Fixing the roof leak

Before we could finish boarding the bedroom we needed to fix the roof leak as the water was getting in via the ridge beam and dripping into the bedroom.

The roof was missing the ridge end caps so we needed to fit these to help keep the rain off the ridge beam. the ridge tile had to be cut down with an angle grinder as it was protuding over where the end cap fits:

New end cap fitted to protect ridge beam:

Unfortunately the water was still getting in after fitting the cap and sealing round it with mastic so more work was needed. A good friend lent us some scaffolding so we could take a closer look.

The render was broken around the ridge beam so we re-rendered the gable wall to keep the weather out:

Whilst the scaffolding was up we took the opportunity to paint the wall:

2 coats later....

If you check the photo above you can see we also covered all the main beams with lead sheeting, this further protects them from the rain. So far no more leaks so fingers crossed!