"Christian McArdle" wrote in message
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The original cavity for filling the flashing seal was wide but not deep,
so
I made it deeper with angle grinder and filled with mortar. The slot was
too
wide anyway for sightly or economical use of silicone. So now I'm after
some silicone based product that can be absorbed by the mortar. I was
under
the impression there was one?

I can't see a surface coating being a long term solution.

Did the mortar not have enough cement in it? It should be pretty
waterproof
itself.


Standard ready mixed sand/cement (no ratios on bag 4:1?) Plus addition of
PVA, I slipped and put it bit much in I guess 100ml to 10mugs of dry mix.
Perhaps its not fully set yet.

--
Mike W

Standard ready mixed sand/cement (no ratios on bag 4:1?) Plus addition of
PVA, I slipped and put it bit much in I guess 100ml to 10mugs of dry mix.
Perhaps its not fully set yet.

Hmmm. I'm no expert, but I suspect you may have to redo it, with a bit more
lead in the wall. Also, how far do you go up before going into the wall?

For my conservatory flashing, IIRC, I went up just under 3 brick courses. I
then buried about 30mm (or however far a 110mm grinder will go) into the
existing mortar in an angle grinder slot and used silicone. No leaks that
I've detected. I made sure the slot was slightly upwards into the wall, so
any water drained outwards, not that it would have the chance with the
silicone, though.

Christian.