Ice caused leaking window – How to stop?
Kristen V asked:
(I think) ice on my roof and icicles has made my window leak, and it is dripping RIGHT NOW and I want to know what to do until I can fix it? It is leaking where the wood frame meets the vinyl frame. Right now I have rigged up a funnel-tube-bucket contraption to catch the water, because it saturated 3 towels in 40 minutes and I couldn’t stand there holding it any longer. Any help at all would be appreciated. I am mostly looking for tips on what to do right now until the water decides that it wants to be done dripping.
By 3 towels, I mean 3 shower size towels. It’s dripping in a steady stream, so evaporation isn’t really an option.
It’s a second story window, and it is dark out right now.
Fransisca
(I think) ice on my roof and icicles has made my window leak, and it is dripping RIGHT NOW and I want to know what to do until I can fix it? It is leaking where the wood frame meets the vinyl frame. Right now I have rigged up a funnel-tube-bucket contraption to catch the water, because it saturated 3 towels in 40 minutes and I couldn’t stand there holding it any longer. Any help at all would be appreciated. I am mostly looking for tips on what to do right now until the water decides that it wants to be done dripping.
By 3 towels, I mean 3 shower size towels. It’s dripping in a steady stream, so evaporation isn’t really an option.
It’s a second story window, and it is dark out right now.
Fransisca
March 21st, 2009 at 8:22 am
Ivonne
Maybe you can put a fan on it and use it like a humidifier, The warm air from the fan should dry it as it drips, maybe use a dish towel over it and wring it out every so often.
March 22nd, 2009 at 11:56 pm
Beula
Go to the outside of the window and put up a sheet of plastic, a trash bad will work, staple it around the frame so it sheds the water away from the window.