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    Velux issues due to low pitch (essentially flat) roof.

    Both of those are appealing. Thanks.
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    Velux issues due to low pitch (essentially flat) roof.

    @freddiemercurystwin - I agree, and that may well happen, ultimately. @Harry Bloomfield - what is one o' they? Not bothered about light from above - we have two big windows and a double door giving us plenty of that already.
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    Velux issues due to low pitch (essentially flat) roof.

    Woody - I've tarped it more than once. Last time I did it so well, it held water on the roof and stopped it draining off into the gutter! A tarp and bricks/sand-bags wouldn't hold in strong winds. We're a bit of a wind tunnel here and storms have twice taken the tarp off - even with bungies...
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    Velux issues due to low pitch (essentially flat) roof.

    Hi Foxhole. Agreed. This we already know, but we are where we are with it. I want to flash-tape the windows to stop the leak(s), however minor, at the lower end - but I don't want to exacerbate the issue by blocking any channels that drain rainwater to the lower end. You can see my hasty sealant...
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    I'm trying, okay?

    I'm trying, okay?
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    Velux issues due to low pitch (essentially flat) roof.

    So, we've been having leaks for nearly 18 months on our garden office, which has velux-equivalent windows on a flat roof, when they're meant to be on an angle of 18 degrees (I think?). While we wait for the builders to come up with a meaningful and final solution, I want to flash-tape the...
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