How worrying is this?

Tanny08

Have a new build, two years old and noticed wet/damp bricks….how bad is this and what would the likely cause be? Pics included. Thankyou!

Apodemus

Could be that the down pipe is blocked at that bend and leaking from the joint.  I wouldn't worry to much about existing damage, but would want to get it sorted fairly soon.

GDB2222

The bricks under the window at the front also look wet. Is this just from water running off the window sill?

Tanny08

GDB2222 said:

The bricks under the window at the front also look wet. Is this just from water running off the window sill?

Thanks, I had the surveyors look at a pic of this and they said it should be an easy fix, installing a dripsill. I hadn’t noticed the side damp though at that point

Tanny08

Apodemus said:

Could be that the down pipe is blocked at that bend and leaking from the joint.  I wouldn't worry to much about existing damage, but would want to get it sorted fairly soon.

Thanks, do you know who I’d need to clesr the pipes?  Could a guttering company do it?

ThisIsWeird

You'll almost certainly have a few 'property maintenance', 'handypeep', or 'oddjob' person in your locality who do this regularly. Possibly even window cleaners.
Join a local Fb page, and ask on there.
Possibly worth seeing if it's actually overflowing first - Ie, wait for rain - but most likely it is. 

stuart45

The best time to check for the cause of issues like this is when its hammering down. Go outside and have a look if there is excessive water hitting certain parts of the wall. Sometimes a downpipe will also shade part of the wall from the drying by the sun.

Tanny08

ThisIsWeird said:

You'll almost certainly have a few 'property maintenance', 'handypeep', or 'oddjob' person in your locality who do this regularly. Possibly even window cleaners.
Join a local Fb page, and ask on there.
Possibly worth seeing if it's actually overflowing first - Ie, wait for rain - but most likely it is. 

Thankyou 🙏🏻

Tanny08

stuart45 said:

The best time to check for the cause of issues like this is when its hammering down. Go outside and have a look if there is excessive water hitting certain parts of the wall. Sometimes a downpipe will also shade part of the wall from the drying by the sun.

Thankyou, I’ll have a look next time it rains. Somehow I had never noticed the wet bricks at the side of the house, until I was walking the dog through an attenuation pond area we never usually go in. So no idea how long it’s been like that for. Was just panic inducing seeing as none of the other houses seem to have it 

Eldi_Dos

Can you post a photo of drainpipe where it enters ground?

stuart45

Post a closer up one of the top of the pipe, as it looks like the pipe has come out of the outlet in my photo.