Windows

This is just a quick post about window installations.  These photos are from a reno-inspection and as you can see the trim is not installed, which allows us to see how the contractor installed these windows and the products he used.

Nicely Done!

This contractor used a roofing product called ‘Ice & Water Shield’ to wrap the framing of the window opening.  This product is generally used on roofs as an underlay for the first 36” of your roof; designed to protect against ice damning and the damage it causes.  It’s a great product and works great to protect the framing around your windows. 

The sill. Where most moisture problems occur.

Ice & Water Shield.

The building code states that you only need to use 6mm poly (standard vapour barrier) on the sill and sides of the framing.  Its good practice to consider the building code as a set of minimum standards, there’s no reason why you can’t exceed those minimums. 

Anyhow, I figured I share these photos....On most home inspections we cannot see behind the finished trim and there is no way to know exactly how the windows were installed as far as the products used.

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