This is Jen again with my second post. After we removed all top window treatments in this house, which also has half plantation shutters, we realized there are places at the top of windows where the window does not close tight. Upon closer inspection, which we paid a home inspector to do, where the lock is located, one side of the top window is not level with the other side and that is the side of the gap at the top. There is a rubber strip on the top of the windows as well as a strip of something in front of the window that hangs down (inside of window) but I was wondering if I need to add additional weatherstripping at the top or will the windows need to be replaced?

We have a one year old home. The exterior is all brick except some trim on the front with cultured stone. Under the brick/stone is a Tyvek house wrap. The windows are vinyl, supposedly with caulking between the flashing and tyvek. There is a window on the front (facing west) which is surrounded by the stone and is underneath a second story window which has leaked from nearly the beginning. We've caulked around it, and around the window above it but only slightly slowed the problem. The window manufacturer sent someone who looked briefly at the window and blamed the stone as allowing too much water to get behind it. Our plan was to have someone come seal the stone as he had instructed but last night we had a pretty good rain storm which had more blowing rain from the east. That direction isn't common, but now we have 4 windows on the back or east side of the house which also started leaking. In all cases the water comes into the house at the top of the window, will drip in along where the trim wood meets the vinyl enterior portion of the window. In one location we collected a full liter of water. Other locations varied but were less. As I mentioned the house on the east side is all brick, has brick ribbon surrounding each of the windows. I read about removing vinyl siding and using Tyvek Straightflash on three sides. Our problem sounds similar but since the brick removal will be much more difficult I wanted to get your advice directly. Sorry this is so long but I wanted to give all the details I could that might be important. Thanks!