Where is that leak coming from?
We got a call that they thought they had a leak. The last step felt "funny" and the wall seemed "squishy". Sounds like a leak. The question was where was it coming from and how could we stop it.
It's easy to fix water damage, but it's not always as easy to stop it. Our first step was to take out the rotten wood and to see if we could find the area that was leaking. The culprit was a cracked downspout next to the garage slab foundation. The water worked it's way back to the basement stairwell and eventually to the bottom step.
Once we identified the leak and repaired the downspout, we sealed the wall and replaced the entire last step.