Hi,
I've an ongoing issue with the guttering on a terrace house despite two attempts at fixing it. I was hoping for a rough idea as to what is wrong so I can guage whats said by any further roofers.
From what I can tell the problem is with the join where two pieces of guttering meet between properties. This appears to be well on my side of the divide (with the downpipe giving a rough idea of the actual property line).
The below picture was taken when it was cold a few weeks back and should help demonstate where water is falling. It doesn't pour down when it rains, however I'm getting steady internal damage to paint and some external damage to wooden windows over time.
In terms of fixes, initialy some tar / material was used to line the existing guttering. As this didn't improve much, the suggestion was to replace the entire gutter on my side a few months later. This work was completed, however it still didn't stop water falling down from the join between gutters.
At this point the feedback from the roofer who had done both pieces of work was that nothing further could be done and that the best bet would be to work with next door to replace their guttering to improve the join.
Would this be the only option, or should it be possible to either get a better join between the two guttering pieces (or remove the existing join and put a new one in on the actual property line to reduce the damage happening on my side)?
A additional consideration is that, whilst the property next door is rented, there was roofing work done towards the end of last year. The below picture suggests that the entire gutter on their side was replaced as part of this. Both gutters are therefore fairly new so it may make them easier to join? I would also expect this to make any landlord less inclined to replace guttering, especially as any leak is only occuring on my side of the divide.
I've an ongoing issue with the guttering on a terrace house despite two attempts at fixing it. I was hoping for a rough idea as to what is wrong so I can guage whats said by any further roofers.
From what I can tell the problem is with the join where two pieces of guttering meet between properties. This appears to be well on my side of the divide (with the downpipe giving a rough idea of the actual property line).
The below picture was taken when it was cold a few weeks back and should help demonstate where water is falling. It doesn't pour down when it rains, however I'm getting steady internal damage to paint and some external damage to wooden windows over time.
In terms of fixes, initialy some tar / material was used to line the existing guttering. As this didn't improve much, the suggestion was to replace the entire gutter on my side a few months later. This work was completed, however it still didn't stop water falling down from the join between gutters.
At this point the feedback from the roofer who had done both pieces of work was that nothing further could be done and that the best bet would be to work with next door to replace their guttering to improve the join.
Would this be the only option, or should it be possible to either get a better join between the two guttering pieces (or remove the existing join and put a new one in on the actual property line to reduce the damage happening on my side)?
A additional consideration is that, whilst the property next door is rented, there was roofing work done towards the end of last year. The below picture suggests that the entire gutter on their side was replaced as part of this. Both gutters are therefore fairly new so it may make them easier to join? I would also expect this to make any landlord less inclined to replace guttering, especially as any leak is only occuring on my side of the divide.