Sometimes builders know better, maybe the workers do not, or maybe they are just so busy trying to get a job done that good building practices go away for awhile. Below is an example. This is common. I see it at least half the time even at new houses. The contractors install the wood trim so that it goes right down onto the flat surface pavement at the garage. I see it on the houses too, but the garage is a favorite place for this short cut. This garage is not ten years old yet, already, there is some decay in that lower wood in two of the four places where this problem exists. The wood should end an inch or two above the flat surface to keep it above the water. Pretty simple really. Thanks for stopping by, Steven L. Smith
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Unlike my garage where the trim is an inch from the pavement and the gap filled with the builder's favorite caulk.
Steve,
I've seen this done more times than I can count. The worst is one of them is on my house. So now I get to fix it.
Don
I think it is a math problem with the siding installers. Needed two inches less material.