Captain Sensible
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Hi, I am at a bit of a loss regarding our chimney. The breast leads directly into the house, its not a breast that sticks out into the room, the chimney protrudes out of the house so the walls in the house are flush. We have had some damp coming into the bedroom wall where the chimney is. We have a gas fire in the living room below the bedroom, could this be the problem? I cant see where the gas fire is vented? unless its vented from the chimney flue, can that cause damp? We rarely use the Gas fire. It is a problem that we have had previously about 5 years ago the flashing was replaced, the 2 years ago we had a roofer take off all the tiles and check for leaks and still nothing. The next step is to get the chimney repointed (we had pointing done below the tray when the flashing was re done), or completely rebuilt? Obviously that would be extremely expensive. As far as I can see from an attic space we have at the back of the house, is that the wall where the chimney breast is, is damp. There's no water dripping down walls or anything but in the bedroom we are getting staining on the paintwork and that part of the wall is decidedly colder and damper to touch. I scartched some of the paint off and the plaster is dark and damp. The side of the chimney where the problem is, gets battered by rain, could the bricks just be pourous, and soaking down into the bedroom? It gets worse this time of year so its definitely rain related.
Good folk of NSC, is there anything I should try, waterproofing spray for the exterior of the chimney? new lead again? repointing? Or tear the F'inf thing down?![ffsparr :ffsparr: :ffsparr:](/images/smilies/smiley.gif)
Good folk of NSC, is there anything I should try, waterproofing spray for the exterior of the chimney? new lead again? repointing? Or tear the F'inf thing down?
![ffsparr :ffsparr: :ffsparr:](/images/smilies/smiley.gif)