Comments on: Door leaking from the top? http://tsukata.org/2009/03/10/door-leaking-from-the-top/ No one should be this delicious! Sat, 19 May 2012 13:53:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Ainsley http://tsukata.org/2009/03/10/door-leaking-from-the-top/comment-page-1/#comment-390 Ainsley Tue, 10 Mar 2009 22:53:08 +0000 http://tsukata.org/?p=1972#comment-390 1. Yup, we have an overhang. The door is covered by the porch roof. 2. I have heard of similar problems. In fact, we had an issues like this with our gutters. Water runs off of the roof and, rather than flowing right into the gutters, some of it dribbles down onto the wood. Because of the aforementioned trees, the wood stays wet for a while and tends to rot. The chimney also got really, really rotten. We ended up having to add some flashing to deflect water away from it. Keep in mind, I am in Florida, the wood rot capital of the world. Everything rots, no matter what we do. 3. I have no idea what the actual cause may be. Sometimes, independent of anything you do, stuff just rots. I feel like people around here just like to make up causes for the wood rot so they can charge us for something in addition to the repair. For example, the dude says the gutters rotted the fascia board. Now he wants to sell us gutter accessories or a new gutter. I think the thing was just going to rot and nothing we do will change the useful service life of those boards. Beware the illusory correlation!! 1. Yup, we have an overhang. The door is covered by the porch roof.

2. I have heard of similar problems. In fact, we had an issues like this with our gutters. Water runs off of the roof and, rather than flowing right into the gutters, some of it dribbles down onto the wood. Because of the aforementioned trees, the wood stays wet for a while and tends to rot. The chimney also got really, really rotten. We ended up having to add some flashing to deflect water away from it. Keep in mind, I am in Florida, the wood rot capital of the world. Everything rots, no matter what we do.

3. I have no idea what the actual cause may be. Sometimes, independent of anything you do, stuff just rots. I feel like people around here just like to make up causes for the wood rot so they can charge us for something in addition to the repair. For example, the dude says the gutters rotted the fascia board. Now he wants to sell us gutter accessories or a new gutter. I think the thing was just going to rot and nothing we do will change the useful service life of those boards. Beware the illusory correlation!!

]]> By: Toonces http://tsukata.org/2009/03/10/door-leaking-from-the-top/comment-page-1/#comment-389 Toonces Tue, 10 Mar 2009 19:41:03 +0000 http://tsukata.org/?p=1972#comment-389 I think that it may be the drip strip that we are missing. I checked a couple of neighbors houses and one has one and another kind of has one and we did not. I think that it may be the drip strip that we are missing. I checked a couple of neighbors houses and one has one and another kind of has one and we did not.

]]> By: the mommy lady http://tsukata.org/2009/03/10/door-leaking-from-the-top/comment-page-1/#comment-388 the mommy lady Tue, 10 Mar 2009 19:07:58 +0000 http://tsukata.org/?p=1972#comment-388 Not that we've managed water issues well in our own place, but....here's what I've learned from watching This Old House for years. [Just 'cause I know what to do doesn't mean I can do it.] (1) Ask the neighbors, randomly. Some of them might have had the same issue. Builders tend to do things in stages and the same person does the same job in 20 houses. One short-cutter and everyone's got a leaky door. Someone whose had the same problem might have the "quick answer" for you. Most folks don't mind that sort of "do you have this problem" question. (2) Do you have a drip-strip above the door on the roof? If so, water should not be getting to the door jamb. If it is, first be sure drip-strip hasn't come loose. Age/time/wind can lift them and if the screws/nails holding them down leak....well, water will find the ground via the easiest route. (3) Check the weather seal around the outer-most part of the door. Opening/closing the door brings wear/tear to that weather stripping. Cold weather esp'ly works it hard. It might simply need to be replaced. (4) Check the window ABOVE the door -- yeah, that high one. It might have a leak that's penetrated the wallboard over time. Window seals can come loose over time because of temp. changes. (5) If none of the above (obvious, homeowner-can-do things are the problem) then it's time to ask This Old House (grin) to visit (send them an email -- you might get picked) or call in a roofer to check the shingles/base just above the door. Not that we’ve managed water issues well in our own place, but….here’s what I’ve learned from watching This Old House for years. [Just 'cause I know what to do doesn't mean I can do it.]

(1) Ask the neighbors, randomly. Some of them might have had the same issue. Builders tend to do things in stages and the same person does the same job in 20 houses. One short-cutter and everyone’s got a leaky door. Someone whose had the same problem might have the “quick answer” for you. Most folks don’t mind that sort of “do you have this problem” question.
(2) Do you have a drip-strip above the door on the roof? If so, water should not be getting to the door jamb. If it is, first be sure drip-strip hasn’t come loose. Age/time/wind can lift them and if the screws/nails holding them down leak….well, water will find the ground via the easiest route.
(3) Check the weather seal around the outer-most part of the door. Opening/closing the door brings wear/tear to that weather stripping. Cold weather esp’ly works it hard. It might simply need to be replaced.
(4) Check the window ABOVE the door — yeah, that high one. It might have a leak that’s penetrated the wallboard over time. Window seals can come loose over time because of temp. changes.
(5) If none of the above (obvious, homeowner-can-do things are the problem) then it’s time to ask This Old House (grin) to visit (send them an email — you might get picked) or call in a roofer to check the shingles/base just above the door.

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