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No . Upstand doesn’t leak . upstand is timber . Roof above is not leaking - tested this . Hard too see in the photo but the slab has a slight crack it after pouring . So water is tracking in via that route . When very rarely have masses of rain even seen it push across the ceiling to the other glazing skylight and come through in the same place I.e on slab under upstand water is tracking in from that lane 100% certain - because a few years ago I put a hose on that wall and it rained inside . Filled it in now - just wait for rain !!

I know ! Almost impossible to give advice on . So went a bit deeper . Hitting hardcore now - presumably the lane . Going to mix cement and fill it in

I know no one knows ; including me ! So here’s the leak on the inside . Coming in on the red line . So over the slab , not the upstand . Assuming wall in lane is sat on the slab . Green line shows depth of slab - 14cm . I guess I’m not going to find how it’s getting in but I am tempted to fill the trench with concrete with the plan being the rain then runs away from the build rather than straight through the ground and in .

So after 2 yrs I decided to dig up the lane . The leak if you remember is running over the slab and in . Expecting to find great holes I found nothing . The only thing of note is the ground is really crap ( almost soil ) in this trench and I’m hoping that’s simply the issue . I can’t go much deeper as I can’t go too wide as the lane is needed for access . Just dig a bit more and pour concrete in ??

@Adam2 no idea about your mega wine chiller construction. But , I feel that someone like myself would be an expert wine taster for you . I don’t charge , so it’s a free service .

Yeah , if I and SWMBO had joint accounts one of us would be dead by now .

I agree with you . SWMBO knows nowt . Just do what I do . Buy it and tell SWMBO it cost 500 quid 👍

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Cleaned out the trench . 2 full buckets of mud / soil - magic where it comes from . If I put the hose on the trench takes a good 15 minutes to fill - so can hold a fair bit of water . No issue - but worries me . Fill with chippings ? Just so not as much water will accumulate there ??

Lol i never clean any car …

Or wan*er neighbors tip mud in there just to annoy me . Yeah ! I bet that’s it . Bastards !!!

I have decking on the otherside so I assume when it rains or I jet wash all the rubbish gets washed into that trench.

2nd thing is a concern . As my roof runs out to the front of the building with a fall . I noticed the ‘trench ‘ filled with mud . I cleaned it all out . Afterwards thinking that was probably a bad idea ? - now the trench is deeper and holds more water . No leak . But , should I perhaps fill trench with chippings to not allow so much water to sit but equally allow it to flow over and out down my block paving …???

This is the lip

1 issue 1 concern I reported sometime ago this upstand leaks in really heavy rain . Yes ! It’s way to shallow ! Easy to test and prove just by sticking a hose jetting on that edge . There is a bit of a lip I.e where frame over hangs upstand . Cant possibly ‘see’ it so was thinking maybe expanding foam up under this lip and cut it back ?

I got a new lease car . At under 250 miles of use I got an “SOS” warning telling me to take it to an authorised dealer immediately! Naturally ! This somewhat worrying ! An AA guy ( vehicle not alcohol) came out with a plug in diagnosing box . It appears some issue with the car’s microphone…. It’s an intermittent fault of course! . As an ex software engineer I think most things like this are crap code rather than real physical issues .

Nooooooo ! it’s awesome !

Leak might be drying out I.e fixed

My stack is the bollocks !

He’s now pissy with me as I haven’t paid him . 3rd time he’s been to this property . I’ll get good photos Wednesday….

Roofer now says not condensation but he flaunched neighbors …

There is a tank in the loft - but it’s miles away from stack . Will take a look Wednesday in loft . Roofer sent me photos - he stripped roof around stack and it’s bone dry .

Here’s the room below the stack

Not in use a pot thing I think there’s no air vent in the stack anywhere ( or if there was it’s plastered over ) Been like this for years and only started showing signs of a ‘leak’ end of last summer .