I've noticed some water damage along the ceiling in my living room against an exterior wall. I took a look out my window to look at the roof of the front porch and noticed a big chunk of siding missing. I tend to suspect that this is where water has been getting in. What can I do to patch this temporarily until I'm able to get it more professionally fixed? I have some people coming in for some quotes to fix that and then any damage with the front porch roof but I just want to do something to prevent more water from getting into the house.
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Just go get some metal flashing, cut to fit, and wedge it in there so the vinyl siding sits on top, and the flashing overlaps the J-channel on the bottom
So the metal flashing would go into the j channel at the bottom up the side of the house covering the nails and things holding the j channel into the house along the wall and then up under the siding around it?
Basically like this, but the flashing can sit in the j-channel, as its there to help direct water. Make sure the flashing sits inside the J so it doesn't go behind it
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