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House leaking at corners, please help?!

19 years ago

I'm not sure if i'm posting this in the right spot, but here it goes. We had our house built 4 years ago that is mostly vinyl siding with some brick in the front. We have noticed that the corners that have brick leak. This does not happen in the corners that are all vinyl siding. We sealed the brick thinking maybe the brick wasn't flashed right and was letting water in, but it still leaks. So now we are pretty sure it is something to do with the vinyl siding. We were able to pull some off and noticed the house wrap goes under the siding and brick instead of lapping over the brick. So i'm wondering if possibly the corners are not taped/flashed like they should be and also having the building paper done wrong is adding to the problem?

We had a bad thunder storm today and I actually saw the water come in. It is definitely originating in the corner, and it wasn't like a slow leak it was just BAM & there was water flowing in. It has to be raining VERY hard & the wind has to be blowing or it does not leak at all.

I really need suggestions on how to go about fixing this and if there is any other thoughts on what it might be? We would like to sell our house next year, but obviously we can't & don't want to sell a defective house. I pulled off the drywall in one corner & the wood & insulation still look brand new so I definitely want to get this taken care of asap before any damage occurs.

Thanks for any advice :)

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