Monday, August 25, 2008

Waterproofing at a swing door using a metal sill pan

Attached please find a sheet of details for a swing door in wood frame construction using a fully soldered sheet metal pan. Some of the concerns that I have with using metal as flashing is the thermal bridge created by the metal running from the exterior to the interior. The rigidity of the pan also causes problems with build up at the jambs, it is hard to achieve slope to the exterior, the backdam angle is weak and often trampled by the time construction is finished and unless you are on a curb the metal pan does not tie in well with the adjacent waterproofing or below grade waterproofing.

My preferred solution is to use a liquid applied waterproofing and a metal or wood backdam angle to run the waterproofing up onto. You could use a urethane traffic coating, Alsan 500, Kemperal, BEI Wet-flash, or if you are careful an application of peel n' stick if detailed correctly would do the job adequately.


6 comments:

The Best Years said...

Nathan, this is really cool. I like your new look on your blog...and as always how you share your knowledge. Reme and I went to the Redmond Saturday Market this past weekend and had such a good time, one young lady there 17 years old was selling prints of her oil paintings (signed of course) very reasonable. They were well done and it made me think of you and all your drawings. Maybe you should consider doing a bunch of them and signing up for a Street Fair, Market or something....I know you could sell them. Whitney is safely in Pacific, it was quite a nice orientation. Today is her first full day, she has a job already (work study) she is the Administrative Assistant to the volley ball coach (his nephew was in the Olympics for the US of course). She is also going to be the Intramural Supervisor...pretty neat! Give my love to Lina and the girls. By the way tell Lina I am unable to log in to her blog, says I am not invited :( Talk to you later. Love, Mom

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