During the heavy rain last week one of the Velux windows in my daughter's attic bedroom started to leak. I've had a quick look at it and there's clear signs of water getting under a metal bar on the right hand side and has rotted away a screw hole over time allowing the bar to loosen and then let in more water. I think that's what's happened, anyway.
This is the metal bar:
I've also made a quick video here which it might be easier to see:
Is this something I can fix myself? Ideally I'd like to fill the screw hole to allow me to screw the bar down properly again, maybe with some sealant to try and stop it happening again. I've spoken to a few window repair companies in the area but they all only replace Velux windows, they don't repair. Moreover, it's in the roof of a four storey town house so they'd have to get scaffolding up so it wouldn't be cheap and with the cost of living at the moment we're just not in a position to afford that. I need some way to fix it from the inside myself, really.
EDIT: I should add, the screw that's in that hole at the moment is a new one. I tried to replace the one that was there with a slightly longer one that might allow it to get some more purchase temporarily but it doesn't seem to have.
This is the metal bar:
I've also made a quick video here which it might be easier to see:
Is this something I can fix myself? Ideally I'd like to fill the screw hole to allow me to screw the bar down properly again, maybe with some sealant to try and stop it happening again. I've spoken to a few window repair companies in the area but they all only replace Velux windows, they don't repair. Moreover, it's in the roof of a four storey town house so they'd have to get scaffolding up so it wouldn't be cheap and with the cost of living at the moment we're just not in a position to afford that. I need some way to fix it from the inside myself, really.
EDIT: I should add, the screw that's in that hole at the moment is a new one. I tried to replace the one that was there with a slightly longer one that might allow it to get some more purchase temporarily but it doesn't seem to have.
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