Recent content by Xenor

I don't think the hose we've got is long enough to reach the upper floor from the tap. I did think about that idea and tried chucking jugs of water up there but it wasn't enough. With it being a slow leak it takes time to before water reaches below. Like some days we can have a rain shower and...

He did come back and then he started convincing me my roof was wrongly built and it needed stripping to replace all the felt and to try claim on NHBC. I kinda gave up and wrote off the money after that. Was going to send him photos once I prove the water is coming in from the dormer but not sure...

Totally. I wouldn't mind so much if he had actually fixed the leak. Now I don't trust any tradesmen.

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I was charged £450. He was here 20 minutes. I was happy with the quote because it sounded like he knew what he was talking about and was sure about it being the mortar. I had another guy come out saying it will be at least 960 and won't know why it's leaking until he's up there. Sounded like a...

Yeah that's true. I agree it is a strong candidate. The photo of the apron is a bit tilted though so it is more flat than it looks, with a slight back tilt. That said I agree it should better follow the slope of the roof to drain properly. I am worried about hiring anyone to come fix it to be...

I've taken a few close up pictures using a selfie stick and a camera. Ignore the black squares, I didn't fancy being in the shots. This is the left side of the dormer when viewed from the outside, and is the side where the water seems to be getting in based on the point it drips into the...

Yeah I don't understand why the previous roofer couldn't find anything else wrong with it. Then again I'm not sure he checked. He just came, said it was the mortar and that these dormers shouldn't have been installed with mortar there, then came back the next day to do the job. The lack of...

Apologies for confusing you. By directly below I meant the room underneath the dormer. The room you can see in my new photo is the upper bedroom. Look to the right side of the window, past the radiator - the wall comes inwards towards the room and then turns again towards that vacuum cleaner...

Yeah that is certainly not stuck down. I can get my finger under it in the middle without too much effort. Same on the other side of the house on the opposite dormer. I could imagine water getting under there but won't the lead flashing curve upwards and prevent it getting in there? I honestly...

I'm a bit confused by what you mean by "skirt having come unstuck from the fibreglass"? Is the skirt the lead flashing? The fibreglass bit that sits on top of it isn't stuck. Not sure if it's supposed to be. It's the same on both dormer windows. I'm still lost as to where exactly the rain gets...

Thanks @datarebal and @Barthy. Some very good information there. I'm glad the removal of the mortar hasn't made the problem worse but it does seem odd that I can see into the roof void through there now. I think the lead flashing may be an issue as well looking at it as it is sloping back...

I live in a townhouse with dormer windows on both sides, built in 2012 and I have a leak coming through to the box room directly below one of the dormer windows. I had a roofer out and he said there was mortar on the join from the dormer window to the tiles that was done wrong and blocking the...