Hapless Handyman Posted June 9, 2010 Report Share Posted June 9, 2010 Good evening, I have a three year old home and water is dripiing from the top of the window casing. The flashing outside is dry. Any helpful comments appreciated. Click to Enlarge 25.26 KB Click to Enlarge 22.37 KB Click to Enlarge 39.71 KB Click to Enlarge 42.17 KB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandon Whitmore Posted June 9, 2010 Report Share Posted June 9, 2010 Pictures of the interior and exterior may help. Your description doesn't tell us much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurt Posted June 9, 2010 Report Share Posted June 9, 2010 Yep. Need more info. Is it masonry, siding type, window type, house type....(?).... Pictures. We've got a great photo posting feature; post away. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Meiland Posted June 9, 2010 Report Share Posted June 9, 2010 I have a customer with a similar problem. During windy storms a little bit of water drips on the interior sill from behind the interior head casing. The room has a cathedral ceiling. There's a skylight in the roof that's in line with that window, and when it gets real windy, water gets driven up under the apron flashing of the skylight. The leak drips down onto the back of the drywall, runs down to the top plate of the wall, runs down between the top plate and the drywall, lands on top of the window jamb, and drips out from behind the casing. The roof in that area needs to be stripped and the skylight replaced. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Raymond Posted June 9, 2010 Report Share Posted June 9, 2010 Your window isn't leaking, it just happens to be a convenient hole through the wall that allows the water a place to escape. I have seen everything from overflowing gutters to damaged siding to a 3" hole punched through the roof by falling ice cause the leak you describe. Start at the top of the window and look up. Go over the wall, the gutter, the roof, the attic if you have one, and eventually you will find what leaks. Tom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hapless Handyman Posted June 10, 2010 Author Report Share Posted June 10, 2010 The sofits are perforated and I actually get snow in my garage in the winter time. There are no trees anywhere in sight so the eaves are not plugged. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Kogel Posted June 10, 2010 Report Share Posted June 10, 2010 The sofits are perforated and I actually get snow in my garage in the winter time. There are no trees anywhere in sight so the eaves are not plugged. That's it! Not enough trees. [] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Meiland Posted June 10, 2010 Report Share Posted June 10, 2010 People want to help you diagnose this, but your descriptions are not adequate. Need photos, clear descriptions of conditions inside and out, etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hapless Handyman Posted June 10, 2010 Author Report Share Posted June 10, 2010 The sofits are perforated and I actually get snow in my garage in the winter time. There are no trees anywhere in sight so the eaves are not plugged. That's it! Not enough trees. [] Fair enough. I am trying to figure this out. I am not really a rip out the window casings and see what we got here kind of guy, so I am looking for some direction. Thank you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Katen Posted June 10, 2010 Report Share Posted June 10, 2010 / / / Fair enough. I am trying to figure this out. I am not really a rip out the window casings and see what we got here kind of guy, so I am looking for some direction. . . Here's your direction: something above the window is leaking. Without pictures or a clear descripton I can't tell you anything more. - Jim Katen, Oregon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandon Whitmore Posted June 10, 2010 Report Share Posted June 10, 2010 Please tell me you have access to a digital camera. If not, find someone who does, and have them post them up for you; it's a necessity. Is it a front window? If so, and you don't have ready access to a camera, PM me your address and I'll see if I can Google Earth your house..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Kogel Posted June 10, 2010 Report Share Posted June 10, 2010 The sofits are perforated and I actually get snow in my garage in the winter time. There are no trees anywhere in sight so the eaves are not plugged. That's it! Not enough trees. [] Fair enough. I am trying to figure this out. I am not really a rip out the window casings and see what we got here kind of guy, so I am looking for some direction. Thank you I was only half-joking there. Maybe wind is blowing water in under the flashing, so trees would help. Not enough info yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hapless Handyman Posted June 11, 2010 Author Report Share Posted June 11, 2010 I was just in the attic and all is dry up there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandon Whitmore Posted June 11, 2010 Report Share Posted June 11, 2010 One more establishing shot from further back would be very helpful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocon Posted June 11, 2010 Report Share Posted June 11, 2010 Is the window in question the smaller window under the eave? If so I see that the plaster is ground to the bottom side of the soffit. I would check to see if the soffit sheet metal is slightly canted toward the head of the smaller window. I believe your issue could be the confined rake diverter flashing (or lack of) above the larger window it could allow water in to the eave where it travels in the soffit and is deposited behind the Plaster WRB. the water travels behind the WRB, behind the nailing fin and flashings and then manifests at the head of the window. Similar condition in the photo below. Click to Enlarge 34.29 KB Click to Enlarge 55.05 KB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Raymond Posted June 11, 2010 Report Share Posted June 11, 2010 You have a larger problem than just a little water leaking out of your window casing. The details on that EIFS installation are all wrong. You need to hire an EIFS Inspector to figure out just how screwed up the siding is and what needs to be corrected. He should be able to find the source of the water intrusion as well. Tom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocon Posted June 11, 2010 Report Share Posted June 11, 2010 You have a larger problem than just a little water leaking out of your window casing. The details on that EIFS installation are all wrong. You need to hire an EIFS Inspector to figure out just how screwed up the siding is and what needs to be corrected. He should be able to find the source of the water intrusion as well. Tom That is why I was there. And it is not EIFS, but similar system. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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