Video Flashing on top of brick, brick lower vinyl siding upper.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JNBjemo6U-8&feature=youtube_gdata_player All advice is much appreciated! Pics would be nice also for my options.

 

Jason, welcome to the forums! Unique introduction to say the least, but very informative. Generally brick in the laid down soldier course as you have are notorious for leaking, absorbing water, freezing, thawing and generally making a mess of themselves. When the vinyl siding was added, the flashing was the first thing on the agenda. It should not have had that long an overlay, and should have been a little tighter to the brick, IMO. It should be broken and extend up under your siding and should be attached on the substrate, whether it be OSB or plywood. Then the Jchannel would be attached and the siding from there. It would have helped if the installer had put some adhesive under the flashing to hold it down and keep the joints from lifting. You can still do that. I would clean out all that loose mortar and place some PL Advanced adhesive in dots under the flashing and press it into it evenly as you go. It will hold.
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The motel i'm in tonite has UNBELIEVABLY slow internet, so i'll defer to Larry on this one, he knows more than I do anyway! Maybe I will get the video to load eventually. From Larry's comments I'm guessing the problem, besides making the flashing too long, is that they didn't bend it with the right amount of downward angle so that it would stay tight to the brick. A lot of the time, I'll run a bead of sealant on the brick, then set the flashing down into it, and when its got the right downward tension it will stay nice and tight.

 

Brant, just in case you can't get the video to work, and as it show in the intro, the flashing is over the brick, but just laid over it, with no sealant at overlaps, and nothing to hold it down. I don't think it is unsurmountable, as the jchannel seems to be doing it's job. I think securing the flashing with a good sealant/adhesive would help, although the break is a little too far outside for my liking. I don't think it is worth redoing at this point. Dontcha hate traveling to places only to have cold water and slow internet Makes you appreciate home.

 

Thanks for the replies. I am really looking for an alternative to this as this doesnt look good I dont think.

Maybe just a smaller reveal on the brick face with a tan/clay color aluminum cap. Would this be a close second as far as cheap and easy goes opposed to just using what I have and getting it to stay down and seal the seams?

 

Vinyl siding is east to unzip and remove, so if you are up for that, and have a place nearby where you can rent a metal brake, this is probably something you could do yourself. The tricky spots would be below those windows which look pretty tight to the brick. That spot looks like a leak potential if you tearoff the old, so try and examine that closer before you go tearing it all off.

One bad thing about that flashing being so long is that it not only won't lay down, but it will get beat up by hail.

I agree a smaller reveal would be better, using coil and j-channel that's the same color as the siding.