Masonry outside walls and wood structure. Basement has concrete walls. Only the door and a window face south east have problem. Other three windows face north east no problem. Only when it rains heavily, and the wind and rain hit the north east and south east side walls. The water drips from the inner header of the door and window. I painted lower portion of south east wall with masonry water sealer. Seems work when the rain is not heavy. My guess is this, the masonry wall absorbs a lot water when it hit by heavy rain, the water penetrate the bricks and goes down. The door and window are not installed properly, maybe lack of proper ways to drain the water. Is my guess right? Or there may be other cause? How to correct this? If my guess is right, what should add above the door and window to drain the water? Thanks.

First time poster, long time browser! :) I just recently purchased a new home with a small crack in the front foundation (which I thought was concrete at the time- not a big deal) Well in the process of installing tie downs for a new sheer wall, I have come to find out that the front of the living room is actually an extension of the primary concrete foundation wall, however it is built from brick! The brick sits on a 6" footer, and the subfloor/wall sits directly on top of the brick. Anyways, while drilling I blew out some of the brick, from where the crack was, to where the hole was drilled (about 1') I went ahead and removed the loose bricks for the time being, and now plan to form a short foundation wall on top of the footer. I planned to also tear up some of the subfloor in order to form another area behind the bricks that are missing/loose. Am I doing this right? I epoxied some 1/2" rebar into the footer, and I was going to form both sides of the brick foundation and fully encapsulate the 2-3' portion of brick wall which is cracked and damaged. Should I re-install the bricks, or just pour the new foundation wall up to the bottom of the subfloor/wall and then put my tie-down into that new concrete wall? I planned to tie rebar through the area where the bricks are missing and fill all that with concrete. Should I also remove the remainder of the 1-2' section of brick in the damaged area down to the footer before pouring, basically making a whole new section of foundation wall from concrete instead of brick. WOW, hopefully that all makes sense, I've also attached photos as well- you can see in the photos the actual foundation wall beyond the brick "built-out" foundation. Starting to think this front portion of the living room may have been an add-on. Im in NorCal and the house was built in 1969. Any advice would be appreciated!![ATTACH]61782[/ATTACH][ATTACH]61783[/ATTACH][ATTACH]61784[/ATTACH][ATTACH]61785[/ATTACH][ATTACH]61786[/ATTACH]