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Hi all looking for a bit of advice really.
This is still ongoing with the company who built the conservatory and they are bringing their roofer next week to take a look but wanted some advice really before they come back. Originally there was quite a bad drip into the conservatory the day after it was built they came back and added a bit more flashing which helped until there was driving rain the other night the leak came back so they are now sending their roofer next week.
So my house originally had a small utility room at the rear which extended out from the rear and one of the external walls is now an internal wall to the new conservatory (this was single story).
Pre conservatory:
During build so you can see how they incorporated the wall:
Area once built highlighted leak area (Red main leak, Green Damp Bricks):
So originally, they advised it was the corner of the existing extension that was causing issues and water was getting in through the eaves as the mortar was crack on the verge. They believed the box gutter was sealed ok in this area too. I took a look and fair enough they looked right:
So came back and added some extra flashing to the lower corner here. Originally it seemed to work and any rain there didn't seem to be a leak, and this is how it looked:
All was great for a week or so and then late last week one night it rained heavy and was quite windy and I woke up to dam patches on the wall in the corner and on the floor. You can feel the brick behind the plasterboard in this area is wet too:
Like I say they are bringing their roofer next week to look at sorting it but wanted some advice really ahead of what they say. I took a few pics from above today too, only thing I could thing was the water was running down behind the "new" flashing as you can see where from below and then getting in but can anyone see anything "wrong" or something they should have done which they haven't done which could be causing this.
Sorry for the mass of pictures and the long story but just looking for a 3rd party opinion as this will be the 3rd time they have tried to fix this next week, the first time with an actual roofer but still not the happiest.
Thanks for your advice in advance.
Cheers!
This is still ongoing with the company who built the conservatory and they are bringing their roofer next week to take a look but wanted some advice really before they come back. Originally there was quite a bad drip into the conservatory the day after it was built they came back and added a bit more flashing which helped until there was driving rain the other night the leak came back so they are now sending their roofer next week.
So my house originally had a small utility room at the rear which extended out from the rear and one of the external walls is now an internal wall to the new conservatory (this was single story).
Pre conservatory:
During build so you can see how they incorporated the wall:
Area once built highlighted leak area (Red main leak, Green Damp Bricks):
So originally, they advised it was the corner of the existing extension that was causing issues and water was getting in through the eaves as the mortar was crack on the verge. They believed the box gutter was sealed ok in this area too. I took a look and fair enough they looked right:
So came back and added some extra flashing to the lower corner here. Originally it seemed to work and any rain there didn't seem to be a leak, and this is how it looked:
All was great for a week or so and then late last week one night it rained heavy and was quite windy and I woke up to dam patches on the wall in the corner and on the floor. You can feel the brick behind the plasterboard in this area is wet too:
Like I say they are bringing their roofer next week to look at sorting it but wanted some advice really ahead of what they say. I took a few pics from above today too, only thing I could thing was the water was running down behind the "new" flashing as you can see where from below and then getting in but can anyone see anything "wrong" or something they should have done which they haven't done which could be causing this.
Sorry for the mass of pictures and the long story but just looking for a 3rd party opinion as this will be the 3rd time they have tried to fix this next week, the first time with an actual roofer but still not the happiest.
Thanks for your advice in advance.
Cheers!