I'm not sure the correct way to do it, but here's how our guys do it.After the plastic house wrap is put up, they wrap felt from the inside to the outside on the sill, so it lays flat against the sill, and lays against the house, over the plastic, about 12" down, and 4-6in to the left and right of the window.

They look very nice, but not as nice as granite and mostly used for a bar on the back patio or man cave.

The "food" we found was fruit husks on the back patio.

Are you factoring in landscaping, patio, deck?

The house already has a very large sunroom as well as a patio, so if I were to build a deck there would be more outdoor living space than indoor.Light tan/beige with black trim was also recommended to me by someone just the other day.Thanks for the input!

:)We have the firm jigglies over here, home of the plastic surgery!

OTOH, this is really only an issue on exposed metal or people, so insulated wiring or plastic piping should be unaffected.

So I thought nothing of it besides it was an eyesore and no use to me and I want to put a patio in out there and a pond and garden.

Also to prevent it from turning into parking.A very large deck or patio in the back eliminates a bunch of yard area.

One guy built a covered patio that framed in the old chimney and filled the crack, don't know if that was the reason to build the roof, but I noticed the seperation but the way the thing was framed in, it wasn't going anywhere but straigh down.