Who’s gots ideas on this one?
This is a kit cabin at a clients property, it is solid wood assembled “Lincoln log” style. I’m not sure if it came with a roof or what but either way the lack of overhang on this side is a problem. The 2 corners of the structure in this photo do let water leach thru during rainy winters. As you can see the drip edge of the metal roof basically funnels water behind the wood batten that covers the end grain here. Maybe more of an r/construction question but I’m wondering what else I could do aside from extending the roof further out.
Obviously caulking each seam with a good paintable flexible polyurethane sealant is in order, however the less I can rely on that caulking the better.
I was thinking in the very least I will be removing that wood batten from the end, and then tuck a piece of flashing behind existing drip edge that has a slight bend outward to at least drip any water running off the side of existing flashing further away from the end grain. I was thinking maybe I should caulk everything and then bend up a custom piece of flashing or find something that is basically “U channel “ that will wrap around the end grain and protect it, at the same time I dont want to create a situation where capillary action between the wood and proposed “U-channel” actually ends up drawing/holding more water than it would by just keeping the end grain painted and the seams caulked well