water ingress under door frame

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I had an 8ft x 4ft porch built entirely of wood and glass.
The frames were made to order as sealed units with one opening door.
When it rains there is water on the inside of the frames on the inside section of the hardwood. (Frames are softwood set on hardwood) The beading was set in glazier's silicone by the glaziers so no water could come through there.

The owner of the company is coming back for second time to look at them.
Any suggestions as to what has gone wrong? I have been advised not to accept an offer to silicone along the 'join' as a) this will look awful and b) will deteriorate over time.

My painter said that possibly the softwood was not glued down properly onto the hardwood?
 
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any chance of a picture from inside the porch and outside to include the window sills
and is there a drip bead on the underside of the sills " a narrow groove cut into the underside of the sill" ?

if the water is coming in under the door a rain deflector can be fitted to the bottom of the door the best ones come in two parts one part fixed to the door the other fixed to the threshold
 

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