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Control4 is mega money and I can’t see the real benefit for the cost . Depending on what you want to automate I can recommend home assistant.

(expletive deleted) me - talk about going off topic ! Anyway - to solve all problems - everyone is a homogeneous blob aka an ‘it’ . There are ; 75 ( and counting ) genders summoned up . So many definitions means there are no definitions….

So chicken tikka masala ( yes I know not a real Indian dish ; been to goa … ) . Home made Nan bread and home made onion bajis . Now (expletive deleted) off 🤣👍😊 You can decide if that’s my finger or not

The Waitrose ones I drank yesterday! 👍

Fixing my issues 😊 Cooking and wine !

Neighbors will love me for it also

Need to dig this out ( it’s only crap ground in the lane ) . Maybe 2m long and not very wide and I assume won’t need to go very deep as concrete slab should be more or less at the same level as the lane . Probably less work than I think ! 🤣

Not really . The lanes quite long and it’s the base that’s the issue . I’ve been avoiding doing this for 3 yrs so perhaps next spring I really need to dig a small trench and see !

Yes ! On that window ( not the other ) there is a tiny gap under the edge of the upstand . Rarely leaks from there to be honest . The upstand is VERY shallow at that point . I’m not too worried about that minor leak tbh . In better weather as I can’t get under the window frame lip ( it’s about 10mm above the flat roof ) - was planning on foam gunning it . Really want to deal with water over slab first though . Could in better weather . Take the glass out . Then seal around the entire part of the inner upstand with liquid rubber maybe ?

I certainly like the sound of that ! . So I could drill along the lane close to the wall and pump it in ? . Will check out bentonite ; and see what else there is . Failing that - still dig out the by that wall and liquid rubber over the concrete slab edge .

Yes . Zero leaks if I do that . Look at photos you can see water line is on concrete slab - none coming through above I.e upstand etc .

I know I need to dig up along that lane . But on a blustery wet Sunday decided to look at the drips and procrastinate .

So just to clarify . Wall sits on edge of slab . I’m certain ‘here’ is the point the waters getting in and then running across the slab until of course it finds an exit - the Lightwell .

Thats a big “ not possible “ . There was zero dpc in the design . So that wall sits on the edge of the concrete slab . As water runs down it and goes below the ground ; I believe it’s finding gaps ( between slab and wall ) and simply running there . So I do need to dig up that edge in the lane ; presumably just go along and smear cement on the edge I.e down from wall base to over the edge of concrete slab .

But that won’t help . Glazing doesn’t leak .

Yeah I’m thinking that kind of thing . But it’s how I ‘fix’ it to the membrane for a waterproof connection. Think I need to make something under the larger glazing ( easier access ) and simply use the professional approach of trial and error !

Think they’ve got bigger problems than me !

So here’s the wall which I’m 100% certain is the issue . Leak is somewhere below the base of it I.e concrete slab below there . But even when I dig that up - fill what I can - it’s no guarantee of a fix . 1st glazing unit is approx 1m to the left inside wall .

Yeah I have in strategic spots where maybe a water track line crosses a pipe - put a zip tie on it to help limit it . Seems to work sometimes. It’s the Lightwells I’m unsure what to do with . Need to have water drip into some kind of channel around them that direct the water into a membrane . Not an easy thing …

No sadness !!!!

Nor you @joe90 😂

@Thorfun - this is in the utility room so not the main underground living area . So no need to be to sad 😊🤣

The 2nd photo is a sky light just outside the electrics cabinet . New line of water tracking in its direction !!! . So I wedged some membrane up with a fall to at least direct any drops outside the electrics room ….

Ok - stop laughing that’s the 1st thing . The ongoing saga continues- due to the storm etc has got a bit worse understandably. So the glazing does not leak . I believe water is getting in outside the plot running down the wall and getting in over the concrete slab . If you look closely at the glazing you can see water comes in only above the concrete I.e dry as a bone above this . I need to ( one day ! ) dig up the lane side outside that wall and try and fine any gaps -fill with cement . But of course - that’s not a guaranteed fix . So in reality I think I need a 2nd ceiling ( above tiles - below cables ) with the sole purpose of directing water towards the edge ( dimpled membrane on wall leading to perimeter drain ) Take any suggestions how to do this ! . My 1st issue is how to make a ‘tray’ that sits around the base of the Lightwells and directs water into a ‘ceiling ‘ membrane . Obviously once I think I have a solution I’ll empty the room , take down the tiled ceiling . So I’m thinking of a simple ‘wedge’ structure . The membrane sits in this ; and as it has a fall directs water to the outer wall . Its what I do around the sky lights that’s got me a bit stuck . Photos for amusement of current sky light leaks

Just about got around the issue by having HA detect doorbell push and inspire Alexa to do a door ring tone