My back door stinks

I lifted the storm guard threshold today, gave the sill a clean, pulled out the old sealant, and refitted it with Sikaflex EBT+. Having pulled some of the old sealant out and given it a good sniff, it seems even more likely that the drainage holes were blocked and the backed up water was dropping down the side where the sealant had failed.

Standing by for a heavy rain shower. I’ll give it a huff afterwards and hopefully it’ll be back to normal.
 
Scuzi said:
Glad the thread title delivered. That was the sanitised second attempt :D

Here’s a close up of the bottom. Is that sealant likely the issue?


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Come to think of it, it’s the first time I’ve really had a close up look at it and the finish is pretty poor.

I dealt with the NHBC on a previous house and to summarise, unless the house was at risk of imminent collapse, they weren’t interested.
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Why have you got a block of C4 to the left of the step:cry:

Have you also sealed around the bottom of the architrave and that C4
 
aVdub said:
Why have you got a block of C4 to the left of the step:cry:

Have you also sealed around the bottom of the architrave and that C4
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I don’t know for certain, but knowing how the typical English tradesman works, I suspect there was an “Oh **** I’ve cut the sill too short” moment which was resolved with the very big sealant gun.

Underneath the sill seems to be sealed fine. Although I can’t imagine that would matter too much as the water wouldn’t be able to work it’s way back up in there?
 
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Scuzi said:
I don’t know for certain, but knowing how the typical English tradesman works, I suspect there was an “Oh **** I’ve cut the sill too short” moment which was resolved with the very big sealant gun.

Underneath the sill seems to be sealed fine. Although I can’t imagine that would matter too much as the water wouldn’t be able to work it’s way back up in there?
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The area's I've marked in red would probably benefit from a clean out (architrave more and C4 just a seal) and sealant added.

Green looks like like a stain, but if not, would also be good to seal.

I'd say a bit unfair to say "Typical English trades works" as that does look rare, rather than the usual.

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Soo well install weep vents, then fill them with mortar lol

That second close up of the weep vent does look as if its the end of one just poked into the mortar :(

yay I've got all this to look forwards to

As above CT1 for resealing after cleaning it :)
 
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Mercenary Keyboard Warrior said:
At least it was your back door and not your back passage with the problems ;)
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That has a whole other set of problems which do not belong in the home and garden forum!

We had a shower of rain last night. its hard to say if it was heavy enough to test the seal, but the utility room smells normal so I’m tentatively hopeful.
 
Bad news. After a few days of driving rain the stink is back. It was also present along the skirting board of the utility room wall from the other side of the door, in the living room, although that dissipated quickly. This leads me to think the source is something else.

The whole rear wall of the house doesn’t have vents at the bottom of the bricks like the other walls. Is this worth investigating further?
 
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might be nothing, but top right of the door looks like an old rawl plug - can rain water get in through there and run down the sides of the door?
 
That detailing is woeful. Does that short sill have a fall on it or is water pooling against it and the threshold?

Undoubtedly water is getting into all those voids, sitting there and leeching into your subfloor/construction.
 
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