Friday, August 22, 2008

Knock Knock - how to waterproof the doorbell wire

When you speak of the different building envelope penetrations many of them are the right size and configuration for special flashing systems like Quickflash and Sillsaver. But what do you do when you don't have anything but a small wire? Well, what I have found that works well is the sandwich the the wire in butyl tape. See the illustration sequence below.

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