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Hi folks, I understand if this might be beyond me and require a roofer, but taking a punt because you have been so helpful in the past. My back 'verandah' butts up against the house and sits directly under the gutter. The house has shifted a bit, and now the water sits up against the house instead of running the OTHER way to the gutter. So the water goes in the direction of the red arrow and pools up there, and then gets in/above/around whatever sort of join is there and then leaks down into the back patio through the wood which is now starting to rot a little.
There's not really room to lift anything up to change the pitch of those sheets easily without almost completely re-doing it so wondering if there's a short term fix to just... ah... waterproof it in that area so it holds water but doesn't leak through? It looks like there's just foam insert there which obviously wouldn't be waterproof... I know it wouldn't be a proper fix and having water sit there might not be ideal, but could i maybe paint the area with something like Crommelin waterproofer and hope for the best?
Or do i just admit defeat and get a roofer in...? I have tried to get a few people around to quote but the first quote was $10,000 and the second company never even came back to me... i suspect the best approach is to tear it all down and start again, but wouldn't mind a short term fix if anyone has any suggestions.
Sidenote: Access into/under there isn't great either and those sheets won't support my weight so even getting to it is a bit tricky.
Hi @AlanM52, thanks for this. I have requested a builder to come look at the possibility of lowering... a few things not quite so straight forward. The way the whole thing has been built is a bit, i think, unusual. For example, there is NO support on the main problem corner... it is bolted direct to the... thing? Eave? Fascia? Whatever that bit is called. So potentially this can be removed and re-secured but not a lot of wiggle room to move it easily and I assume then the entire length of the join where it butts up against the house may also need to be looked at.
(I'm not sure what kind of problems people post on here but I feel bad posting something that has turned into a big job... i was thinking there might be a quick/temp fix to get me through one or two more winters before I put money into doing a major fix. So apologies if this is not the kind of problem to post here. Have posted pics anyway)
