Advice for repairing a damp wall in an old house

[TooMany2cvs]

V6Pushfit said:

but apparently he can’t access the roof pitches to do anything else at that level

Does nobody hire a cherry-picker round your way?

[anonymous-user]

You had better ask OP that

[klivedrgar]

Thanks everyone for all the input. You have collectively opened our eyes to possible solutions!

The copper is a nice idea so will look into that and see if it helps the moss problem. We will still have the general debris from the birds washing into the gully but as long as it makes it's way to the newly spouted hopper.. we should know when it is close to overflowing. Moving the downpipe and hopper a bit further from the wall is also sensible. We'll do those bits and then watch and see. The wall is exposed internally so we will hopefully see if its been sorted or not.

Re the cherry pickers.. unfortunately its not so easy. The front is too high and you can't get close enough to the building, and the back has no access. It's not impossible to get to but its not something you want to have to do more than once a year. This bit of the building is awkward because its where the original house meets a later addition, and in those days it was probably more socially acceptable to send a small child up to clean it out.

Couple of pics - the red arrow points to where the internal gully emerges:


Internal wall without wood chip and blown plaster (apologies, not sure why they are on their side):



Thanks again everyone.
Klive

[TooMany2cvs]

klivedrgar said:

Couple of pics - the red arrow points to where the internal gully emerges:

Looks like that downpipe's perfectly positioned to overshoot the back of the hopper, too.

[wolfracesonic]

^possibly unless it has another downwards facing bend on it; certainly made a mess inside!

[anonymous-user]

Best join the downpipe lower down. Take the load off too!