All five of our outside doors are dripping into the home at the corners at the bottom of the threshold with rain. They all leak in the same location despite the fact that some have zero entry concrete the buts as much as the bottom of the limit and some do not. Some are genuinely outside doors dealing with external and some are under a covered patio where just the lower 12 ″ received rain when is blows sideways.
I’m hoping everybody can forgive all the details and thoughts listed below. With it being specialist’s busy season and having no luck working with a professional to come out, we are finding ourselves having to troubleshoot the concern ourselves to stop continuous water intrusion. So far, we do not understand how the water is being available in and I am hoping someone here may have ideas.
What’s occurring …
1. Rain begins and water sheds down door and onto limit and door jamb corners.2.
Water does not infiltrate right away, but after about 5-10 minutes it begins being available in under the bottom corners of the limit interior joint and into the home.3.
After rain stops water continues to leak in slowly (while not as quick) for a little while and after that stops.4.
On one door just, we have the ability to pry up the limit slightly in the interior and put a shim slightly into it and shim reveals moisture significance even if the only penetration is through the corners, water is still traveling inward underneath.
Where it’s not coming in …
1. There is no water being available in around or under the door piece itself. Water invasion is visibly and clearly can be found in under the limit corners and all door contact points are entirely dry (even at the top and side joints of the threshold)
2. While at first we questioned if the no entry concrete action was allowing water to take a trip into the limit weep holes and back, or perhaps trigger the water to collect versus the home and indicating a possible flashing mistake, this likewise might not be the issue as one of the doors that dripped in the very same method and place has no concrete straight beneath it so water being available in due to concrete or weep holes likewise can’t be the cause.3.
The top or sides of doors due to flashing/caulking failure. While we would have thought this a possibility, the patio doorway that dripped likewise to the other outside doors was just exposed to water on the lower 12 ″ from the side and into the threshold location. The interior side of the limit where siding would have been exposed to rain water was totally dry, while the interior side of the threshold where the outside door jamb connected to the threshold was exposed to water, did leak. This tells us the water needs to be coming in from something stopping working in between the door jambs and threshold itself.
Ideas … 1. Possible damage to threshold when installed by contractor where threshold seal to jamb is broken or detached.2.
Gap in between where jamb and limit satisfy. The seam between where the door jamb metal ends and the limit begins was not caulked. I have the ability to move a leaf under this area making me wonder if this is the area of invasion.3.
The horizontal limit seam. The threshold is a deep threshold made of 2 pieces with a joint in the middle. This seam is not caulked as far as we can inform. Wondering if water is coming into the seam. If this held true, considering that the water is not coming out the weepholes in front and instead into the home, this would make me think there’s still a damaged seal in between the limit and door jambs allowing any threshold water to enter the home.
There was no sil pan flashing set up under the doors (since it was not needed by the producer, tape flashing and caulking alone was advised by our professional). For a couple doors I have the ability to see there was sufficient caulking underneath as is pressed out both the front and rear ends when the door was installed. My issue though without any sil pan flashing, and understanding somehow water is surpassing the outside and dripping previous or out of the threshold, is that if there is a split or fault in the limit connection to the door jambs, water will constantly get down to a particular level and after that be caught or exit into the home. With weep holes in the limit, it makes me believe water to some degree is expected to enter into the limit and out, which would indicate even if we caulked all the exterior joints, it still would not repair the issue if the threshold joint itself was damaged. However could it be harmed on every door in the very same method? Likewise, even if we took the door off and installed a sil pan, it’s doesn’t truly fix the fact that somehow water is still coming down to that level with every rain.
Any thoughts or recommendations appreciated.