[Greenbuilding] window flashing details.

[Stephen Collette]

Reuben,

In the February issue of Green Builder magazine       http:// 
www.greenbuildermagazine.com/            They had an article on how  
to properly install Tyvek. I was pretty impressed actually by the  
detail approach, and they had a full blown colour section with Joe  
Construction doing it properly. I really like this free magazine  
(NAHB owns/sponsors/controls?) it and the articles are great, easy,  
and help that Joe do things in a more green manner. Anyway, I looked  
up the Tyvek book at an architect friend's place the other day and  
the same installation methods with nice diagrams are shown. I'm sure  
Tyvek has it on their website somewhere.

As for books, I do own Moisture Control Handbook by Joe Lstiburek and  
John Carmody. It's a 200 pager filled with heaps of drawings. I  
flipped through it just now and actually there are only like half a  
dozen diagrams on window details. The rest are all about moisture  
moving through walls, foundations and roofs. It's a super great book,  
despite not having been able to pull myself through it in all, and I  
feel super smart just owning it, but if you want window diagrams, I'm  
sure Joe has a better book to suit your needs.

Stephen

Stephen Collette B.B.E.C. - Principal
Your Healthy House - Indoor Environmental Testing & Building Consulting
www.yourhealthyhouse.ca
stephen at yourhealthyhouse.ca
705.652.5159

>  My question is whether there are basic diagrams (or
> descriptions) in his books or anywhere else (his books on moisture
> management are pretty spendy) that show how one might construct  
> flashing for
> the purposes of redirecting any water making it past or around  
> paint, caulk,
> siding, and trim? I'm not averse to spending a bunch on a book, if  
> it is the
> definitive guide and includes something along these lines.
>
> Thanks for your thoughts.
>
> Reuben Deumling
>