House built in 1984 has a side garage but an unusual (and crap) design where part of the garage roof is extended across a door and into the kitchen. So much of the gabel end of the house rests on an RSJ.
It's been a long standing issue for water ingression and a previous owner went to town bodging it up. During last summer I ripped all the broken lead and sealant off and installed two skylights. I'm not an experienced roofer by any means but I did what I think is a decent job with the flashing. You can see I chased a line into the brickwork which I couldn't find any negatives in doing (and it was a lot easier then learning step flashing).
I reckon any time served roofer will see the issue though. As the brick saturates water heads down to the lead lip which only rests some distance into the mortar. I probably could and should have taken it further back but I don't think that is the real solution.
During a perfect storm last week (by perfect I mean the wind and level of water was enough to saturate the wall, you can see it's still drying) water entered the kitchen. It is exactly where the outer brickwork sits on the RSJ and it was all along. It wasn't a lot considering how bad the rain was but enough to saturate the plasterboards. It may be running down the cavity which would have the same effect.
If it rains "normally" all is fine, probably as the brickwork isn't getting too wet. This supports my theory the flashing is sound. I can't see any weak points.
The only way I can see to resolve this is to stop the bricks getting wet, or at least slow down the absorption rate enough that it doesn't travel down. If this is the solution how would you tackle it? I read the brick sealants are twinned with snake oil and don't last long. Anything else I should be looking at?
It's been a long standing issue for water ingression and a previous owner went to town bodging it up. During last summer I ripped all the broken lead and sealant off and installed two skylights. I'm not an experienced roofer by any means but I did what I think is a decent job with the flashing. You can see I chased a line into the brickwork which I couldn't find any negatives in doing (and it was a lot easier then learning step flashing).
I reckon any time served roofer will see the issue though. As the brick saturates water heads down to the lead lip which only rests some distance into the mortar. I probably could and should have taken it further back but I don't think that is the real solution.
During a perfect storm last week (by perfect I mean the wind and level of water was enough to saturate the wall, you can see it's still drying) water entered the kitchen. It is exactly where the outer brickwork sits on the RSJ and it was all along. It wasn't a lot considering how bad the rain was but enough to saturate the plasterboards. It may be running down the cavity which would have the same effect.
If it rains "normally" all is fine, probably as the brickwork isn't getting too wet. This supports my theory the flashing is sound. I can't see any weak points.
The only way I can see to resolve this is to stop the bricks getting wet, or at least slow down the absorption rate enough that it doesn't travel down. If this is the solution how would you tackle it? I read the brick sealants are twinned with snake oil and don't last long. Anything else I should be looking at?
