Why is the brickwork wet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ?

[TheSalad]

Hi Folks, when it rains the brickwork above my garage gets soaking wet, highlighted in red on the photos. Is there anything I can do to improve this?

Many thanks.

Garage 1

• TheSalad
• 9 Nov 2016

Garage 2

• TheSalad
• 9 Nov 2016

 

[Burnerman]

There's little overhang from the parapet so I guess a drenching is likely.....can I spot the odd spalled brick?
John

 

[HERTS P&D]

Check the guttering, is it leaking?

Andy

 

[chris1982]

If there is no leak, but it really is the bricks absorbing rain from above only, you could put on some clear waterseal, e.g ronseal.

 

[TheSalad]

If there is no leak, but it really is the bricks absorbing rain from above only, you could put on some clear waterseal, e.g ronseal.

Thanks. What about the thing on top of the brickwork above the garage (I don't know what to call it), there is nothing to it to allow water to drip away from the wall, it seems to promote water running down the wall.

 

[Burnerman]

Some coping stones (I think one is called Eurodec but I'm not too sure) has a drip groove on each side that prevents water running back down the wall......the top of the copings can be either flat or sloped.
John

 

[freddiemercurystwin]

There's little that can be done, there probably isn't a drip, a drip can be created by running a bead of clear silicone along the outer bottom edge of the stones though which may help a little. But if there is any wind or breeze then any rain will merely blow onto the wall anyway.

 

[^woody^]

It's a parapet. Parapets get wet.