You may have experienced this in your own home. The rainy season starts and you notice a few drops of water on the window sill, you probably just wipe it up and forget about it. Perhaps it only happens when the winds are strong, no big deal. Or maybe it is.
There are several ways for a window to leak water.
- The window was not completely closed.
- Water is filling up in the track at the bottom
- The gutter above gets clogged and a large amount of water pours onto the window below.
- Water getting behind the trim board and siding.
These things happen, but they should be addressed. If we use a window properly and it is installed correctly, water should never get into your home. If water is getting inside in any manner, it is bad.
Now Tom, how bad could it be? I'm only getting a few drops every now and then. I'd like to say that you are right, it's not a problem. But I can't, it's not true. Windows are designed to keep the water outside the building. This will cause problems for you because materials that are not meant to get wet, are getting wet. For example, the window sill, the insulation in the walls, the framing of the house, the sheetrock, and flooring.
Sometimes it can be an easy fix. Sometimes it can be a little more complex. What is important, is to address the issue of water intrusion into your home. Fix it yourself, ask a friend who knows what to do, or call a contractor, but get it to stop leaking!
Choosing to do nothing can compound the problem, making for an expensive repair later. These picture are from a homeowner who had stuggled to correct a leaking window that they had in their bedroom. By the time that they had call us to check it out, the dry rot had gotten pretty bad.
Don't neglecte the problem, get it fixed.
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