[Greenbuilding] window flashing details.

[John E. Beeson]

 Reuben and Stephen,

I just saw this in Environmental Building News.

http://www.wateroutflashing.com/


QUINN EVANS | ARCHITECTS
John E. Beeson, LEED AP
jbeeson at quinnevans.com


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.

>  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
>