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Hi all,
With this bout of bad weather the UK is experiencing at the moment, it's reminding me of things leaking that I really need to solve in my house. One of the leaks is my french doors that open inwards.
I suspect I have 2 problems, but I'm not that experienced with homely matters, so would value some feedback.
Basically, it looks to me that the doors have been installed incorrectly. I've come to this conclusion from the following:
1) There is a drainage weep hold on the 'inside' side of the door, which is just weeping water onto the inside floor.
2) When looking at why there was water needing to come through this hole, it seems that the seal (if you can call it that) around the glass on the outside is just, what appears to be, foam. On on the 'inside' it's rubber.
I've taken a couple of pictures to show what I mean:
1st is of the outside foam
2nd is the inside rubber (not the clearest)
3rd is the hole on the inside of the door.
https://imgur.com/a/DXRrAAb
Does it look to be installed incorrectly? If it is, I suspect that the only way to fix, is to remove and switch it around, so that it opens outside.
With this bout of bad weather the UK is experiencing at the moment, it's reminding me of things leaking that I really need to solve in my house. One of the leaks is my french doors that open inwards.
I suspect I have 2 problems, but I'm not that experienced with homely matters, so would value some feedback.
Basically, it looks to me that the doors have been installed incorrectly. I've come to this conclusion from the following:
1) There is a drainage weep hold on the 'inside' side of the door, which is just weeping water onto the inside floor.
2) When looking at why there was water needing to come through this hole, it seems that the seal (if you can call it that) around the glass on the outside is just, what appears to be, foam. On on the 'inside' it's rubber.
I've taken a couple of pictures to show what I mean:
1st is of the outside foam
2nd is the inside rubber (not the clearest)
3rd is the hole on the inside of the door.
https://imgur.com/a/DXRrAAb
Does it look to be installed incorrectly? If it is, I suspect that the only way to fix, is to remove and switch it around, so that it opens outside.
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