Building question Carl Help !

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Thank you in advance Carl... & glad you're back :-) There is L-shaped metal

flashing on the 2 sides that the deck butts up against the house. Found it

because I asked to have a sliver of deck removed since it was obvious there was

wicking - deck wood near the house would stay dry through days of rain & then

start to get wetter & wetter gradually moving towards & reaching the side of the

house. Well the L-shaped flashing extended up the side about 5 " (guessing on

size) & under the deck about 5 " out (hope that made sense). Although it's metal

it doesn't seem right to me. Metal siding will go over the new wood on the house

(of furring) & I think it should extend a bit below the deck. So leave off the

flashing altogether? Replace with a flat piece of metal? My thoughts - not

necessary at all. Thanks.

PS Don't think I'm out of hot water yet. The bottom 3 ft of the house is open to

the outside & the window & sliding glass door opened & it still smells pretty

strong within 5 ft of the area (from the outside when I'm standing upwind). In

my last life I was a bloodhound :-)