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Thanks for the help, that gives us a few things to investigate.

Thanks for the advice Stuart. That's interesting about the solid wall, I didn't realise they were built to work like that. You're right, the wall is saturated now, so we'll keep the buckets on hand for a while longer. In terms of the microporous paint, would wirebrushing the old stuff and...

Yes, the gutters are leaking a little, although not significantly. Do you think repointing and painting might solve it then? There really does seem to be quite a lot of water coming in - is this to be expected?!

We have a Victorian semi, with an exposed SW-facing 9" rear wall, currently painted brick, although this is peeling in parts. We had 4m double-doors / windows put in (nearly full width), replacing small doors and window. When the opening was made and the steel put in, we noticed that rainwater...