Patent ID: 7721488
Filing Date: 2010-05-25
Classification: E04F

Abstract:
1. A flashing and water resistance system for a structure, the structure including an external weather resistant barrier, the flashing and water resistance system comprising: a plurality of fiber cement siding pieces, each fiber cement siding piece having two edges comprising a top edge and a bottom edge, wherein the fiber cement siding pieces are disposed against the external weather resistant barrier in parallel rows, wherein the bottom edge of each particular row of fiber cement siding pieces overlaps the top edge of each particular row of fiber cement siding pieces that is immediately below it; a plurality of flashing accessories, each flashing accessory consisting of a substantially rectangular, planar main body and a planar lip extending outwardly from a top end of the main body, the flashing accessory being substantially L-shaped when viewed from the side, the planar lip being configured to rest along the top edges of the fiber cement siding pieces to removably connect the flashing accessory to the fiber cement siding pieces, each flashing accessory being disposed against adjacent fiber cement siding pieces in the same row at joints between the adjacent fiber cement siding pieces such that the flashing accessory is located in between the fiber cement siding pieces and the weather resistant barrier, the planar lip extending from the planar main body a distance less than a thickness of the top edges of the adjacent fiber cement siding pieces, wherein, at each joint, the flashing accessory is disposed only along two sides of the adjacent fiber cement siding pieces with the planar main body disposed along back sides of the adjacent fiber cement siding pieces and the connection member disposed along the top edges of the same adjacent fiber cement siding pieces; and a fastener configured to fixedly connect the flashing accessory to one of the adjacent fiber cement siding pieces and to the weather resistant barrier, the fastener positioned through the fiber cement siding piece, the flashing accessory, and the weather resistant barrier.