Sheet metal on the outside of the dormer - is a splice okay?

Hello,

quick question:

The building inspection took place long ago, but we noticed after 1 year while cleaning the windows (we had a closer look then) that a sheet metal on the outside (where rain can drip off to prevent it from running along the house wall) has been pieced together and does not run completely in one piece.

It can’t be due to the width of the dormer, since all other dormers are the same width (ours and the neighbors’) and are equipped with only 1 sheet, not pieced together.

What is such a sheet called (up there at the dormer)?

Annoying, because it seems this always happens to us. At the neighbors (again) everything is perfect.

If executed professionally, the goal is apparently to hold back water for protection. And such joint formations are generally allowed in all directions. That’s what our general contractor says.

Is that true? What exactly are joint formations (we understand the purpose), but what does it exactly mean translated?

We would really like to know why it was pieced together for us (probably a scrap piece, which was then casually corrected that way).

But we have also paid fully here and not had any price “cut down” because of it. And we would like to have a statement from the executing company about this.

We think “piecing together” is just not acceptable!

Thanks for your advice!
Rose

A picture would be helpful ...

Hello lastdrop,
that is correct, sorry! Attached is a photo.
Surely all a "small thing," but we would still have liked to have it clarified or simply known how other builders see it. We would also have gladly paid 100 euros more (just hypothetically) to have one completely long sheet. So that it is uniform like with all the other dormers or like with all the other neighbors. Nowhere was it pieced together here (all the same width).
But we were not asked. They just do their thing.

Very sloppy!

We should have made the construction progress payments that sloppy :p

That is the OPTICAL point. From a TECHNICAL perspective, it is probably okay - right?

Every word about that would be wasted effort for me .. Looks away.

To be honest, I don't understand your question. Technically, everything is fine. Visually, you won't notice it for at least a year. And probably no one else ever. Where is the real problem?

Thank you for your answers. That’s why we asked so carefully. Because we can’t assess it.

The fact remains that it is SLIPSHOD. Making a mistake and then just continuing. Tssk tssk. Not acceptable!

There are people for whom visual things are important. And we happen to be among them. And that’s a good thing.

And even though we never saw it before. NOW we see it every day. The photo doesn’t really convey that.

The background is, of course, that other things also happened with us, where clean-up work is still ongoing with RA.

Could you please tell us what joint formations are?

Thank you R.