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The window had a nailing fin and was taped like expected ( i was working from home at the time due to covid, while i dont deal with windows i work in commercial construction so i know and understand basic concepts). During recent snow/ice/rain the exterior track area was filled with snow/ice, which ...

Smelled musty.

We had a ton of rain this week, no leak. I'm baffled. We only caulked the area between the arched j channel and vertical side j channel.

When it gets nicer I'll try to reproduce a leak and check back.

The picture below is right after we discovered the water. The bottom plate and insulation was also wet. I didn't see staining The only reason we noticed it was because we were pulling up the carpet to install LVT otherwise we would of never noticed. At this point I don't recall the weather. We've ha...

So the floor was wet, so I cut out drywall and the framing was damp as well. We were easily able to dry it out completely overnight running a dehumidifier. This is the only time we know of as we were removing the carpet to install LVT. I have never noticed water in the trough but it's a bedroom so t...

Thanks for the advice, looks like I need to borrow a ladder.

No, these were replacement windows in that the windows had a nailing fin and the siding was removed to install. I already caulked the area where the half round J-channel meets the side J-channel. It seemed suspect to me too. I'll also caulk between the window and j-channel. We've had weather in the ...

This is about the best I can do with it being a 2nd story window.

Thanks for the idea, but I've decided to move on from this guy. Any costs incurred I'll attempt to recoup in small claims court. The guy is a jerk and not reliable, I don't want him near my home again.

I'll try to get a good exterior picture and post back. In terms of the installer, he refused to come out and says the spot was caused by a cat peeing on my floor. He wants me to pay for a vet to come out with a blacklight. No I'm not kidding. I'll have to take care of the problem myself and probably...

Can you link to something that shows how to do a proper water test. Thank you, much appreciated.

So the picture of the weep hole above is from another window. I'm attaching a picture of the weep hole after I removed the insert or whatever from the weep hole on the leaking window. I'm just trying to figure out what the intent is from Polaris. Do I need to go around to all the weep holes and open...

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You can see in the picture where it was leaking, basically in the wall. I don't have a pic from the exterior as it is on the 2nd floor, but I can get one later. The unit features a slider at each endcwith a fixed window in the middle.

Had Thermalweld Plus windows installed last year. While removing flooring we discovered one window was leaking. The weep hole appeared to be factory sealed shut so I pushed on the seal, knocked it loose and water came out? Is this right? I took a picture of the other side which also appears sealed. ...

Thanks for the reply Mike. Here's what a typical window will look like: https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8697/16618888670_5374bc52c1_z.jpg From what I can tell, the RO is 36"x62", but I'll verify that by removing the interior trim of one of the windows, and yes all the windows are the same s...