How you noticed water dripping in from the top of a window frame?

Is the water coming down from the floor above due to a window joinery failure or roof leak, or has the head flashing failed somehow?

Recently a customer called us because he had water dripping through a wooden window frame. In this case the home was a 1970’s brick and tile. Here’s what we found…

The bedroom on the 2nd floor of the house above the leak had wet carpet in one corner, and the laundry was up there also. Both of these areas were directly above the downstairs window where the water was penetrating through. Within 5 minutes I worked out the source of the leak thanks to my thermal imaging camera and moisture meter. Take a look at these images…

Findings: It turned out to be a plumbing leak behind the laundry/bedroom dividing wall. The interesting part was that the leak in the laundry and the wet carpet couldn’t be seen to the naked eye. These photo’s clearly demonstrate the power of using our infrared camera to hunt down leaks… fast!