru flashing is sort of what it would be called.I can sketch a idea of what I mean if that is not clear.
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I appreciate the replies. I'm afraid that some of my assumptions on the various terminology may be incorrect. Hopefully tomorrow night I can take a photo, and that may help clear things up.