How To Cut House Wrap Around Windows And Doors

Cut an opening for the doors shaped like a capital i including the top and bottom horizontal bars of the letter.

How to cut house wrap around windows and doors.

Intertape polymer group i. The height of the base blocks should be about 1 in. The base blocks should be about 3 8 in. Wrap first cut later.

Wider than the casings. Cut out doors in a capital i shape. Door and window trim them if necessary. Greater than the height of the baseboard you re planning to install.

Then you have to come back and cut through in order to install the windws and doors. Use a j roller to roll the tap flat. The most important part of weatherproofing begins before the window goes in. When remodeling the exterior of a home the correct application of house wrap around the existing windows and doors is particularly critical to preventing moisture and air intrusion and ensuring an energy efficient durable and healthy home.

Tape the 45 degree cuts with contractor tape. Next cut the house wrap in the upper corners on a small 45 degree angle. Then fold in the sides of the house wrap but leave the top flap alone. Release the top flap in the house wrap and fold it over the top flange.

How to install house wrap and window flashing using ipg s novawrap aspire building wrap and novaflash self adhered window flashing. Cut from the corners of the door openings to each corner of the i with the top and bottom of the i located approximately 8 inches 20 32 cm above and below the door opening. Insert the window in the opening plumb and level. Important they sliced the wrap above the window and installed the top piece over the window s nailing flange.

This cut should just be enough to easily fit the window flange under. Then your can apply caulking around the top and sides of the rough opening. After the house wrap is cut tuck the bottom flap into the house and install sill flashing. Tape the wrap out of the way to caulk and install the window.

Use flashing tape to cover the flange sealing the flange to the house wrap and then apply a piece of tape along the top flange. For this opening i m going to cut what i call an upside down wine glass. Trimming a door is just like trimming a window except you start out with base blocks at the floor as shown here. The easiest way to apply house wrap is to go right over the window and door rough openings.