water ingress

Hi, I’m looking your thoughts on a water ingress issue I have. I am in a late 1920s terraced house. Red brick that has been pebble dashed and painted many times by the look of it. Above my hall is a small study and the window of the study is directly in line with the front door. The internal...

Hi, I own a terraced house (ca 1920) in North West London. I recently ran an inspection (the pipe was clogged) of the drain running under the house from the street to the back. It turns out that there is water ingress. Water is actually leaking into the drain pipe from the surrounding ground...

So I live in an end terrace house. We have these damp patches in the back bedroom upstairs mainly on the gable end wall. We had the roof replaced around 2 years ago thinking that was the problem but it hasn't solved it. We are planning to have the gable end painted with a silicone breathable...

Hi all, am hoping for some advice. I have recently moved into a circa 1900 stone built farm cottage. I have a growing wet patch on an upstairs bedroom (gable end) wall and ceiling. I had the pointing done as was told that would solve the issue, but it hasn't made a bit of difference. The rain...

Hello, I wonder if anyone can help advise me about what the likely cause of my problem is and suggest some next steps. During a recent night of strong wind and rain, I noticed a small damp patch in the corner of our bedroom. A small damp area in the about the size of a £2 coin, with a few...

Just noticed I have a leak from my flat roof right in the corner of the room. Need a temp method of repair to stem the ingress of water. Weather is foggy and damp, it's a north facing garden and I hear a asteroid is about to hit my location. Putting aside the asteroid disaster for a minute...

Hi, This is a small flat roof that joins to the house and main pitched roof. Some background info: It has never had any insulation between rafters and doesn't have insulation on top. Timber roof joists/rafters with timber furring. Then plywood and then torch on felt. We discovered the...

Hi, I have an old farm house cottage that's got a few water ingress issues since winter. it first manifested as some blistering on the paint work of the window sill. it's steadily gotten worse and recently I have removed the internal window sill to try and identify the issue. Unfortunately...

Can anyone explain why my windows are leaking on the inside like this? See attached. Will be be down to the pointing? I know there is expanding foam in between the cavity then its plastered over the top. Anything I can do to prevent it happening?

Have lived in our house for around 3 years now, and this has got progressively worse every autumn/winter. Have had a couple people look at it, and they all say something different. Have topped up the sealant to the uPVC windows on the outside. House is semi detached, and around 100 years old. We...

We moved in to a house earlier this year. It was built in the early 1950s and I am told it has a raft foundation. The other day, I opened the access hatch to the crawl space underneath our suspended timber floor for the first time to take a look. Upon opening the hatch, there was a distinct...