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Thank you all. No the gutter don't go to the marking "insert gutter to here" however he said this will cause no problem they always install this this way, he placed some some gutter sealant (soudal) in front of every seal at the unions. That is not how I would have done it but at this stage I...

New guttering is in place, it's flowing reasonably well apart from one small corner. It rained yesterday for 30 minutes (decent amount of rain) and I was surprised to see today there is still water in there, about 2 cm or about 0.8 inch. I did a test by emptying a bucket in that corner in about...

@freddiemercurystwin The issue here is there is a batten right near the the fascia. Also the tiny gap under the batten you see in the photo is due to a small sag between rafters. on Either side there is no space at all to slide anything under. This is why I was considering asking the roofers to...

Well the water does run behind the gutter, maybe the roof was not designed well, and for sure there was no eaves tray fit in when they laid the membrane and slates. It was done in 2017 by previous owner. Rafters and fascias (at least some of the planks) look like they maybe from before 2017, I...

Hi All, have done a fair bit of research and observations on my roof but could do with some guidance at this stage. Pointing is being done on the house and scaffold is up. I seized the opportunity to spend time near the gutter when it rains and unfortunately I noticed that quite some water is...

A lot of good information here, thank you. Cowls will be installed on my 3 pots then to protect from water. One of the pot was already removed to place a small cap which apparently is a vent. Thanks for your help!

Thanks @Harry Bloomfield , that is what I thought. That being said I'm looking around from the top roof window and see the vast majority of pots (I can probably see 200 pots all around the house on neighbouring properties) do not have cowls. I would bet none of those chimney is used anymore and...

Thank you both I guess the part that puzzle me is how the pot itself, without some sort of "hat" (the cowl) keeps the water out? Would rain drops not fall into the terracotta pot and the water would pool somewhere in the chimney?

Hi All What's your take regarding installing cowl on chimney pots which are unused? I can't help thinking that when it rains heavily some water must go in the chimney and pool somewhere? At the same time I see a lot of pots which don't and there are no damp issue. In your experience what are...

Yes John, apologies I must have used the wrong term, the mortar indeed, it looks tarnished next to the new pointing and brick dying. Wondering if there is a way to refresh this without breaking and redoing (which I'd like to avoid of course).

Hi Harry, I asked about the flashing on another thread but not the rendering. Apologies if I was meant to carry on there.

The color of this cement render on front roof elevation (above fascia board) is tarnished now. Are there some product to apply a thin layer of new cement whilst binding well out there? Alternatively would you just paint? Thanks !

Thanks @cdbe thats actually intriguing. At the moment there is no lead however so I'm unsure where you meant the lead flashing should be? Did you mean I should place it like this and have the plastic function as a flashing in place of the lead? If yes where would you place the polynails...

Hi All, I'm looking to protect my front elevation fascia board from elements with Upvc 9mm cladding. As you can see in the photo water drops can run from the render onto the fascia board at this specific location. Im looking to create a "lip" or "bridge" from the render to the gutter. It's...

Thanks! They came back and filled those gaps. All good.

Had the roofer have a look at chimney stack for a leak, re-bed parapet capstones (some were proper loose!) and point in places the parapet sides. He said he re-bed 5 capstones. Looking at it by the skylight I see some gaps under the capstones, should those be pointed as well or are they secure...

Thank you Ree! This is a terraced house so there are party walls on both sides. There are two air bricks at the front (both have the same joists in front of them) and two at the back. Interestingly at the back they are much higher than the floor but the wall is cavity (2016 extension)...

Took the air brick out and saw that a joist runs right in front of it. there is a gap between the bottom of the joist and the ground however. I am unsure but the visible planks might well be the original floorboards, covered by a think plywood layer and then the flexible vinyl floor taped on...

Thank you this makes sense and I shall talk about this with the pointing guys next week. Couple of questions: 1. where does the french drain need to go? The soil under is compacted and removing everything to plow the soil would be quite the undertaking. On both sides there is no soil /...

Thank you @cdbe Here is a sketch of what I understood you meant, did I get this right? So I will have a second DPC (above the original TAR DPC which is now too low), and the plinth would be lower than before, bridging the original tar but being lower than the new rubber DPC?