Window openings are wrapped with a rubber membrane before windows are set.
Most windows on new houses and remodels are installed poorly.
Color stucco house in Bethesda.
Details of the lathing, flashing and vapor barrier.
Here's how we did it:
A copper counter flashing for a copper roof is put on before the stucco.
Flashing is then overlapped with tarpaper and stucco. This avoids having to walk on a copper roof to do the stucco.
A view of the counter flashing.
Bottoms are terminated with a 7/8" plaster stop (casing bead).
Weep holes are drilled into the stop.
They quit making metal weep grounds. I would rather drill my own than use plastic.
Pipe penetrations are sealed with stretchable tape.
Pipes are sealed with red stucco tape to the tar paper.
This is a frequent area of rot. Sealing the pipes after the stucco is done with an ugly glob of caulk is absurd.
3/4" plaster rings are put on the sheathing.
This makes a nice job and avoids cracking the stucco putting on the light.
Zip wall (painted OSB) is spaced 1/8" and sealed with flashing tape.
Electric meter is mounted on a piece of PVC and flashed with metal flashing.
The recess for the window moulding is also tar papered and lathed.
The lath gives us something to stick the moulding to.
