Front porch with wooden door and surround - water soaking through

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OK so I know the rain is awful and parts of the country are flooded, but I just noticed tonight that the wood on the inside of my front porch is damp in parts, and actually wet in others.

Not a major amount, but combined maybe about the size of your palm on either side of the door.

I will get a better look tomorrow in the daylight, but could the rain be penetrating the wooden door/surround? Or must it be a leak?

Should I be treating the inside of the door with something for the winter? I am new to this house and the inside is slightly stained, so it may have happened before. The wood surface looks untreated to me.

Any advice appreciated.
 
Torrential rain can find its way into pinhole penetrations that are normally not breached sufficiently in milder weather to cause a problem. Try to find the source and close the penetration as opposed to treating the symptom and sealing the moisture in the timbers.


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Thanks for that onq.

AS I mentioned, the inside of the door on the rear looks untreated to my untrained eye. Should I perhaps bethinking about putting something on it before the winter kicks in?
 
Sort the problem, not the solution RMCF.

If water is getting in, its getting in at the "back" of what you can see.

Unless you open up and treat the back of the timbering, the treatment may not be going where it can do good :)


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I'll try to get it looked at.

The outside of the door and surround is painted with what looks like gloss paint. There doesn't appear to be any gaps to the eye, but if you tap the wood to the sides of the front door with your knuckle, it sounds quite thin and flimsy. Not sure what I can do.

Thanks again
 
Work from the top down when trying to trace a water leak.
Dry everything off inside and train a hose on the porch outside.

If you don't find one it may indicate the damp is from internal condensation.
Timber is an insulator, but not a great one - water vapour will condense on cold painted timber.

Water vapour will usually condense on glass quicker than timber and you didn't mention this so that points to a leak.
Assuming you can dry the timbers out and that its not a high-level/roof leakc, giving the outside a lick of paint may sort you out.


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Thanks again, but its definitely not condensation. Too much coming in during the really bad rain the last couple of days to be condensation.
 
(nods)

I gathered that RMCF but I had to say it anyway for you to consider it and to exclude it of nothing else.

Wait for a dry day, dry it off and hose away with someone on the inside to tell you when you've hit the spot.


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