Browse Forums Windows & Doors 1 May 23, 2016 3:34 pm Hi everybody,
Sorry about the lengthy post, kindly bear with me as I feel all the details are necessary. We have been renting a 3-year old unit for a few months now. Noticed that the aluminum sliding doors to the balcony leaked during a heavy rain, wetting the carpets upstairs and downstairs. The real estate agent advised us that the previous tenants reported the leak too after which she had a tradespersons seal the bottom of the door inside (where the inside door sill meets the floor concrete slab) (photo 1), however, it had merely masked the problem for a while, didn't fix it. Please find photos 1 to 6 in the flowing link. http://imgur.com/a/JWBXy When we reported the leak, the landlord attended a few times himself and put some new sealants in different parts of the doors inside and out (photos 2 and 3), which appears to have finally stopped the leak. Also, there was a very narrow gap in the outside sill (photo 5) which the landlord somehow fixed as it's not there anymore. Never realised how he managed to vanish the gap though! However, as we like the unit and considering offering the landlord to buy it, I thought I'd do some more research about how professionally the sliding doors are installed. As you can see from the photos 2 and 4, the window sill outside seems to be 1.5 cm higher than the inside concrete slab (7 cm outside as opposed to 8.5cm inside). I'd like to know how bad actually this situation is, and whether this sort of (improper?) installation makes the doors prone to leaking in the future? Please excuse my noob question. Thanks in advance! P.S The balcony is not covered. Re: Is this sliding door going to leak again? (6 Photos) 2May 23, 2016 4:20 pm You got any weep holes? Re: Is this sliding door going to leak again? (6 Photos) 3May 23, 2016 4:23 pm wood bang You got any weep holes? Thanks for the reply mate, yes, the weepholes can be seen in the photo 3 and 5. Re: Is this sliding door going to leak again? (6 Photos) 4May 24, 2016 4:15 pm Have you done moisture reading down the walls? If you make sure all taps inside and out are turned off, what does the water meter show if you leave it for a while. 2 16227 Hi all, I am hoping someone has some ideas as to what is causing my bathroom leak. The leaking appears to mainly happen when we turn the sink basins on. It takes a while… 0 4026 DIY, Home Maintenance & Repair Are you doing this with a building permit? Conversion of a non habitable room into a habitable room requires building permit. 3 13421 |