Flashing Over Sliding Door

The sliding door track cover conceals the door track serves as a sliding door flashing and the hemmed edge locks into the door track flashing tab brackets.

Flashing over sliding door. Over window flange and pan flashing and extend above the head flange. White the suresill 4 9 16 in. Door flashing is important if you want to protect your walls from rot pests mold and other weather related issues. Fold down the house wrap flap and tape diagonal seams with construction tape.

The type and location of the flashings will vary depending on the type of windows and doors. Install the jamb flashing. Installing door flashing isn t a difficult process and most people can accomplish this on their own in just a few hours. White pvc sloped sill pan for door and window installation and flashing complete pack can be cut to fit the opening if needed.

The head flashing strip should extend a 6 inch minimum over the top of the side jamb flashing. Over and beyond the jamb flashing and over the drip cap if installed. A self adhered head flashing strip should be installed across the top of the doorway and over the drip cap vertical leg. Channel plate for sloped sill pan for vinyl sliding doors and window installation flashing case of 10 model ss 3 32c 080 237 77.

Install the head flashing. For a wood window unit drip cap flashing can be installed over the trim piece often called brick molding that comes. If you have vinyl or metal flanged windows for instance you can install drip cap flashing 4 the home depot over the window itself or over the top trim piece that you install. To read pdf files you need the adobe acrobat reader 6 0 or higher.

Angled metal drip cap flashing material extending over the door head trim and returning at the ends should than be installed. The suresill 4 9 16 in. It comes in white. Suresill 3 1 4 in x80 in.

Below our next photo shows the extensive rot that ensued. Door flashing can also help to create lower utility bills since you won t have an exchange of air flowing through the doors. The carpenter used no pan flashing.