Please Help - Water leaking from top of the backyard door

[Anonymous]

Water was leaking - drops of water from transoms (I had to look it up). It is coming through a slight hairline crack in the wood along the edge of the transom.

Can someone please suggest what to do? Who would be the right person to look into this? A carpenter?

I do not think anyone would come right this evening, what can I do now to prevent water dripping in?

Please help!

Thank you!

[Anonymous]

There is a brick wall on the outside.

[Anonymous]

Tonight, put a cloth down and absorb it. Tomorrow, caulk/seal the crack. If it's a real crack in the wood, you'll need to replace it.

[Anonymous]

If it’s just one crack and everything else is ok then I’d just sand it, put bondo, sand and repaint. If water has been getting in for a while, the wood is likely rotted. Either way a good painter/handyman could fix

[Anonymous]

Thank you!

I put napkins right now to absorb water. Put duct tape around on the outside which seems to have slowed down the drops maybe by half or more.

I noticed about half on inch of drywall around the door frame at the top is wet.

So a handyman would be good enough to take a look and repair?

Thanks!

[Anonymous]

We have water coming in from top of basement window. Ugh this sideways rain!

[Anonymous]

caulk it

[Anonymous]

Caulk outside and inside

[Anonymous]

Unfortunately the water may be coming in from elsewhere, like a second story window, and running down the wall to the door. Water is tricky like that. I would check all the walls under windows to see if they feel damp.

If no other clues, and it only happens when the rain comes sideways, I wouldn't worry too much.

[Anonymous]

OP here. Thanks for all the replies.

We had a handman come in to check. It looks like the water is coming in from the Patio Rafters (term I looked up, basically the wood that is going into the wall to support the patio) and the plywood next to the door is damaged, mold in a small area of the plywood).

Handman cut out several small portions of the drywall to check the damage. It looks like one of the support beams (I am making up the terminology) i.e. 2x6 wood beams is starting to get spoiled as well.

Suggestion is to replace the wood beam and the plywood. To change the wood beam, it seems they have to lift the portion of the house under the beam a tiny bit and put in a new 2x6 beam.

He is going to clean and seal the area around Patio Rafters with something so that water wont get in anymore. He is going to do that tomorrow. I want to research the "whole lift home and put a new 2x6 beam" which sounds little too much to me.

Anyone who knows something about this, could you please comment and provide feedback?

I am a complete newbee to this.

Thank you!

[Anonymous]

Replacing the beam doesn't sound right. You should be able to paint it with special anti mold paint, and perhaps marry it with another supporting piece of wood. Get a second opinion.

[Anonymous]

I showed the handyman (actually a carpenter) out kitchen door which is above the basement and he found that there is water spilling through base of the kitchen door from rain. The base of the door frame was spoiled and he took out very little of the floor (about an inch and about 8 inches long and that part is wet). Suggestion is to remove a few feet of the floor to see if the joists are damaged.

I am conflicted as there is clearly some discoloring in the inside and wood seems wet close to the door.

Can anyone please suggest what you would recommend? Who should I contact? A carpenter or contracting company?

To make matters worse the handyman is from eastern europe and barely speaks english. Has a legal company though.

Thank you!

[Anonymous]

Thanks for all the suggestions on beams, I am reading up on them and want to get a second opinion as well. Need suggestion on who to contact. Does it make sense to get an engineer to take a look? Since it seems it is more about structural strength. Or is it an overkill? Who do others contact in this situation?