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Some new pics as asked for - looking back up the pitch roof, around the soil stack corner (which I'm now very suspicious about) inside the loft looking at that area next to soil stack/gutter. Notice piece of lead resting on top of wall I think water may have dripped back in here and as lead is...

The ridge tiles were all re set when main roof was done 2014 so seems unlikely from there.

I will take off the 1st line of tiles as I discovered today that they are not fixed just resting under 2nd line of tiles which are hooked to the batton. I'll post some pics of that. I have looked in the loft and I can see the construction of the flat roof itself main joists and thick ply over...

Thanks both. To answer the 1st Q. The 'lip of felt' as you say I think does lift up which I didn't consider much as there are a couple of layers underneath I think. The tiles have dug quite hard into the 'lip felt' itself and I have lifted them enough to scrape out any debris (which there was a...

We had roof works done in 2014, completed around september. These were to the pitched front roof (new valley liner and complete strip off and put back on all ridges and cement up valley and new flashing. At this time we had no issue with flat roof and had not had since 2011 when we moved in. May...

Cheers for the reply. Yet to do this as developed a roof leak and been busy with that. Will try it though.

Hi All, I've got a gap between worktop and tiles and it's been silicone sealed which has failed. I'm in process of renewing with Dow Corning 785 which I'm hoping will do a better job. In the 1st pic the worktop fits nicely under the tiles so I've got a base for silicone to stick to. Where the...

Thank you all for your advice. It gave me the confidence I needed. I did buy NHL 3.5 lime mortar and after a bit of practice on a much more-worse-for-wear piece of wall I feel ok at applying it. I'll come back to that small area around the window shortly. Dan

Thanks Stuart. Do you think it's cement that's been used previously or lime that's lost it's effectiveness?

Hello all, This property dates from 1901 and has red brick walls. As shown in the first picture the general pointing appears to be in good order. Bricks seem very soft and porous and dry out quickly after rain. The area of concern in around the smaller window at the...