One potential problem area you can.
Water leaking into basement under porch.
During the winter months blowing snow sits on top of the porch then on slightly warmer days it melts and leaks into the basement.
That way the bolts are just that and not waterways.
How do i stop the leaks.
So long as the wood framed porch had a slope built into it allowing it to shed water to the outside of the building any water that penetrated through the tile floor around the waterproof substrate under the tile and around the large corner support column would have just eventually made it to the outside and never touched the wood.
It is installed under the siding and over the ledger beam so no water can enter the house behind that ledger beam.
There are a number of weatherproofing issues we need to address but the most urgent is the concrete sill under the door which has been crumbling for a while and presumably is the source of our leak.
Plugging them probably won t solve basement leaks but it ll help.
Under our porch we have two rooms in the basement.
Water leaking from concrete slab porch into rooms below.
There are many places where water can leak into your home.
The water was still leaking through into the basement.
When bad rain storms hit and the wind blows just right the covered roof offers little protection and the rain leaks into the basement.
Some areas like your roof are obvious locations.
One room leaks when it rains under the door almost where the porch meets the house.
There is a single slab of concrete which makes the ceiling of my basement rooms but the floor of my porch which is exposed to the outdoors.
Hydraulic cement works great for patching holes in a foundation because it can set up even under water and it expands as it sets to seal the hole and lock the plug in place.
Holes and cracks in your foundation can let moisture and water seep into your basement.
The water leaking down saturates the wood between the tongue and groove.
What you re imagining i added a photo for clarity.
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I m concerned that the leak may be coming from a fault in the concrete itself so i m looking at waterproofing the slab but i m unsure of what product s or techniques to use.
I have gone over my caulking job and re applied sealant in areas where it seemed thin.
We have a metal threshold over a concrete sill and our front porch is a concrete slab about 4 x6.
We are having trouble finding where the leak is coming from.