water leaking thru gap just outside overhead door

[zekenator]

We semi-recently had my entire shop re-skinned. It looks amazing now. (pics and story later)

For the purposes of this post though, I have seen water leaking from the side of the overhead door even with a new door seal and everything. Finally had the time to really look into it and found the problem. How would you fix this? I need to do this ASAP, like before winter. This coming weekend will have great temps here in Minneapolis so I want to do it then. I was thinking Loctite PL Window Door and Siding sealant but the gap may be just a bit too big. Thoughts? Thanks all

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You can see below where the post is getting moldy from several years of water damage due to the previous owners being too busy making meth and selling guns to take care of anything at all. Thinking I'm gonna make a water/bleach solution and douse it all bigtime. Then after that dries do whatever fix I decide on.

 

[PCustoms]

Water and bleach won't fix rotted wood, that should have been replaced with pressure treated before new tin was installed

 

[larry4406]

Backer rod to fill the gap and OSI Quad sealant?

 

[BillK]

We semi-recently had my entire shop re-skinned. It looks amazing now. ..............

Except for the part that is leaking ????

I would get whoever reskinned the building and tell them to do it correctly ? If you want to fix it you probably need to bend a piece of flashing to go up behind the siding first. Then seal it up. Probably should pull the door seal off also. Are both sides of the door the same way ?

 

[nadogail]

Bondo has filled a lot of holes in deteriorated wood trim.

 

[shade]

Except for the part that is leaking ????

I would get whoever reskinned the building and tell them to do it correctly ? If you want to fix it you probably need to bend a piece of flashing to go up behind the siding first. Then seal it up. Probably should pull the door seal off also. Are both sides of the door the same way ?

Second the flashing.
Pull the sheet off. Replace the wood
Flash
Sealant

 

[Captain Spaulding]

Sealant isn’t the answer. You need to make the water go elsewhere.

 

[BillK]

You might want to post a picture from the side too. I might be wrong but something does not look right about this spot where I have red arrows pointing ?

 

[PCustoms]

You might want to post a picture from the side too. I might be wrong but something does not look right about this spot where I have red arrows pointing ?

Looks like the closure/edge(I forgot the actual name) for the bottom of his metal siding

 

[BillK]

Looks like the closure/edge(I forgot the actual name) for the bottom of his metal siding

Might be but it looks like it would hold water to me. Should look like this :

Steel trim applications detail drawings

Steel trim drawings, steel siding and steel trim information, prices and an automated steel roofing, steel siding, steel trim and slider door hardware package estimator, providing materials lists for the steel trim, slider door hardware and steel roofing and siding.

www.michianabuildingsupplies.com

 

[PCustoms]

Might be but it looks like it would hold water to me. Should look like this :

Steel trim applications detail drawings

Steel trim drawings, steel siding and steel trim information, prices and an automated steel roofing, steel siding, steel trim and slider door hardware package estimator, providing materials lists for the steel trim, slider door hardware and steel roofing and siding.

www.michianabuildingsupplies.com

Agreed.

I had just die some trim around a door and struggled to get the right material, so I was thinking about the wrong profile

 

[JSutter]

75

 

[charbar]

You might want to post a picture from the side too. I might be wrong but something does not look right about this spot where I have red arrows pointing ?

Is that friggin J-channel????!? Hard for me to tell for sure......

 

[CraigStu]

Maybe it's just me but can you step back 3ft and take another picture so we can better see the overall situation.