DonTx Posted February 22, 2006 Report Share Posted February 22, 2006 I was doing a frame inspection this morning and stopped to watch the painter for a few minutes. Glad I had my camera as I watched him brush off the dirt with his hands before he painted the Hardie plank. Download Attachment: IMG_5936.jpg 37.12 KB Then I noticed his paint bucket...by the way..it was drizzling rain Download Attachment: IMG_5938.jpg 60.86 KB So then I got bored and watched the roofers on the house next door. They were chillin as their shingles were being delivered. Download Attachment: IMG_5939.jpg 39.34 KB I love my job! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hausdok Posted February 22, 2006 Report Share Posted February 22, 2006 To hell with the shingles, I'm interested to know how the hell they're splining those windows. OT - OF!!! M. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonTx Posted February 22, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 22, 2006 Originally posted by hausdok To hell with the shingles, I'm interested to know how the hell they're splining those windows. OT - OF!!! M. If you're talking about the arched window, this is how they do it: with 3 short 2x4's. One at the top of the jamb, and two diagonal on each side. That's about it as long as they can get a nail in it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hausdok Posted February 22, 2006 Report Share Posted February 22, 2006 Hi, No, I'm talking about how the builder is splining (flashing) the window. ONE TEAM - ONE FIGHT!!! Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonTx Posted February 22, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 22, 2006 Well duh! With the Dow foam board and Energy Brace of course! Note the Energy Brace on the sides of the windows...that's the side flashing. Then they'll over lap the foam board around the arch and maybe use some of the mil plastic, more than likely though it will be tucked or wadded up and pushed back. Virtually every frame inspection I do I write up the windows for not being installed and flashed properly. Installation instructions are on every window but no one takes the time to read them. Here's an example of the finished product. Download Attachment: IMG_5903.jpg 48.89 KB Or they do it this way... Download Attachment: IMG_5935.jpg 38.37 KB Of course, if there is Hardie plank siding, then there is no flashing at all around the windows...according to builders, Hardie plank is the flashing...[:-banghea And that my Good Sir, is how we flash windows in the Houston area! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian G Posted February 22, 2006 Report Share Posted February 22, 2006 That whole mess reminds me of a house I saw while doing a draw inspection one day. It was raining lightly, but had rained like hell the night before. Some genius had left the mouldings for the entire house outside the day before, and it was all dripping wet from end to end. They were just slapping it up anyway, as fast as they could go. [:-dunce] Brian G. There Is No Cure for Stupid [:-banghea Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hausdok Posted February 22, 2006 Report Share Posted February 22, 2006 Ok, Now I understand. Houston Area = Builders on psychotropic drugs. OT - OF!!! M. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BADAIR Posted February 24, 2006 Report Share Posted February 24, 2006 Here's an example of what $44.52 sq. ft. can buy. Almost every item on my report had something checked for in need of repair or defective. With the new financing these things will wind up in forclosure in less than 5 years. http://www.foxandjacobs.com/327693_Plan.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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