Personally, I would add a bead of sealant between the window frame and the wood sill, to push the metal into. This will look nice for now, but wind-driven rail will get behind that metal and rot the exterior wood sill out. I have replaced many sills due to no sealant at that point. Also, I fold the metal down parallel to the sheathing, underneath the sill, so that you can kick water out on top of the siding, in the event that water is driven into that area. On the end folds, I fold the underside up instead of cutting it off, as that is another vulnerable area.
Do you suggest caulking? I understand caulking underneath does not make sense because rain flows down not up and condensation can escape from the bottom but what about the top edges of the aluminum trim?
When installed with wood siding I thought the back flashing was supposed to be under the siding. You're showing this on top of the siding or whatever that house has on the exterior, no? What to do with siding when installing a drip cap over windows and doors?
Yes, it goes behind the siding. Here is my video showing it going behind the vinyl siding. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-nO1K5FN6_Ic.html
i had new siding put on my house and they did not put any flashing on top of my window only the plastic paper with that silk tape next to my windows 🙈🙈🙈🙈
A bunch of these other videos were talking about making end dams and yesterday and today I was on a crew that did it the way you are doing it instead - wonder what the trade off is?
I do it a little different idk I was looking for other ways! Lol...the tab you cut off I leave I bend that down first then the bigger side! Slide it on top the window mark the other side bend both flaps starting with the front one and folding the bigger one over then calk where it goes and nail her off then I put another piece of window tape over it without staples and continue siding!
