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Default can't tell where window leak's coming from

On Aug 29, 12:42*am, "Lobo" wrote:
We have a big window that leaks at the lower right hand corner when it
rains. *Nothing appears to be open anywhere inside or outside. *We have
steel siding and our builder came out and looked and said everything looked
fine. *It gushed in the first time, but has been more of a seepage since (of
course it may have been raining harder the first time too .... I hadn't
really been paying attention. *It's a sealed double pane window that doesn't
open. *It's square on the bottom, but angled on top to follow the roof line.
The leak is in the corner with the longest vertical side.

Any thoughts on how to find where the leak is? *Thanks.
Lobo
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Look above the room and work down, is it the attic, you should do this
when its raining, I took a hose and started low spraying water and
kept raising it until I found my leak was a window sill of a window I
put in. Any near invisible small crack can allow in alot of water
after a good rain. With metal siding the builder knows he may damage
siding to fix it right and just wants to avoid a big repair. It has to
be fixed, its the damage you cant see now that is the real long term
issue, like wood rot and mold.