If y’all have been following along with me on my socials, you know I am a fan of the @huberwood zip liquid flashing. You can create an air and waterproof seal in the most difficult situations. Since it is in a liquid (caulking) type format you can easily apply it on or into any of the smallest nooks and crannies & it’s Super easy to do.
I have a couple of pics that the liquid flash is ideal to use on vs the standard zip or stretch tapes.
1 - bottom seal of door rough openings. The Liquid flash bonds great to concrete if you are building on a slab too
2 - window sills. I pitch all of my window sills during the framing process. Once the liquid flash is applied you have a waterproof sill that will never rot out if you happen to have a window failure. You can see it doing its job with the water beading up in the surface.
3 - window/door rough openings
4 - I’m trying to build a passive style home and this hip rafter tail would be nearly impossible to tape for an air seal. But it’s no challenge with the liquid flash. It might get a little messy, but cleanup isn’t a problem. I also fill all of my nail holes on the zip wall with a sealant as well.
5 - I like using the sausage tubes vs cartridges. I can get different applicator tips for the gun and less bulky trash after the flashing is applied.
I get a lot of comments saying the tape is way faster for the window sills. I disagree. If you are taping the window correctly, it takes nearly the same amount of time to liquid flash vs tape. IMO the liquid flash is more durable and just takes more abuse than the tape. We get into setting large windows or doors and if you bump the tape wrong it will bunch up and tear. The liquid flash does take time to dry. I always plan ahead though and have the flashing done prior to windows/doors arriving on the site.
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**LIQUID Flash**
If y’all have been following along with me on my socials, you know I am a fan of the @huberwood zip liquid flashing. You can create an air and waterproof seal in the most difficult situations. Since it is in a liquid (caulking) type format you can easily apply it on or into any of the smallest nooks and crannies & it’s Super easy to do.
I have a couple of pics that the liquid flash is ideal to use on vs the standard zip or stretch tapes.
1 - bottom seal of door rough openings. The Liquid flash bonds great to concrete if you are building on a slab too
2 - window sills. I pitch all of my window sills during the framing process. Once the liquid flash is applied you have a waterproof sill that will never rot out if you happen to have a window failure. You can see it doing its job with the water beading up in the surface.
3 - window/door rough openings
4 - I’m trying to build a passive style home and this hip rafter tail would be nearly impossible to tape for an air seal. But it’s no challenge with the liquid flash. It might get a little messy, but cleanup isn’t a problem. I also fill all of my nail holes on the zip wall with a sealant as well.
5 - I like using the sausage tubes vs cartridges. I can get different applicator tips for the gun and less bulky trash after the flashing is applied.
I get a lot of comments saying the tape is way faster for the window sills. I disagree. If you are taping the window correctly, it takes nearly the same amount of time to liquid flash vs tape. IMO the liquid flash is more durable and just takes more abuse than the tape. We get into setting large windows or doors and if you bump the tape wrong it will bunch up and tear. The liquid flash does take time to dry. I always plan ahead though and have the flashing done prior to windows/doors arriving on the site.
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