Roof Gulley repair

[Julietdelta]

Hi. We have a damp coming from the ceiling of a top floor room. The issue is at a chimney breast and the gulley in the section above is flat so the water collects there. In the area nearby there are also split tiles. On inspection it is not clear where the water enters the roof. But it must be somewhere in this 2 sq m. We have been quoted £1700 plus vat which would include the replacement of the tiles, and the lead in a way to ensure the water flows away. The issue is I cannot afford that at the moment and would like to do a temp repair. Is there a cheaper way of doing this?

 

[ree]

OP,
Why not post more pics showing: 1 - 3 below.
1. How the chimney stack is situated on the roof with regard to valleys & ridges, & any abutments?
2. All sides of the stack.
3. The flaunching & top of the stack.

4. Your pics seem to show a back gutter construction.
5. You have slates but a tile appears in the second pic?

6. To correct what you show would typically cost more than £2000.
7. Remedial repairs have been tried but you could dry off and try again with primer & flash band?
8. How come the scaffold - what work is in progress?

 

[Julietdelta]

OP,
Why not post more pics showing: 1 - 3 below.
1. How the chimney stack is situated on the roof with regard to valleys & ridges, & any abutments?
2. All sides of the stack.
3. The flaunching & top of the stack.

4. Your pics seem to show a back gutter construction.
5. You have slates but a tile appears in the second pic?

6. To correct what you show would typically cost more than £2000.
7. Remedial repairs have been tried but you could dry off and try again with primer & flash band?
8. How come the scaffold - what work is in progress?

Hi. Here are some more pics. The scaffolding is there as a guy put a drone up and said the issue was a broken tile and the charge for scaffolding from him was 900 and I got it for 450 so that’s why it’s there. They are all slates… I think. Strangly the inside is dry as a bone today despite all the rain

 

[Nige F]

5. You have slates but a tile appears in the second pic?

I see no tile, only a dishwashing spunge?

 

[ree]

OP,
1. Thanks for the new pics. Just saying but after having the scaff put in place, & paying out £450 then perhaps its best to get the work done now?
2. Most all the the lead work around the stack will have to be lifted out - except for, maybe, the front apron & its weird sand & cement cover fillet.
3. Some slate courses will also have to be lifted.
4. The bottom of the lead valley will probably need work - & the actual lead gutter should be extended to discharge into the fascia gutter: it shouldn't discharge over the slates.
5. The timber work supporting the lead gutter will need adjusting to falls from the furthest/highest point to the lowest point of discharge.
6. Whats happening on the other side of the stack I cant see so I cant comment on that side.

7. Maybe the stack needs pointing - its hard to tell? It needs cleaning.
8. The slab capping the stack needs drip grooves grinding in its underside projection. Dripping water is staining the stack.
9. The four economy Alu terminals set in a shallow flaunching will degrade within a year or two - are they attached to SS flex liners?

The above is something to think about - DIY Flashband could get you thro the next year or so but the work needs a professional.
.

 

[Julietdelta]

Maybe the stack needs pointing - its hard to tell? It needs cleaning.
8. The slab capping the stack needs drip grooves grinding in its underside projection. Dripping water is staining the stack.
9. The four economy Alu terminals set in a shallow flaunching will degrade within a year or two

Hi. Thanks for the reply but I’m not sure what you mean. Slap capping? Grinding? Flaunching?

 

[Julietdelta]

Hi. Thanks for the reply but I’m not sure what you mean. Slap capping? Grinding? Flaunching?

Ah I’ve googled it. I see. Thanks.