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Default Water ingress problems around French windows.

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David Chapman wrote in message
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The new doors (see the picture at
http://www.minda.co.uk/dave/HouseBack.jpg) were manufactured to the
Unfortunately, when it rains hard it is not long before a wet patch
appears on the fresh plaster near the top of the door's reveal (see
http://www.minda.co.uk/dave/WaterIngress.jpg). If the rain continues,
then the patch spreads down the wall over the hours which follow.


I think the water is coming down inside the cavity from the window above.


It's one possibility - how you can say that that is what *is* happening from
the photos is a mystery to me!


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