Brick work question regarding weep holes

[blubolt]

Long time member... First time poster.

QQ regarding weep holes in brick veneer. My brick sits on top of the foundation and as of late we've had a ton of rain. I noticed that in one of my rooms there is water damage to the wood floors. After checking everything inside for leaks as well as outside I decided to drill into one of the weep holes in my brick. I then stuffed some stainless steel (ss) wool into the hole and left it like that for a couple of days. After a good amount of rain the other day I went to check on the hole to see if any water was coming out. Apparently there was.



So after some research I found WhiteCap sells masonry weep hole w/wick tubes so you can insert into the weep hole to assist with drainage. I ordered one and after attempting to install, the cotton wick fell into the brick work, D'oh!

So, I had some cotton string available and more ss wool so decided to make my own kind of fix.


I fed the string in first using a bamboo skewer so that I could get it as far back into the brick work as possible, and then the ss wool followed and left some string hanging out to assist with water wicking/draining down the brick.


My questions are this. Will this work long term and should I have do this in multiple locations? TIA

 

[Bert_]

Is the top row of brick level? It looks like it is but it should definitely be sloped for drainage. Could be why you are getting excessive water behind the brick.

 

[Joemctag]

That's not a good detail, but they like to do it because it looks good, I guess. Siding overhanging masonry is good, but doesn't look good, I guess. You want it to not leak? Tear off siding up 8" or so. Get flashing made (with a little slope on the horizon tal leg). Vertical leg behind your "rain-screen" or what does the same thing. Leave siding up 1/2" or so when re-installing. Prime an
d paint bottom edges of siding first.
Its some work. Imagine a driving rain beating on that horizontal brick for a few hours as opposed to just running down your wall to the ground.They build them to sell. Not to last.
You're not the only one with this problem. Lucky you noticed it.

 

[brownbagg]

they suppose to be a rubber flashing behind the brick so extra water run down the wall and the flashing will devert the water out the weep holes