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Bricklaying & Repointing

Leak in cavity wall

Anonymous user 09/03/2024 - 3.32 PM

When there's a heavy rainfall, the water somehow gets into the cavity wall at the side of the house, it travels down and comes in down through my office window pretty bad. I have had the wall and the roof looked at by a builder and a roofer respectively and they cannot see anywhere obvious where the water can be coming from. Could anyone point me in the right direction as to what I can do because I’m really at a loss.

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7 Answers

Steve Woods

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Leeds
My advice on this would be to eliminate between roof and walls as to where the water is coming from. simply get a hosepipe and soak the wall above the window by replicating driving rain on your brickwork. if this has the effect of producing water as you have said coming thru the window then you can discount the roof and prove its coming thru the brickwork. So if this is the case repointing is needed undertaken by a builder who should cut the mortar out to at least 13mm b4 repointing. When brickies built houses a lot did not fully butter their cross joints this is usually the point of ingress of driving rain. I have actually taken down internal walls to prove this point ,you could actually see daylight thru the outside skin of the brickwork, it only takes an hairline crack in mortar joints to cause capillary action of water being sucked in thru bad brickwork. hope you get sorted!
Answered5 October 2025
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Anonymous user

It’s likely their is a fault in your roof somewhere , water can get in anywhere and travel down and up with capillary action. along the wall I would imagine it’s something to do with the flashings or could be higher up along the ridge a professional should be able to help you. We hope this helps
Answered6 December 2022
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North London Masons

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Epping
could potentially be a build up of mortar in the cavity tray that is installed above the window opening over the lintel, or could be the dpc that goes over the parapet walls is not correct and water is trickling down , take videos when it happens next and really is something that can only be looked at to identify what it is .
Answered6 December 2022
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Beta Brickwork

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Bootle
Brickwork at side of house may want repointing and sounds like you need a new cavity tray install above office window
Answered6 December 2022
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RGM Contracts

Rating: 5 out of 5
Belfast
You could have a blocked cavitiy wall but you would have to open up the cavitity wall to see also you could have a horizontal or vertical dpc issue above or around the window and no weep vents this would cause the water getting in around the window
Answered6 December 2022
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APM Brickwork

Rating: 4.9 out of 5
Swindon
Needs repointing and weather sealing
Answered6 December 2022
0

SJH Construction

Rating: 5 out of 5
Barnsley
Wall ties not properly cleaned And maybe repointing needed
Answered6 December 2022
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