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Old 06-06-2008, 10:29 AM
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Re: Windows installed too far out?
That is the first for me to see the depth of those channels. They may have been designed for Vinyl, wood, etc. and Brick veneer. Around here they use the standard vinyl windows with built in channel that just catches the back edge of the brick veneer. Then they caulk and hope for the best. Maybe those windows protrude further so it actually will give more depth for the brick for better sealing.

Also around here they are just now catching on to flash the bottom corners of the windows to overlap the nailing strip of the un-cut panel directly under the window so the water drains out of the weep holes along the edge of the panel that is notched and locked into it.
I Point out missing flashings since 97 when vinyl became popular and caught flak for years until they finally figured it out.
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