What is this problem???

[classybird]

Ok so I have a problem when it rains with water coming in through a crack that has appeared through my upstairs bathroom wall (in Salford) above the window. It's actually quite bad, to the point where it has dis-coloured the white paintwork in the bedroom next to it (think of this like an L shape), obvious wetness when I have had to drill in to the wall to hang stuff etc, and now I am getting a leak in my kitchen ceiling close to the wall from the problem. A couple of friends who know about this kind of stuff looked at it. One said it was the gutter that has been put up wrong (we had some neighbourhood renewal work done about 6 - 7 years ago which included gutters). Another friend thought it was the roof although couldn't find any obvious places where water was coming in. I'm starting to feel a bit desperate now. I know it's impossible to say without seeing it but what is a likely cause for this problem? Is it a building or a roofing problem? I don't know where to go and am worried about being ripped off, especially as I am on maternity leave and managing on maternity pay at the minute which isn't a lot. I have also posted in the roofing bit as not sure which is best.

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[Johnmelad]

We like pictures...

 

[classybird]

Will get some pics up in the next hour.

 

[classybird]

OK tried to add an image but not really sure how to do it. It's in an album titled Crack if you are able to see it. View media item 67989

 

[classybird]

Ok so the photo is above, showing the inside crack, you can see a crack on the front of the wall and also one under this running parallel with the top of the window. Water comes through all of this. You can also see paint bubbles in the photo. Both walls of the 'L' shape of the back of the house are affected, both upstairs and downstairs.

 

[joe-90]

Well my first thoughts are that the guttering is getting overloaded in heavy rain and cascading out of the back instead of going down the drainpipe. This will do a lot of damage and may be a simple fix like unclogging the guttering.

 

[catlad]

You will need a picture of the outside.

 

[joe-90]

It's in the album but doesn't help much.

 

[catlad]

Its almost certain to roof related there will be a lead valley and flashings.

 

[theprinceofdarkness]

My son had a problem like this that was due to a valley that was not built properly and the water was running down a roof joist and saturating the inner skin of the wall before dripping out down the side of a window reveal.
Go across the road with a pair of binoculars and and inspect the roof especially all round the edges of the slates/tiles and gutters etc.
Frank

 

[Alastairreid]

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[classybird]

Apologies for posting in roofing and building but wasn't sure which one.

Ok so I had a few people round to look at this. All have said about the roof being in a bad state and listed jobs which needed doing, which came as no surprise really. However only one said he also thought the gutter was causing the problem of water coming in through the walls - basically there's a build-up of water gathering in the corner which is seeping into the brickwork when it rains. None of the other roofers picked up this particular problem and said they did not know exactly where the leak is coming from. So I am now in the process of getting the work done by the roofer who picked up the gutter problem (going with him as my friend had also said the gutter was the problem).

One thing that is pickling my head right now is that, on top of all the other various leaks in the bathroom and kitchen because of this gutter problem, there is now a leak in the kitchen every time the shower is used in a near by place to the leek when it rains. Not the bath, (although the shower is in the bath but the water comes from a different source), just when the shower is used. How can this be?? I understand about the gutter causing the problem, but now the shower???? Can this is anyway be related, or does it sound like I have two different problems that have come at the same time?