Our house has the flashing below sills, etc, but weepholes were
forgotten. We have a Palladian also, above the door, where the
weepholes were forgotten. They were added after the fact, being
careful not to drill into the flashing, though .......
The sills are playing into this, though, as the roofer noticed that on
two of them the brick was not sloping away from the window. As a
temporary measure, silicone caulk was applied to any cracks, to see if
that stops water from entering. But, I can still spray water on the
joint where the bay roof hits the brick, bypassing the sills entirely,
and have some water enter.
So the brick / roofline is still part of the problem. I just wish the
weepholes were higher over the left bay window, so the roof and
flashing could be attached to the brick properly. I am trying to find
the "official" stance from bia.org about where the holes should be.
On Sun, 10 Oct 2004 02:54:15 GMT, "Art"
wrote:
NC code now requires flashing and weepholes below window sills. The sills
are your problem. They are sucking up water and dumping it in the wall
above your bay.
"Big Arn" none wrote in message
.. .
Thanks for your reply. The builder has been trying to fix the problem
for a while (utilizing the roofing subcontractor), but I will go to
bia.org and read up.
But, these bay windows are on the lower level, and both sides have two
bedroom windows above them. So, the weepholes above the bays are a
few courses below the bedroom window sills.
We're in Maryland, by the way.
On Sat, 09 Oct 2004 20:10:05 GMT, "Art"
wrote:
The mason who bricked up your house was probably incompetent and you are
just seeing one of many things wrong. Don't know where you live but if
in
NC, most houses are poorly bricked up. Ties need to be attached to
studs,
flashing needs to be above each window with weep holes and flashing and
weepholes need to be install at the top of the foundation wall. See the
technical notes at www.bia.org and see how brick is supposed to be done.
When putting the weephole, if flashing was there, it was probably damaged
when drilling the hole so it is now useless. One brick course will
probably
not absorbed enuf water to be an issue. I doubt the flashing there, if
it
is there, is any good.
"Big Arn" none wrote in message
.. .
Hello,
We have had a problem in our 3 year old home for some time. Our home
has a brick front, with two bay windows, each covered with an extruded
metal roof. During windy, driving rain, the roofs would leak,
eventually causing water to enter the residence.
The metal bay window roofs are attached to the house with roofing
cement. There was not line cut into the mortar, and the roofs /
flashing were not tucked into this line.
We cut drywall inside the house, allowing us to see the inside of the
bay roofs. We can now water test and see where the water enters.
The brick wall just above the left bay window has weepholes installed
directly above the bay roofline. The brick wall above the right bay
window had no weepholes installed (although the flashing was there).
We notified the builder, who had the mason come and insert weepholes.
These weepholes were placed a full course above the bay roofline (as
that's where the flashing was).
The roofer has tried putting new roofing cement on, etc., but when it
rains "just right" or when I water test it with a hose, we still have
some water coming in.
He said that he could cut a line in the mortar above the right bay
window, and tuck the flashing / roof into it, then put roofing cement
on. But, he can't do this over the left, because the flashing /
weepholes are right above the roofline.
So, my first question is should the weepholes / flashing be directly
above the bay window roof? Or, should they be one (or more) courses
up?
Any suggestions for dealing with this problem?
Thank you very much.