Argh! Water coming in around a window as snow thaws!

[Indith]

What could be the problem and how do I solve it?

It dripped in a little bit last year around the same window. Upstairs window, dripped in a little at a corner. We put it down to the unusual circumstances. This year things are started to melt a little and of course the gutters are full of ice and not melting yet so anything that does melt comes down the side of the house and leaves the wall encased in ice. I'm not sure this it a problem in itself as it isn't coming in anywhere else in the house. The section of wall above this window is very wet. Just that section though.

It is probably just a pourous brick or a crack in a brick somewhere above the window? How easy is it to fix these things? How expensive?

If anyone has any info I'd be very grateful before I start looking like an uninformed woman ready to be ripped off when I phone some builders!

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Are you sure its not the gutters? It is often the case when the walls are wet and I think its quite common for gutters ro be damaged/misplaced by lots of snow.

As it's only coming in when there is snow, it's probably something minor (and therefore tricky to track down!).

But the major problem is thatthe water might be coming in anyway and evaporating from the inside walls before you see it, leaving a nice trail of wet down the inside of the walls... Have you got any access? Like an eaves crawl space or a plasterboard panel you can take off and have a look?

It is the gutters pannacotta in that they are frozen so the thawing snow is not running where it should but that is the case for the whole house and it isn't coming in anywhere else so there must be something else.

Northern good idea, I think I can get tot he area in the eaves, I'll give it a go if the dcs let me at some point today.

Can you get up a ladder and get the ice out of the gutter? If they are full of ice then the melt water has limited places to go.

Also, call your insurance company, they might recommend someone to come out to assess the situation without charging you - probably better to get someone to look at it when the water's coming in than getting them round in a couple of weeks and trying to remember exactly where the water was coming in and describing the amount etc.

We have the same thing. The water is seeping into the glass panel above the front door in the vestibule. The other night I had icicles hanging from the door bolts and lock.

Apparently there is nothing that can be done untill the gutters are cleared of ice. DH tried for several hours the other day but the ice is solid and impossible to shift.

Can't clear the gutters, can't get to them. I think I will ring around today and see if there is someone who will come round and take a look. Doesn't happen when gutters are working normally but I fear there is a cracked brick or something. Last year was just a tiny little trickle but this year far worse so if there is a crack then it has got wider and if winters like this are the the future...