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Bug screen for rainscreen strapping...how wide to cut? - GreenBuildingAdvisor Siding Detail, Rain Screen, Hardie Board, Rigid Insulation, Rustic Basement, Clapboard Siding, Bug Screen, Cement Siding, House Cladding

I'm a rookie with this. First time building a rainscreen. I've got my WBB on the house and would like to apply my 3/8 strapping to create and airgap. I picked up a few hundred feet of 4' bug screen and I will first apply a layer top and bottom, then my strapping and then staple the bug screen on-top of the strapping making the air gap, hopefully, bug free.

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13a.gif Siding Detail, Crawl Space Encapsulation, Corrugated Metal Siding, Wall Detail, Corrugated Metal Roof, Framing Construction, Balloon Frame, Concrete Pad, House Foundation

Through-wall flashing is used to divert moisture, which has entered the wall, to the outside, before it can cause damage. This flashing method is considered the most satisfactory method of preventing leaks except in areas exposed to earthquakes.

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Metal siding — window head flashing detail - GreenBuildingAdvisor Exterior Window Molding, Sheet Metal Wall, Siding Detail, Corrugated Metal Siding, Building Windows, Shed Windows, Steel Siding, Steel Barns, Framing Construction

OK this keeps resurfacing so I thought I would see what others have come up with. When using metal siding (corrugated or sim.) dealing with the window head always seems to be a bit of a conundrum.Typically I see a piece of "J" flash utilized. But this usually points up, which may conceal the cut of the cladding panel, but consequently also catches water. Seems wrong. I have been trying to come up with an alternative and drew the attached, but surely someone more intelligent than I must have…

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