THAT leak

[Pocster]

1 hour ago, Pocster said:

??? Idiot diagram please 

Do you mean like a barrier on the asphalt ? 

[Pocster]

Was touch clammy on the leak spots this morning . So decided to tip carefully 2 watering cans of water over just the roof seams . Hour later no evidence of a drip .

Hosed just the bottom 25cm of the render - so testing that stone joint and the roof seams again . Hour later no evidence of additional water ingress ….

Going to try hosing the entire corner but not over the coping stone . Potentially as the coping stone is twice weathered water could run off in both directions . 

[Pocster]

Zero water ingress as far as I can tell .

So … need to look at that coping stone - the other side !

[Pocster]

Hmmmmm

Some gaps . So I guess in theory when I hose the wall and coping stone it could run down this side - track under pass the drip channel . There are gaps - so will mix some cement and fill them 

[Pocster]

Really want a better way to finish that edge - some form of flashing ???

[Onoff]

3 hours ago, Pocster said:

Really want a better way to finish that edge - some form of flashing ???

 

 

& it'll all disappear into the shadows. 

[Pocster]

Bone dry today as expected inside .

Just hosed the entire corner making sure it spills over the coping stone .

Will wait 10 mins . Check inside . If dry will repeat .

Edited 22 hours ago by Pocster

[Pocster]

Was dry so repeated the soaking . Problem is just sweat on my fingers makes it tricky !

Will check inside in 10 mins 

[Big Jimbo]

Stick your hand in a bag of flour. Shake off, then stick your finger in the hole. The flour will pick up any moisture and show easily.

[Pocster]

26 minutes ago, Big Jimbo said:

Stick your hand in a bag of flour. Shake off, then stick your finger in the hole. The flour will pick up any moisture and show easily.

So many jokes there ….

[marshian]

23 minutes ago, Pocster said:

So many jokes there ….

Just the one I remember - I'm sure it involved talc rather than flour

[Big Jimbo]

Yeah, but it does work.....As does the talc.

[SteamyTea]

14 hours ago, Big Jimbo said:

Yeah, but it does work.....As does the talc.

Does it work with Vim, or cocaine?

[Big Jimbo]

@SteamyTea I think that Vim might be a bit gritty, and if you have a bag of cocaine big enough to stick your hand in, it's doubtful that you care about trying to find a small leak.

Although depending on your supply, the cocaine could well have quite a high content of Vim in it anyway.

[Pocster]

Hosed the corner this morning. Made the tinniest damp area appear . So small it didn’t even form a droplet of water . So a bit more investigation required .