what kind of person do i call
This is the front room, garden level, of a brownstone, facing the street. I’ve had 2 mason-type people come to look. It must be unclear what the problem is and is maybe too small a job. The theory is that there is a leak, but no one knows from where….but it has to be from…
This is the front room, garden level, of a brownstone, facing the street. I’ve had 2 mason-type people come to look. It must be unclear what the problem is and is maybe too small a job. The theory is that there is a leak, but no one knows from where….but it has to be from front of building. Does anyone have any experience with this, or know someone with lots of brownstone experience willing to do a smaller job? Thanks!
My house has a flat roof pitched both front and back. There is a gutter behind the cornice on the front of the roof. The gutter goes into the attic abd runs down the length of the house and empties out to the back.
FLH’s point about the party walls is a good one. Another possibility, if this particular wall is shared with a neighboring building (rather than being facade only, or under stoop, etc.), is the chance you’re being affected by your neighbor’s plumbing, flooding, etc. (For example, we are affected by a neighbor who lets their garden hose drip in a party wall dry well.) As to SS’s note re: gutters down front facades, it’s true that most these houses have or had high cornices, but you will notice that a fair number of houses have grandfathered pre-landmark gutters and leaders attached to front facades.
might be water coming in between the party walls. If there’s no plumbing in this part of the wall, your answer’s likely up on the roof.
Gutters on the front of an attached rowhouse??
I thought that most of these type houses had a high cornice in the front and a flat roof pitched toward the back (where the gutter is) – mine is constructed that way!
Susan is correct: it’s worth a check.
You might also have a masonry problem that doesn’t correlate exactly to the interior location of plaster problems. Try looking for missing mortar, cracked stone/bricks everywhere on the wall.
Check the gutter in the front of the roof. I’ve had major leaks on all floors down through the garden level because of clogged gutters.