. Cyclopedia of architecture, carpentry, and building : a general reference work .... t B, with a lock C, attach-ed and flashed into the wall four courses of brick above the roof line,as shown at D, where wall hooks andpaintskins or roofers cement are used tomake a tight joint. ^Flashings of thiskind should always be painted on theunderside, and paper should be placedbetween the brick work and metal, be-cause the moisture in the wall is apt torust the tin. This method of putting inflashing is not advisable in new work,because when the building is new, the walls and beams are liableto settle an
. Cyclopedia of architecture, carpentry, and building : a general reference work .... t B, with a lock C, attach-ed and flashed into the wall four courses of brick above the roof line,as shown at D, where wall hooks andpaintskins or roofers cement are used tomake a tight joint. ^Flashings of thiskind should always be painted on theunderside, and paper should be placedbetween the brick work and metal, be-cause the moisture in the wall is apt torust the tin. This method of putting inflashing is not advisable in new work,because when the building is new, the walls and beams are liableto settle and when this occurs the flange D tears out of the wall, and theresult is disagreeable leaks that stain the walls. When a new roof isto be placed on an old building where the walls and copings are inplace and the brick work and beams have settled, there is not so muchdanger of leakage. The proper method of putting in flashings and one which allowsfor the expansion and contraction of the metal and the settlement of thebuilding is shown in Fig. 203, in which A shows the cap flashings,. Fig. 202.
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