Leaking conservatory gutter joints

dr_bogenbroom

The previous owner of my house stuck in some plastic bag material into the conservative gutters buts it’s just accumulated a ton of debris: guessing because they were leaking.

I did some cleaning and did indeed find they are leaking but they don’t seem standard. Will ploughing a load of sealant be enough do you think? 

They are dirty because of me by the way and I didn’t get a chance to clean up!

Mr.Generous

Clean them out, take the guttering off if you have to. Usually a good clean and pushing the seals back into place will sort it, if the seals are perished replace them. Sealant is usually a temporary bodge and harder to deal with in future. Something like pvcu cleaning cream (or pink stuff) will clean up the frames and gutters like new, solvent cleaner is not as good on older frames.

dr_bogenbroom

Mr.Generous said:

Clean them out, take the guttering off on if you have to. Usually a good clean and pushing the seals back into place will sort it, if the seals are perished replace them. Sealant is usually a temporary bodge and harder to deal with in future. Something like pvcu cleaning cream (or pink stuff) will clean up the frames and gutters like new, solvent cleaner is not as good on older frames.

Thanks - I think you’re right in that they’ll need to come off. It looks like there are secured using some sort of rivets so I’m not sure if there is some sort of special tool I’d need to dismantle them? 

Lorian

They are riveted together. If it's bodged it will fail again next year after the sun has been on it in the summer but at least where I live it's too wet now to be thinking about a proper repair, that's a job for summer.

You are going to need a new corner piece and possibly new gutter and seals that need lubricating with silicon to affect a long term repair. It all needs to be meticulously clean and dry to reassemble.

dr_bogenbroom

Lorian said:

They are riveted together. If it's bodged it will fail again next year after the sun has been on it in the summer but at least where I live it's too wet now to be thinking about a proper repair, that's a job for summer.

You are going to need a new corner piece and possibly new gutter and seals that need lubricating with silicon to affect a long term repair. It all needs to be meticulously clean and dry to reassemble.

Ok no worries - so what you’re saying is bodge it for now and then think about a proper repair next year when it’s drier? I’m in Northern Ireland so it’s generally wet all year round but we might get a few dry weeks next year… 

I’m wanting the roof replaced anyway at some point on the conservatory with something more thermally efficient so will need to consider this.