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Default Help- rotted out wood at base of door jam problem

On 07/17/2014 6:47 AM, dadiOH wrote:
"dpb" wrote in message

The only other lesser disagreement I have with his advice is that it is
counter-productive to caulk that seam at the bottom of the brick mould
meeting the base;


I could live with that. In fact, I DID live with that.

I built four French screen doors a few years ago to enclose an open
lanai. I left an uncaulked 1/4" gap at the bottom of the jambs. ...


I wouldn't leave anything approaching a 1/4" gap...

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