A certain bonnet may have been attacked by a bee. As a result (and not before time) paint brushes were drawn, furniture moved, and the process of smartening up the living room commenced.
It was soon clear that there was some marking that may have indicated the ingress of damp, and this corresponded to a run of wall where we have been seeing the gutters failing to due their duty. Investigation made it clear that there were insufficicient downspouts for the area of roof, so GF went off with a list and returned with lots of different bits of plastic pipe and gutter. Needless to say, it had cost a fortune but GF spent and hour or so with a ladder and some tools and we now have a new piece of gutter with a downpipe.
Hopefully this will rectify the problem, but with the prevailing south-westerly winds driving any rain into that corner of the house, only time will tell.
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It was soon clear that there was some marking that may have indicated the ingress of damp, and this corresponded to a run of wall where we have been seeing the gutters failing to due their duty. Investigation made it clear that there were insufficicient downspouts for the area of roof, so GF went off with a list and returned with lots of different bits of plastic pipe and gutter. Needless to say, it had cost a fortune but GF spent and hour or so with a ladder and some tools and we now have a new piece of gutter with a downpipe.
Hopefully this will rectify the problem, but with the prevailing south-westerly winds driving any rain into that corner of the house, only time will tell.
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