THAT leak

[Pocster]

6 hours ago, Onoff said:

Before you rip up the glazing buy some of this and go around the glass to silicone joint.

 

 

https://www.grime-x.co.uk/product/grime-x-seek-n-seal-windscreen-sealer-sealant-liquid-rubber-silicone-repair/178

 

Or this:

 

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Captain-Tolleys-Creeping-Crack-sealer/dp/B003T6EJ9A

 

If only for the name! 

 

 

 

 

 

The sealant round the glass isn’t the issue . It’s the sealant between frame and asphalt 

[Pocster]

Away at the moment and apparently 2 of my rentals are leaking 😂

[Pocster]

Returned home yesterday. You guys have had Noah’s amount of rain 😂

Main pita leak FIXED !

 

So just those upstands next summer 😆😂

[Big Jimbo]

Yeah man. I told you you had it sorted. Top job.

[Gone West]

5 hours ago, Pocster said:

Main pita leak FIXED !

Well done, and only twenty pages!!

[Pocster]

4 minutes ago, Gone West said:

Well done, and only twenty pages!!

Yes ! I was aiming for 200 pages ! . I will document the trials of those leaking upstands . But for now we can all rest and sleep easy …

[MPH243]

Well done

 

Only the up stands and the new leaks from the water butt, so 200 pages are possible.

[SteamyTea]

Can I comment again now?

[Onoff]

3 hours ago, MPH243 said:

Well done

 

Only the up stands and the new leaks from the water butt, so 200 pages are possible.

 

"@Pocster's Leaking Butt Thread" has a ring to it. 

[Pocster]

Put the block paving back just a few days ago . Lots of rain . Leaks !!!!

[Pocster]

Obviously sand has washed away and I’ve effectively re directed water flow . Might get the sand out at the base of the wall and cement that bit where the sand is 

[Pocster]

[Pocster]

30 minutes ago, Pocster said:

Obviously sand has washed away and I’ve effectively re directed water flow . Might get the sand out at the base of the wall and cement that bit where the sand is 

But look at that corner .

kiln dried sand got no where to go . But in that corner it’s funnelled down . Perhaps the sand has actually helped me by showing the route ??

 

Unclear with no pavers down and torrential rain it didn’t leak ….

Edited October 3, 2025 by Pocster

[Pocster]

I tipped a jug of water in that corner - it flowed out onto the lane - as it should .

Perhaps putting the pavers in I caused a crack underneath ?

Anyway ! New plan . As I completely concreted upto the edge of that coping stone . I’m going to angle grind it in half . Dig it out and a bit into the lane . Concrete that and bitumen .

[Pocster]

Another new leak . Strange one . Coming in over upstand . But the roof ends at the top of the brickwork then the asphalt goes up and over the timbers . So the depth of glass to timber is the combined height of all the timbers . Not 30cm of course - but a fair bit . I quickly took up the decking at that corner expecting to find it blocked or water pooling - but nothing . So it’s not water rising high and coming in . So I’m confused how ??

[Pocster]

So roof is at Green. It then goes up over the upstands definitely coming in at blue . I just don’t see ( apart from rising water ) how it gets from green .Upstands height Is green to blue ! . New one on me to add to the list ! . I know the upstands leak because the front one is really low to the ground - just can’t see how water gets in at the rear and highest point 

Edited October 3, 2025 by Pocster

[Pocster]

I’m going to reseal those 2 front ones next summer - just amazes me that water likes coming in my house so much !

[Big Jimbo]

Bloody hell Buddy. Could it be rolling around the glass ? does the glass have an overhang to the upstand ?

[Pocster]

32 minutes ago, Big Jimbo said:

Bloody hell Buddy. Could it be rolling around the glass ? does the glass have an overhang to the upstand ?

It does - I was looking at that . But f me - it’s hard too see how it gets in from that . More annoyed at the “ big leak “ fix . I’m an atheist but gods a (expletive deleted) 

[Big Jimbo]

I'm a lapsed Catholic. Even at a very young age, i thought a bloke in a frock, had to be dodgy. When i was about Seven, the priest asked my mum if i wanted to be an alter boy. (I was a good looking little blighter) I refused point blank. Once i was about 11, i refused to go to church.

You would be shocked to realise how far water could track back. It's why we have drip strips on window cills because of exactly that.

[Pocster]

7 minutes ago, Big Jimbo said:

I'm a lapsed Catholic. Even at a very young age, i thought a bloke in a frock, had to be dodgy. When i was about Seven, the priest asked my mum if i wanted to be an alter boy. (I was a good looking little blighter) I refused point blank. Once i was about 11, i refused to go to church.

You would be shocked to realise how far water could track back. It's why we have drip strips on window cills because of exactly that.

Brings a tear / tear to my hole 

[Pocster]

It’s the front I don’t get . Blocks not down had weeks of torrential rain . Zero leak . Put blocks back it leaks ! . What’s changed ? I’ve raised the level infront that wall a few mm ….

[Spinny]

Is it the highest or lowest edge of the rooflight that is leaking (or one side) ?

Might it be some form of capillary action ?

[Onoff]

The blocks will absolutely have a damming effect in holding water back and raising the level of the water where it's held. It may also allow water to divert somewhere it didn't go before. Plus making you go "Damn!" when it leaks.

[Pocster]

1 hour ago, Spinny said:

Is it the highest or lowest edge of the rooflight that is leaking (or one side) ?

Might it be some form of capillary action ?

Well the upstands leak everywhere 😂 . But that leak is highest point . Tempted to just (expletive deleted) expanding foam all in there