Where bevel wood siding meets a sloped bay roof
Hi all,
I have a situation similar to that of the first photo in “Rain-Screen Walls: A Better Way to Install Siding” – A bay window with a roof above and bevel siding below. Underneath, I have trimmed out the corners and at the wall with 1×3 cedar. My question is the roof. As the photo in that article shows, the wall siding just dies at the roof line. What keeps the bugs and wind-driven water out of the gaps that exist where the pieces of siding do not overlap? I was considering using 1×3 trim on the wall where it meets at the bay window roof line. Is there any right or wrong way to do this?
Thanks,
Scott
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Flashing.
The photo actually depicts a less than ideal installation, in that there should be a (barely) visible gap between the roof surface and the siding. Behind that gap should be step flashing.
In some cases a skirt board is used to finish off the bottom edge of the siding, but it should still be held 1-2" off the roof surface.
reveal at roof/siding.
there should be a (barely) visible gap between the roof surface and the siding.
Dan, I don't agree with your statement on the distance between the roofing and siding. I go with at least 1-1/2" between finished roofing and siding or rake skirting. Anything less asks for problems with water intrusion and rot.
And a very important point when mentioning the siding line along a roof besides proper flashing details is that the wood products need to be sealed WELL on all sides, edges and cuts. Over the years most of my repairs done on these areas reveal how important that is. All failures were the result of poor design and lousy paint / stain jobs.
Kick out flashing at the bottom of roofing and at the siding interface needs to be highlighted as well if you want to avoid corner damage, sheet siding, and soffit repair down the road.
Nope, I saw the 1-2" and assumed only for the skirt board.......
Sorry, 2" is fine in or out of snow country. Might look odd at first, but if no one says anything, probably no one sees it in the first place.
In fact, you can probably get away a little tighter with a skirt board, since there's less end grain to worry about. But you still need at least an inch.
And in most cases like this no one will see the gap, due to viewing angle.
There's that fuck 'n picture graphic again
popping up and blocking replies...........................
Boy, a work in progress shouldn't mean 9 months. A human baby can be conceived and born in that time period.
I haven't seen it for a week or so.
Did you happen to note what banner ad was displayed?
Nope, didn't notice
But when I open the reply in a new window, I am able to get the reply page.
Same as b/4. Can't get it in the same window-only when replying in a new one.
Did you happen to note what banner ad was displayed?
Dan,
I noticed just now in another post: Fine Homebuilding E-Books.
Then I used the back button on the browser, returned to the post I was going to reply to, then hit reply again.
Got to the reply page and the banner ad had changed to FHB Toolguide Sweepstakes. No photo pop up that time.
Yeah, I just got bit by the eBooks ad too. It seems to be the only one with a problem.
I'm guessing we'll have to go on another pissin' and moanin' campaign to get it cleaned up.
Seems par for this golf course.
It was mentioned, but never answered.
Dan means well but he must be too caught up with all the other things on his plate.
Pity they can't afford to have just one person show up for a couple minutes a day. We try to stuff the queeries in where they might be found out. Not like there's so many transmissions that you couldn't read every new post a day.
I didn't think we were supposed to talk about queeries here. ;)
Yeah, I guess it's spelled something like inquiry.........
I was doing in sha-raid inglish.