Put Aluminum Flashing Over Existing Garage Door

To install the flashing cut pieces of building paper and self adhesive flashing to fit and install them in the correct order bottom sides top around the opening.

Put aluminum flashing over existing garage door.

Pan flashing for exterior doors windows rot below a sliding glass door. The carpenter used no pan flashing. What is aluminum capping. This helps ensure water has no chance to seep behind and damage the sheathing.

The head flashing strip should extend a 6 inch minimum over the top of the side jamb flashing material. Aluminum capping is also referred to as aluminum cladding and aluminum wrapping. Cut half inch notches into the z flashing on both ends where the flashing bends using the tin snips. Below our next photo shows the extensive rot that ensued.

This allows you to bend the center part of the flashing over the sides of the door to cover the. Capping is the process of applying cut and formed aluminum sheeting over exterior wood trim. This aluminum sill for a sliding glass door was installed over the plywood subfloor of the author s new york offices in the 1970 s.