"keith" wrote in message
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Please can someone help me with a suggestion on what to do about below?
(photos at )

We moved into a 10yr old house in Devon 3 years ago. When we've had both
strong rain AND strong wind we get leaks from the conservatory, seems to
be out of the brickwork over the house doors.
Strong rain alone is fine.
We've had the lead flashing where the house joins the conservatory roof
replaced, and it won't leak no matter how much I play a hose on it.

But if we get strong wind too (we look out over a valley) it leaks as per
the photos .

Someone suggested it's down to rain getting into the bricks and saturating
them so much the water just passes down through the bricks. I think image
534 and the shininess/dampness of the whole house face after last night
supports this?
Suggestion was to put some transparent waterproof coating on all the
bricks, or insert a drip tray in the brickwork above the conservatory.

I suppose the other options are to let the hedge grow so high as to
disrupt the wind, or get a turbine!
Thanks


I note your lead flashing extends right down onto the glass of your
conservatory. That may or may not be normal practice, I don't know, but I
would keep an eye out for how other conservatories have their lead flashing
done and compare and contrast.
My guess is that the flashing has been badly designed, and that water
streaming down your conservatory windows is channelling back up your
flashingunder conditions of driving wind. This may be because the flashing
extends down to the glass, and the wind and capillary action may drive the
water up under the flashing.

Like I said, have a look at other conservatory flashing techniques and see
if yours is some how different. If it is what I suggested the fix would
either be to cut back the flashing from contact with the glass, or seal the
contact surface between the two.

Andy.