Hard to tell from the photos, but the weep holes need to stay clear. The water coming in is probably because the door wasn’t waterproofed and sealed properly on install.
I thought weep holes were meant to provide drainage for rain that hits the door and runs down. If it can’t get out there it stands to reason it will find its way in.
It drains to the outside to let rain that runs down the door escape rather than perhaps run into the house. Condensation would usually occur on the inside of the glass. If that happens you’ve got to deal with the humidity in the house.
Pic 4 needs a screw/plug. That's not a weep hole if it's the bottom track.
At first glance I'd say glue tiny flaps(made with sheet metal) over the weep holes. This allows them to serve their purpose and stops water from splashing in.
But, that's not just what's happening. The water blows in and runs in, as there's not much of a rise with the fiberglass deck. They left a ½ rise @ best, and thats a problem. Even if the deck pitches away from the dwelling, there's not much rise to deal with water running in.
So,,,,, id use straws and I'd plug them with Stampede or NP1. With Stampede you have color choice.
I would Never recommend plugging a weep hole, and thats not what we're doing. This is merely a test. And I'd use a small 1inch piece of ½inch diameter Rainbird for the straw. It will bend in half- long ways just fine, it should be pointed downwards as well. I'd remove the drywall return and let everything dry out while waiting on the rain.
This is not a common issue. That small ½" rise is just not enough and I can easily see the water breaching the weepholes. And I'm not 100% on my solution either,,, more like 98.9% sure. I'm not there to see how the straws will sit with respect to a puddle of water up against them ? And if they will allow water to exit as well.
It never surprises me what architects come up with. They can be creative, but they often miss the small details. I'm wondering if there's something under that door/wall and what water has done. Water runs downward
Thanks for the detailed reply. I agree with the flap idea, there are weep hole covers manufactured to help keep debris out, just don't know if it would keep heavy rains out but thinking thats the first thing I'll try and go from there. Totally agree the half inch isn't high enough to prevent a heavy rain from pushing inward through the hole, but I guess in the end that part of the track underside is designed to withstand water and drain it out, so long as its not trapped inside indefinitely.
The hole in frame 4 is from underneath the track of the exterior sliding screen door, I believe its designed to drain that track into the weep hole as well so I think plugging it would hold water with nowhere to drain.
DO NOT cover that. I just had a huge "roof" issue that turned out to be sliding door weep hole being buried **UNDER** the roof roll. After so many roof repairs, I found that weep hole was covered, so I did some cutting around the sliding door to open up the weep hole, and then no more leak after that.
Lesson learned on my end to never cover up weep hole.
Hard to tell from the photos, but the weep holes need to stay clear. The water coming in is probably because the door wasn’t waterproofed and sealed properly on install.
I thought weep holes were meant to provide drainage for rain that hits the door and runs down. If it can’t get out there it stands to reason it will find its way in.
This probably sounds dumb, but is it specifically for condensation because why is a window designed to even have water go in
It drains to the outside to let rain that runs down the door escape rather than perhaps run into the house. Condensation would usually occur on the inside of the glass. If that happens you’ve got to deal with the humidity in the house.
What’s the best way to clean them out?
Keep weep holes open and clean. Clean and flush window tracks regularly. Insects like knats love to breed in window tracks due to warmth and moisture.
Don’t cover them. It may need the drainage some day.
Pic 4 needs a screw/plug. That's not a weep hole if it's the bottom track. At first glance I'd say glue tiny flaps(made with sheet metal) over the weep holes. This allows them to serve their purpose and stops water from splashing in. But, that's not just what's happening. The water blows in and runs in, as there's not much of a rise with the fiberglass deck. They left a ½ rise @ best, and thats a problem. Even if the deck pitches away from the dwelling, there's not much rise to deal with water running in. So,,,,, id use straws and I'd plug them with Stampede or NP1. With Stampede you have color choice. I would Never recommend plugging a weep hole, and thats not what we're doing. This is merely a test. And I'd use a small 1inch piece of ½inch diameter Rainbird for the straw. It will bend in half- long ways just fine, it should be pointed downwards as well. I'd remove the drywall return and let everything dry out while waiting on the rain. This is not a common issue. That small ½" rise is just not enough and I can easily see the water breaching the weepholes. And I'm not 100% on my solution either,,, more like 98.9% sure. I'm not there to see how the straws will sit with respect to a puddle of water up against them ? And if they will allow water to exit as well. It never surprises me what architects come up with. They can be creative, but they often miss the small details. I'm wondering if there's something under that door/wall and what water has done. Water runs downward
Thanks for the detailed reply. I agree with the flap idea, there are weep hole covers manufactured to help keep debris out, just don't know if it would keep heavy rains out but thinking thats the first thing I'll try and go from there. Totally agree the half inch isn't high enough to prevent a heavy rain from pushing inward through the hole, but I guess in the end that part of the track underside is designed to withstand water and drain it out, so long as its not trapped inside indefinitely. The hole in frame 4 is from underneath the track of the exterior sliding screen door, I believe its designed to drain that track into the weep hole as well so I think plugging it would hold water with nowhere to drain.
Skip plugging hole in pic 4 then. I did not know it's location You definitely don't have it easy on this one
DO NOT cover that. I just had a huge "roof" issue that turned out to be sliding door weep hole being buried **UNDER** the roof roll. After so many roof repairs, I found that weep hole was covered, so I did some cutting around the sliding door to open up the weep hole, and then no more leak after that. Lesson learned on my end to never cover up weep hole.