Don’t Cover Weep Slots!

Never cover your weep holes! I've seen so many installations that didn't plan for the exterior flooring thickness and coordinate carefully with those trades. I had one job where the stucco was brought up over them to the top of the track and I told the GC it all had to be chipped off and redone (which would also likely ruin the paint). They just left it to cause problems down the road.

Water will pool inside the tracks causing deterioration of the seals and mold and bacteria and a high likelihood of water coming inside in rain events.

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