Window flashing caps - InspectionNews

Jeff Eastman · #1 (**permalink**) 05-18-2007, 07:41 AM

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Michael Thomas · #2 (**permalink**) 05-18-2007, 06:05 PM

The rule I remember is that flashing is required when vertical distance from the bottom of the eave to the top of the trim is more than one-quarter of the horizontal overhang of the eave. When I Google that, however, i only turn up references to Canadian requirements.

Jerry Peck · #3 (**permalink**) 05-18-2007, 06:43 PM

I'm guessing that if you look up some manufacturer's installation instructions, and if they address flashings (as most do) you will find that *they* want their windows flashed - regardless where the window it.

Because *they* don't want leaks associated with *their* windows.

Thom Walker · #4 (**permalink**) 05-18-2007, 09:39 PM

I would suspect that window manufacturers paying warranty claims on window flashing leaks is just second to shingle manufacturers paying water damage claims.

Eric Barker · #5 (**permalink**) 05-20-2007, 06:28 PM

Personally I'd let it go. If the wind was strong enough to get rain that far under the eaves then the homeowner will have more than flashing to worry about.