Can I repair this or best to go Professional?

[SirGalahad]

Please see the pictures. Looks like penetrating damp in the top corner of a sloping kitchen roof. The outside damp has been present for a while but only now does there seem to be penetrating damp. Not sure if they are both related.

Would I be able to repair this? I take it that the outside needs to be sealed and then simply remove the old plaster and replaster after the wall has dried?

If it is a pro job how much should I be looking at paying?

Thanks in advance.

 

[HERTS P&D]

What's the guttering like above?

Andy

 

[SirGalahad]

What's the guttering like above?

Andy

It's a terraced house and when the gutters were done before we moved in the gutter (iron) was short so someone simply used a piece of wood to join the ends to the other gutter to the adjoining property. Over time this wood rotted and the gutter used to leak at the join. Now we had it fixed, the gutter guy put in a new piece and said it wouldn't leak. So could it have leaked?

So you think this issue is with the gutter above? If so what is the best way to join 2 iron gutters together that are 10-15cm away from each other.

 

[HERTS P&D]

Go up to the gutters with a hose pipe and check if they leak or wait until heavy rain.

Post some pictures of the gutter above.

Andy

 

[SirGalahad]

Go up to the gutters with a hose pipe and check if they leak or wait until heavy rain.

Post some pictures of the gutter above.

Andy

Looks like its going to rain heavy tomorrow so will pop out first thing and have a look if its dripping.

 

[SirGalahad]

Exactly where the two gutters are joined there is a leak, drips of water possibly from two places. So it looks like some sealant needs to be applied or some tape? I don't have a ladder long enough to get up there and do it myself so how much should I be looking at to get it done?

 

[SirGalahad]

After the gutter repair and removing some old plaster. So whats my next step?

 

[HERTS P&D]

That has been leaking for a long time.

Time to have the gutter renewed.

Andy

 

[SirGalahad]

That has been leaking for a long time.

Time to have the gutter renewed.

Andy

Gutter has been renewed, now how do I deal with this, thanks.

 

[vinn]

OP,
you are confusing things by double posting here and in plastering, and making contradictory statements.

Your above, saturday, photos of the exterior are almost worthless for seeing whats going on. For me anyway.
Photos of the brickwork near the lower roof verge, and of the flashing at the lean to roof to the main house are needed. IOW's The area where the leaking has been landing on the lower roof.
In your other, Plastering Forum, post you said that the gutter issues had been fixed? Now its leaking?
Its blurred but i dont see a 100mm - 150mm gap at the gutter join?

 

[SirGalahad]

OP,
you are confusing things by double posting here and in plastering, and making contradictory statements.

Your above, saturday, photos of the exterior are almost worthless for seeing whats going on. For me anyway.
Photos of the brickwork near the lower roof verge, and of the flashing at the lean to roof to the main house are needed. IOW's The area where the leaking has been landing on the lower roof.
In your other, Plastering Forum, post you said that the gutter issues had been fixed? Now its leaking?
Its blurred but i dont see a 100mm - 150mm gap at the gutter join?

Sorry. The gutter has been fixed. Its not leaking. Now I am looking at the work to be done from the inside. The gutter, the wrong profile was put on it and then just siliconed over bya dodgy roofer. So no gutter problems, only problems are the plaster / rotten roof issue which I will continue in the plaster forum?

 

[HERTS P&D]

Remove the rotten timber and let it all dry out.

Andy

 

[SirGalahad]

Remove the rotten timber and let it all dry out.

Andy

If I remove the rotten timber, how would I replace it?

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[HERTS P&D]

Sometimes in life you have to get a man in. Call out a carpenter/roofer to give you a quote.

Andy

 

[chappers]

Is all that damage in the ceiling below that little slate roof, because the roof looks to be in a right state, with no flashing too