Leaky railings

We were in Burnaby today and found something that happens too often. A railing without waterproofing below the exposed surface. In this case there was a decorative railing installed over top of a decorative wood plate installed over metal cap flashing. Regardless of what there was, the importance is in what there wasn’t. That need was that of a peel and stick membrane over top of the structural wood. It certainly would have helped!