Stopping water tracking off roof down cables

Rich99

Hi,

Wondered if anyone had any suggestions - we've got an old house without cavities, and are getting damp on one wall. It looks to me like the outside wall is very wet because water is tracking along the internet cable, which comes from the back of the house, over the roof & down the front of the house. I can't (easily) re-route the cable.

Any suggestions for stopping the water tracking all the way down the cable, so instead it comes off the cable & goes into the gutter? There must be some sort of simple solution, but I can't think of it!!

Thanks!

Mr_Ted

:)You need to create a drip loop, either a loop in the gutter so water drip/runs into the gutter or a loop from the barge boards to under the soffits so the water run/drips away from the wall;)

The same sort of loop should also be used below where cables run through walls;)

Jonesya

If you can't create a loop you could try fitting a collar around the cable - use something like a cable grommet.

Rockingit

Jonesya wrote: »

If you can't create a loop you could try fitting a collar around the cable - use something like a cable grommet.

or a cable tie works very well and you can get it on without having to pull the existing cable around.

But a drip loop (making a vertical drop in the cable before it goes up again) is the traditional answer.

googler

If the water is running down the portion of the cable on the pitch of the roof, then something wrapped around it at the point where it crosses the gutter will staunch the flow there.

Rubber grommet, with a cable tie around it, maybe.

Then a drip loop where it enters the wall...

Myser

As mentioned above, create a drip loop in the cable like shown in the diagram below:

Rich99

Thanks for all the suggestions - if I made a drip loop, the loop would need to be in the gutter& there wouldn't be anything to hold it there. If I put the loop hanging out over the edge of the gutter, the water would drip down & hit some stonework that sticks out further down.

I'll see if I can find some sort of grommet thing to wrap round the cable where it passes over the gutter. Any suggestions?