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good question does the entire wall above the patio cover need to be sealed all the way to the roof? the patio cover installer is coming on Tuesday to do some water tests because there is water getting inside the wall where they ran their electrical for my light switch to the flood lights since I...

I got referred to him by the painting company because they didn't know what to recommend. I will get 3 buds.

Loxon XP is the name of it. Any buddy ever use this? Recommended way to apply it or prep before applying?

so i talked to a sherwin williams rep and he recommended loxon for wind driven rains and it has a 10 yr warranty Im getting a painter out next week for a quote..

i was looking at non insulated patio cover instructions so im good on the electrical. the insulated instructions still required a flashing installed though. so i called duralum and asked them if they have flashing available for my patio cover and he said no. they only have it on non insulated...

these are directions and pictures of the duralum patio cover from there website. it says electrical is "not approved" for this? my contractor installed lights, ran electrial, and installed fan lights in mine...thoughts???

3. Install Rain Flashing A. Fasten rain flashing to the house wall or the house fascia board directly using #10 screws every 6”. B. Fasten flashing to patio roof using #8 x 1/2" sheet metal screws at the roof panels interloc k. C. Overlap lengths of flashing at least 1” and fasten...

Using the info people on this forum have given me I am going to contact the contractor one more time to install z flashing above my patio cover. I believe this will prevent the rain water from going down the inside and outside of my stucco wall below my patio cover and escaping the weep screed...

thanks for your help...would you have to remove the panels to do this flashing? also how about potential moisture that could be in the wall should i worry about that? the house is only 10 mos built in 2016. or will it dry out if i get this flashing done? thanks!

look at this picture. it doesn't look like i have room to put it anywhere...

now you understand my problem. what is the best way to fix it?

it does have a slope to it. but the problem is not with the patio cover but the fact that since there is no flashing on top of the patio to trap the rain it just soaks in the stucco and drips all the way down the wall which streaks down my windows and walls below my patio cover. also, the water...

It was over the phone he said his hourly rate is $90/hr and he was 4 mos out on work...freakin crazy huh?

couple of hundred sounds great ill just pay for it my self. but what the heck was the stucco leak guy talking about $7-8k??? huge difference...right?

I appreciate everyone's feedback here are the pics...

what I mean but not knowing what to do is do I water proof the stucco myself, hire a contractor to install the flashing and sue the contractor for the thousands this sounds like it going to cost. or should I just try and do it myself...

I believe lag nut bolts to the exterior of the house...

I put my contract on here because flashing is not addressed anywhere on here...

yes it was permitted I'm just wondering if I should go back to the contractor and demand the put it in flashing or are we really on our own...

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