We ve been having some issues with water leaking into our basement under our front door.
Water leaking into basement under porch.
Water leaking from concrete slab porch into rooms below.
During the winter months blowing snow sits on top of the porch then on slightly warmer days it melts and leaks into the basement.
How to stop water leaks under a door frame.
I have gone over my caulking job and re applied sealant in areas where it seemed thin.
Holes and cracks in your foundation can let moisture and water seep into your basement.
There are many places where water can leak into your home.
Hydraulic cement works great for patching holes in a foundation because it can set up even under water and it expands as it sets to seal the hole and lock the plug in place.
When bad rain storms hit and the wind blows just right the covered roof offers little protection and the rain leaks into the basement.
Plugging them probably won t solve basement leaks but it ll help.
The water leaking down saturates the wood between the tongue and groove.
We have a metal threshold over a concrete sill and our front porch is a concrete slab about 4 x6.
That way the bolts are just that and not waterways.
It is installed under the siding and over the ledger beam so no water can enter the house behind that ledger beam.
There are a number of weatherproofing issues we need to address but the most urgent is the concrete sill under the door which has been crumbling for a while and presumably is the source of our leak.
We are having trouble finding where the leak is coming from.
Under our porch we have two rooms in the basement.
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Some areas like your roof are obvious locations.
How do i stop the leaks.
I m concerned that the leak may be coming from a fault in the concrete itself so i m looking at waterproofing the slab but i m unsure of what product s or techniques to use.
I have posted this before but deck flashing is that small piece of bent metal sometimes called z flashing seen in the circle to the left.
One potential problem area you can.
The water was still leaking through into the basement.
One room leaks when it rains under the door almost where the porch meets the house.