Stop window leaks with Weather Gaskets

The traditional methods of installing windows, doors, electrical panels and other building components in exterior walls does not prevent water from leaking into the walls, even when the components are installed exactly to code.

Most leakage is due to the contraction and expansion of non-similar materials installed next to each other. In cold weather, for example, vinyl windows contract more than their surrounding stucco, creating gaps between the window frames and stucco exterior.

Even relatively new homes develop gaps around window and door frames and other building components protruding from stucco.

For example, the relatively new house in these photos has large gaps around some of its windows. The gaps allow water to enter the exterior walls of the building, a little known fact that becomes clear during horizontal leak tests, with apparatus as shown in the uppermost photo.

The junctures around the lower windows are so large they can be seen from a distance.

This close-up shows a gap so large that it fully supports a micrometer wedged between the window frame and stucco. When such gaps occur, horizontal winds can hammer rain into them, eventually causing structural damage.

This damage can be prevented by adhering Weather Gaskets to frame perimeters as part of the window installation process.  

Weather Gaskets are patent pending.

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