Step 2: Install Flashing

strips of sheet-lead flashing
Photo: Brian Wilder
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Vietri protects the framing with overlapping strips of sheet-lead flashing. (Copper or waterproofing membrane also work.) Then he protects all the exposed edges of the old trim with a coat of oil-based primer.
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