Top Corner - more rot and another mystery
These is the wood at the top right corner from picture # 113. Note that the OSB is rotten right up under the soffit. My contractor tells me that the return and crown molding you see here is pretty rotten, and that all the wood is kind of punky. He thinks that water is sitting on these returns (they are pretty flat) and perhaps working its way back to the sheathing. He thought we should consider wrapping the returns in copper flashing or perhaps replacing all the gable fascia and soffits with azek ($$$$).
This is obviously something we need to fix, since we don't want our new sheathing and hardie getting wet. Any suggestions as to the likely point of intrusion or best way to solve this would be greatly appreciated.
This is obviously something we need to fix, since we don't want our new sheathing and hardie getting wet. Any suggestions as to the likely point of intrusion or best way to solve this would be greatly appreciated.
"Cornice returns should either be rebuilt with a slope and covered with copper, or covered with copper which is turned up and soldered on the end in some way so that water cannot get into the wall. I ahve never seen a flat corncie return." --Glenn, 10/16/05
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