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Substrate Cleaning and Window Flashing Discussion

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Modern Siding on Abandoned House. INCREDIBLE TRANSFORMATION! (EP.11)

What happens here

The exposed existing house wrap is sprayed down with water to clean off any debris or loose material, ensuring a clean substrate. The presenter then discusses the proper procedure for window flashing according to modern codes: waterproofing tape should be applied around the perimeter of windows (bottom first, then sides, then top) over the house wrap to prevent water infiltration. He notes that the old house lacked this crucial detail. He concludes that the existing house wrap needs to be in good, dry condition to avoid issues when installing new house wrap over it.

Goal: The exposed existing house wrap and wall surfaces are cleaned with water. The presenter discusses the importance of proper window flashing for waterproofing, emphasizing adherence to modern building codes.

Tools and materials

  • Water Hose with Spray Nozzle

What they say

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no way now this is how it should be coming off that's how it should be coming off [Music] so the nice thing about redoing all this trim as well and I know you guys are going to say oh you should redo the windows it's not in the budget so buy my merch so I could buy new windows but you're supposed to have with modern day code waterproofing tape going around the perimeter of the window so you have carbon paper and then waterproofing and nothing gets in this doesn't have it this is pre that invention so the nice thing is we'll put it on foreign [Music] look at this this is a window this is a window this is a pane of glass that's sitting on top it's secured by little trim pieces somebody's made up a window so now I have to figure out either to block this off keep these two windows or block the entire thing off because you don't need really windows in the kitchen but then I'm sure keyboard Warriors are going to be like well it'll be nice to look outside so or figure out a way to put one giant window which means more money spent all right all the siding is officially off uh this part over here we're going to cover this OSB because I need to make a better transition I looked up can I keep the original uh tar paper and then put you know house wrap over it and what everybody's saying is you can as long as the existing to our paper is in good condition meaning it's not wet because if it's wet and there's Tyvek over it or house wrap it's not going to breathe through so with that being in mind we're gonna go get our house wrap get our cap nails because they're going to be far stronger than Staples and start wrapping the sucker [Music] the advantages of having a nice long house wrap is that you don't have to layer it the disadvantage is when you have a short house like this you gotta finagle it so I'm not going to house wrap this section yet reason why is this is a bathroom window and I'm gonna get rid of it to create a little bit more curb

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