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Trade terminology and component identification · Lesson 4 of 4

Trade terminology and component identification: defects, verification and case study

Word defects (reglet, base flashing, cap and kick, hemmed, galv, fascia, lengths and joints), the hand-protection rule for cut edges, a worked field note, and a read-back check.

You will be able to: Diagnose a wrong or two-way word on an order, say what the correction is, and verify an order line by reading it back against the drawing, using a worked field note as the case study.

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Word defects become metal defects

A wrong word on an order becomes a wrong part, so each defect here is a word, a cause and a fix.

The pairs show an order word that fails and the written-out version that works.

Correct and incorrect order words: reglet, base flashing and capThree pairs. Reglet: the bare word is incorrect; a cut slot in the wall or a metal receiver is correct. Base flashing: the bare word is incorrect; naming the membrane base flashing (by installer) and the metal counterflashing is correct. Cap: "cap with kick" is incorrect; a Coping Cap with One Kick with the kick leg drawn is correct.RegletOrder line: "reglet, 60 ft"A cut reglet (a slot) in the wall:no metal partA metal reglet (a receiver)bent from sheetBase flashingOrder line: "base flashing"Membrane base flashing: installerMetal counterflashing: AFSCapOrder line: "cap with kick"Coping Cap with One Kick,kick leg drawn with its length

Three pairs. Reglet: the bare word is incorrect; a cut slot in the wall or a metal receiver is correct. Base flashing: the bare word is incorrect; naming the membrane base flashing (by installer) and the metal counterflashing is correct. Cap: "cap with kick" is incorrect; a Coping Cap with One Kick with the kick leg drawn is correct.

The cross marks the order line that fails; the ticks mark written-out versions that work.

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Glossary

Word defect
A wrong or two-way word on an order that becomes the wrong part, such as "reglet" or "base flashing" with no detail attached.
Read-back
Reading each line of an order against the drawing and asking, for every part, whether its name comes from the drawing, the catalog or a guess.
Cut reglet
A reglet in the sense of a groove or slot cut into a masonry wall; an NRCA article describes reglets this way.
Metal reglet
A reglet in the sense of a sheet-metal receiver for the attachment of counterflashing (NRCA glossary); FlashDraft has shapes named Reglet and Reglet Flashing.
Fascia Cover
The name of the AFS metal piece that covers the face of a roof edge; a fascia board is the wood in NRCA's steep-slope sense.