From: "Don Phillipson" 
Newsgroups: misc.consumers.house alt.home.repair rec.woodworking alt.building.construction
Subject: Re: Help - Deck flashing and inspections
Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2003 19:01:10 -0400

"Jim Austin"  wrote in message
news:qOscb.2102$dG3.1833@twister.nyroc.rr.com...

> I am selling my house, and the buyer's inspector is indicating that
> there is no flashing between the deck and the house. Is this something
> that I will need to repair? From my internet scanning, flashing between
> the deck and house became a requirement by CABO 703.8 since 1995. Since
> the house was built in 1991, I should not be required to fix this,
correct?

1.  Legal point:  was the 1995 standard retroactive?
Probably not:  your lawyer knows.

2.  Marketing point:  lack of flashing is defective
(lack of) waterproofing so a seller's tool to negotiate
the price down a couple of hundred dollars.

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Don Phillipson
Carlsbad Springs (Ottawa, Canada)
dphillipson[at]trytel.com