Window Leaks
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Window Leaks
I have pulled the windows and replaced the seals with new butyl tape as well as caulking around the edges. I am still getting water inside the window on the bottom. Any ideas on where it could be coming from? I'm going to have to replace all the paneling that I just replaced about a year ago now.
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can you pull the beauty ring off the inside and tell what is happening?
Seems to me if you have calked all around it then is should only leak if the seal on the glass itself was bad.
Seems to me if you have calked all around it then is should only leak if the seal on the glass itself was bad.
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Senix, that's what I'm thinking. The water is coming and sitting on the beauty ring before going down the wall. I guess the next step is to pull the rubber trim on the outside of the window and try resealing. I have 3 of them doing it now.
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Pull the beauty ring first. If the window is leaking you can see it at the bottom on the hole the window sits in. Water can also leak from above the window and work is way down so it looks like the window is leaking.
Also make sure the weepers in the window frame are open so the water leaks out, not in.
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Also make sure the weepers in the window frame are open so the water leaks out, not in.
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Pull the beauty ring first. If the window is leaking you can see it at the bottom on the hole the window sits in. Water can also leak from above the window and work is way down so it looks like the window is leaking.
Also make sure the weepers in the window frame are open so the water leaks out, not in.
Steve
Also make sure the weepers in the window frame are open so the water leaks out, not in.
Steve
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Just an update. I pulled the outside trim off the window. Lo and behold, there are two sets of drainage holes. I cleaned those out, and knock on wood, it seems to have solved the problem. There was a lot of junk in the track, so I'm thinking it was causing the water to back up and go inside the window to the trailer. We had a hard rain here last night, and everything is dry. Fingers crossed!
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My window developed a leak recently and I'm not sure where the leak is coming from. I'm going to check the weep/drain holes first but it wouldn't surprise me to find that the seal around the window is the problem.
How do I know what width of butyl tape to use? Any specific brand/type of caulk to use? On a YouTube video I saw that they caulked the top and about half way down each side, but not the bottom.
How do I know what width of butyl tape to use? Any specific brand/type of caulk to use? On a YouTube video I saw that they caulked the top and about half way down each side, but not the bottom.
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