Keithj
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I'm getting more than a bit fed up with the puddles.
When the south wind doth blow (or even the west blighter), and there is heavy rain, we get puddles indoors. I was out there last summer with my pot of lime putty, and forced it into all the gaps where the green oak used in the 2010 repairs had shrunk. It's well carbonated and (quite well) limewashed. I can't see daylight through the gaps (cos there aren't any). But still the rain cometh through. I've looked for gaps or leaky spots and can't see any.
It got so bad that I've fixed a tarpaulin over the worst area (the south gable end downstairs above window level) and that cured it. It's as if the rain is pushing through the lime render and into the cavity (which is or was filled with wool) and then pooling on the horizontal oak plates and running under the inside render and down the wall. So, my question which I've Googled and come away unrequited...
Can rain pass through lime render in large quantities when power-assisted by wind? I'm not talking "damp patches" which dry out again, I'm talking multiple litres of water per hour through a wall twelve feet by six feet, made of oak frame with lime-rendered laths.
Any clues on what to tackle?
When the south wind doth blow (or even the west blighter), and there is heavy rain, we get puddles indoors. I was out there last summer with my pot of lime putty, and forced it into all the gaps where the green oak used in the 2010 repairs had shrunk. It's well carbonated and (quite well) limewashed. I can't see daylight through the gaps (cos there aren't any). But still the rain cometh through. I've looked for gaps or leaky spots and can't see any.
It got so bad that I've fixed a tarpaulin over the worst area (the south gable end downstairs above window level) and that cured it. It's as if the rain is pushing through the lime render and into the cavity (which is or was filled with wool) and then pooling on the horizontal oak plates and running under the inside render and down the wall. So, my question which I've Googled and come away unrequited...
Can rain pass through lime render in large quantities when power-assisted by wind? I'm not talking "damp patches" which dry out again, I'm talking multiple litres of water per hour through a wall twelve feet by six feet, made of oak frame with lime-rendered laths.
Any clues on what to tackle?