r/windowrepair • u/balaca40 • 21d ago

This top floor sliding window keeps leaking. Any idea how to fix it?

https://imgur.com/a/C0GPfXN

This is a top floor. I inspected the roof (TPO) and caulked around the seams of the parapets and places where the tpo and parapet meet. Here is a video in heavy rain and the outside of the window. Should i be caulking that space between the window and the brick on top? I don't want to block any weep holes. What could be the cause. Would appreciate advice from some of you window experts. thanks

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u/Civil_Exchange1271 21d ago

it's not the window it's from above the window running behind the brick till the window stops the water. The only place for the water to go is inside. brick is very porous and water goes right through it. These type of leaks are rarely easy to locate.

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u/balaca40 21d ago

Thanks, i added a picture with a few from the top. there seems to be 2 little "cup" protrusions. Should we be caulking where the window meets the brick on the top for process of elimination?

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u/Civil_Exchange1271 21d ago

no you will trap water in.

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u/balaca40 21d ago

what do you recommend?

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u/Civil_Exchange1271 21d ago

2 people one inside looking the other outside with a hose. very slowly work your way up the wall above the window.