Well your handy work is about to get put to the test if the weather men are to be believed 
URGENT HELP PLEASE - Window leak
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Well if you must go away then drape some polythene or tarpaulin over the window and try and seal somehow from water ingress behind the sheet at the top.
The thing is why all of a sudden has it started to leak, what has changed around the window to cause it (i assume nothing) so you may have water ingressing further up i.e. the roof above, guttering, internal CH pipes leaking under the floor, long shot i know but if its not the window then you need to explore everything, you may even need to take the plaster reveal down to trace the leak?
The thing is why all of a sudden has it started to leak, what has changed around the window to cause it (i assume nothing) so you may have water ingressing further up i.e. the roof above, guttering, internal CH pipes leaking under the floor, long shot i know but if its not the window then you need to explore everything, you may even need to take the plaster reveal down to trace the leak?
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I think from the photos there is a flat roof directly above? Any small hole or tear in the tarpaulin could cause water to leak through the brick work. I had this problem in my old flat - it was a couple of tiny holes and it caused a leak in the ceiling. Look for any holes or rips within a couple of metres of the leak if you can get on roof.
There are but it all dried out yesterday when the rain stopped, therefore it must be associated with the rain.
Have managed to get hold of a builder who is going to take a look tomorrow, therefore hope he can sort the problem.
Have managed to get hold of a builder who is going to take a look tomorrow, therefore hope he can sort the problem.
It may just be soaking through the brickwork. Tompson water seal may solve the problem buy I think the bricks need to be dry to apply it.
Also if it works you need to recoat the wall every five years or so.
Definatley worth trying if only to eliminate one possible cause
Also if it works you need to recoat the wall every five years or so.
Definatley worth trying if only to eliminate one possible cause
Builder thinks it is coming through the brickwork, bricks are saturated.
Makes sense a normal days rain has not come in but over the last week or so we have not really had normal rain, its been horizontal torrents.
So hope that over Christmas we only have showers then it looks like silicon brick seal, any recommendations?
Makes sense a normal days rain has not come in but over the last week or so we have not really had normal rain, its been horizontal torrents.
So hope that over Christmas we only have showers then it looks like silicon brick seal, any recommendations?
I'd recommend cementone waterseal from travis perkins builders merchants, they also sell the better known thompsons waterseal, i have used both recently on the same wall on the same day (ran out of cementone and bought thompsons) and i preferred the way cementone went on, both are just like water but the thompsons was milky and for some reason didn't spread or paint on as well as cementone (which is clear as water)
Dead easy to do with a 4" brush, but do wear goggles, rubber gloves and roll your sleeves down too as no matter how careful you will be it will splash, protect your floor too if you don't want a patchy path lol............i made that mistake and ended up painting the path too
Dead easy to do with a 4" brush, but do wear goggles, rubber gloves and roll your sleeves down too as no matter how careful you will be it will splash, protect your floor too if you don't want a patchy path lol............i made that mistake and ended up painting the path too
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