Why Water Builds Up in Your Window Track (Weep Hole Explained!)

Hey guys, Sean with American Window Concepts and today we're going to talk about once again the weeping system of your new windows and what is the function? Let's get into that. We're catching some rains now. We're getting into the season where rains are coming and we're starting to get these phone calls from customers who are saying, >> "Hey, I have water building up in my track where the window is sliding. I think this is not working for me. Like, this is not good." And I have to go out and either inspect the window myself or show them videos of what the function of the weep hole is on the outside of the vinyl frame. Any kind of frame that has a dual pane glass unit is going to have a weeping system in the channel to allow for water to get from the inside of the track to the outside of the home. So when people are saying, "Well, why is it that water is getting in here in the first place?" And I would say to them, well, your old window would allow that as well. Unless it's a wooden window that's a single hung or double hung, then you're not going to have that issue. But with these style windows, any kind of slider window systems, even single hungs and double hungs of today are going to have an area where the window goes into the frame itself and closes. is the weather stripping presses against the main frame, but you're still going to have water that comes from beyond the screen and drops inside the window track. Weather stripping that is on the slider side, whether it's a single hung or a single slider, it's going to stop a little bit of dust, debris, things like that, but it's not going to stop water. And even the dust and debris that gets stacked on top of that weather stripping at the bottom of the slider is still going to fall into the track. You have to maintain your windows regardless. You're going to get more water in the track if you have winddriven rain. The little wee hole here can get overwhelmed. Sometimes the natural reaction of a homeowner is when they start to see water pulling up inside this window track. The first thing they do is panic. Go grab a towel and shove that towel inside this window track. Big big no no. When you do that, you have already created a bigger issue. Now, now it's going to be so easy for that water to go up and over the interior lip and onto your window sill and from there floor. If you have water building up in your track, do not panic. The only time I would say is to panic is if it's just overflowing and you haven't done anything. There's a very good chance that the frame itself wasn't punched correctly. All right, mistakes can happen. It's very, very rare, but it can happen. When you see water, do not fret. It's going to be okay. I don't want you to cancel trips because, oh, rain's in the forecast and we can't leave these windows unattended because we're afraid that water's going to come into the house. It's not going to happen every time there's a rain. It's just whenever you have torrential rains with wind. When those happen, yes, you will see some water building up in the track. And that's okay. It's fine. Just let it do its job and everything will be just fine. Anyways, I hope this helps make it a great day. Before you click off this video, if you live in the Ventura, LA or Dallas Fort Worth area and you are interested in a free in-home estimate, go to the website, click on the request. The link is down below in the descriptions. I will reach out to you.