Highest flashing over wood

Craigs Clout Tip "O" the Week; Your Drip Metal (fashing): Recently while working on top my trusty ladder I'm performing a little R&R. No not lounging in the warm sand on some exotic Carribean strand of beach. (lol) I'm Removing the old bogus metal flashing, so the area below need attention, by replacing that soaked fascia with new by surgically cutting it out (before installing the new it got preprimed on all 4 sides) a piece of fascia board that stands out like a "cockroach on a wedding cake" that is very unsightly when arriving up the drive of this wonderful Estate here in Long Beach. My Marketed personal area. Seeing something like this really quashes its curb appeal from the street on the drive by ! Suddenly this voice I hear says (very clearly from a child) "Hey Mister, whatcha doing?" my simple reply was "Helping Others" a bit of a pause "oh, ok" as I'm watching the Little tyke ride away, he comes to an abrupt halt and turns and says "how"? Now the older we get I do know almost everything leads to a story. But keeping it short I say "If you got 10 minutes to spare I'll be ready to actually show you, Amigo !" So I get another "Well Ok". After a few minutes of organizing confusion I put things back to the truck. Then I assemble some of the scrap I had and produced a mini model for my new student to see. And explain that typically the roofers will run a piece of flashing known as a drip-edge metal around the perimeter border of a roof before applying the finished tile on this particular project. And if that drip lip of the flashing is tight and touching the surface below, the moisture from above will run down its face beneath it and eventually destroy it. We wood like to look up and see a tiny gap, so that the run-off drips free and clear to the ground or whatever else thats below. So I show the comparison in a mock up and the metal farthest from you looking at it is correct example!! Then I get an "oh, now I get-It" And quickly says, "I'll see Ya Later Mister" I think he heard his Mom calling ! There have been times when I've done some preventative medicine to alleviate any future cost for my clients. As the Midas muffler guy taught us growing up "You can Pay Me now or Pay Me later" Thats where I come in, known soon enough to be an Estate Maintanence/Project Manager to folks. Thanks for reading Again, Enjoy your day neighbors!!Call Craig 310 69-72829 or craigscloutandrepairs@gmail.com

Roused awake from a forgettable dream not long ago. Forcing myself to listen closley as I wrote particulars. I'm understanding I can help by at least turning the water off once arriving, until morning. Having a plumbing bucket with some supplies just in case I grabbed it and made that dash. So a few minutes after arrival I got the water off and swept the flood to drainage. Then assessed the leak whereabouts and checked my bucket I brought, Imagine my suprise to see I do have the exact part. In Carpentry I'm fully set for anything goes, but I can thread using teflon like all tradesmen. Done deal, but wait. Not so fast. So after 2 cups of complimentry coffee and a bit more light from the morning sun. Something no one wants to see is the copper piping being clamped down with steel fasteners(not compatable metals)as one can see by the discoloration about the new fasteners pictured. Over given amounts of time the fitting known as a "shark bite" can be retro-fitted on. With the parade of sweating pipe. I See I could stop this right now if I used my head and thought outside the proverbial box. Re-checking my supplies first, to no avail. Then it dawned on me just to take those hose clamps I had and insulate them thickly with electrical tape and clamp down again. Good for the rest of our lives. "No Problems only solution" Use your brain and save the trip ! Just glad to Help 310 697-2829 OPEN 24/7 or Craigscloutandrepairs@gmail.com

The String

Age is just a number, and we are All different of course. But by my age 12, I had a paper route and every morning at 5am a thud on my parents driveway woke me. That thud was a bundle of periodicals hitting earth near my bedroom window. Holding those several pounds all together was a simple piece of String that at my young age meant only that I had to cut and throw it away. To get my day started. So today I realize such an invention occured way before me being here. This tool we all take for granted makes the builders of this world job straight, level or plumb when facilitated properly. From point A to point B when pulled taut enough aligns all kinds of items in constrution for example. A tied loop onto the nail (point #A) the spool for leverage. To a twisted loose loop onto the opposites side onto and around the head of nail (#B) a slight pull by counter fulcruming then wrap, and presto a workable straight line ready for ? Whatever. Within 7mm of an inch over the length of a football field and much longer even, if it's not windy claimed the Egyptians (2600 B.C.) that created the Pyramids with this piece of luxury we know today as the String .... . Happy Tuesday Folks !! 310 697-2829 ask for Craig .consultations & .remote design . or run your project I want to Assistolve