Details like this risk rot and insect damage to the structure.
Flashing where siding meets brick.
Thats why most brick houses you see have a hip roof or a full gable end where the brick runs up to the peak.
The nails holding up the siding should not be caulked.
The metal flashing placed on wall top slopes back towards the building directing water inside the structure.
I ve read the following sections of ubc that seem to indicate a need for flashing between the brick and hardi siding trim band.
Run the l shaped flashing up under the bottom row of siding so that it tucks under the final bottom row and on top.
If the transition exceeds 10 feet in length it s necessary to use more than one piece of.
Maybe in this case the flashing extends upwards behind the building siding forming a zee shape that might reduce this risk.
It might be buried behind the siding where you can t see it.
Metal flashing or any metal to wood joint should not be caulked another water exit pathway that should never be sealed.
Siding nails should not be caulked another item that needs room to play is siding boards themselves.
There should already be a metal flashing that is sealed to the brick.
Pieces of 18 inch wide flashing installed prior to the brick work but on top of the house wrap in a stepped fashion periodically laying on top of the lapped upper portion of the siding to get the water back to the exterior of the wall is more along the lines that i would be thinking of.
Measure the length of the transition the intersection where the brick meets the face of the wall.
Install the flashing before you finish the top of the brick wall as the flashing must go behind the siding as well.
Install the kickout flashing.
Also avoid caulking tongue and groove siding boards together.
But with a step back you don t want the brick all the way up to the peak and then sitting on the setbacks roof.
Uniform building code section 1402 2 exterior openings exposed to the weather shall be flashed in such a manner as to make them weather proof.
How to use flashing between brick siding 1.
