I am wondering if anyone can assist with a problem I have. After the driving rain that we had in mid Feb, I have noticed wet patches on the wall of my middle bedroom (end terraced house, gable end wall). The wet patches are on the wall, coming down from the roof, between the chimney and the wall and also a bit in the middle of the chimney breast and some spots on the left hand side wall between the chimney and the other wall of the bedroom.
Initially I thought it was due to missing pointing outside on the gable wall, so got that re-pointed (after hiring scaffolding etc.), but after it rained, I noticed that the wet patches got darker, which can only mean that water is still getting in. The roof is new, there are no gutters nearby and apart from the side wall (which has been re-pointed), I cannot understand where the water is coming in from. There are some hairline cracks in the bricks and it may be that the bricks are quite porous, so after the re-pointing was done, I was advised to use Thompsons water seal on it. I applied the thomsons water seal, but this clearly hasnt solved the issue and Im lost as to what to do next. Someone suggested I used facade cream, or to apply a couple of coats of sandtex masonry paint, but im not sure if I can use either of these two options now that the thompsons water seal has been applied? Any ideas as to what to do?
Initially I thought it was due to missing pointing outside on the gable wall, so got that re-pointed (after hiring scaffolding etc.), but after it rained, I noticed that the wet patches got darker, which can only mean that water is still getting in. The roof is new, there are no gutters nearby and apart from the side wall (which has been re-pointed), I cannot understand where the water is coming in from. There are some hairline cracks in the bricks and it may be that the bricks are quite porous, so after the re-pointing was done, I was advised to use Thompsons water seal on it. I applied the thomsons water seal, but this clearly hasnt solved the issue and Im lost as to what to do next. Someone suggested I used facade cream, or to apply a couple of coats of sandtex masonry paint, but im not sure if I can use either of these two options now that the thompsons water seal has been applied? Any ideas as to what to do?