chimney

Hi, I’m not sure if i’ve put this in the correct thread, sorry if not. I am in the process of buying a house and the rear chimney has been completely removed sometime in the past however, the front chimney remains and it has been left like this in the loft (image attached). Does anyone know...

I have recently had a room decorated in my old Victorian terrace house, where there is a chimney breast. The wall covering the chimney breast was previously covered with old lining paper so I was not aware of any damp issues. A few weeks after decorating during some cold and rainy weather, some...

Morning all We have had a damp patch at the top of our chimney breast for quite some time but it has started getting worse. The house is Victorian and two out of the three pots are capped. Since we bought the house we have had a wood burner installed and the chimney lined etc including a...

I have just had the lath and plaster cellar ceiling removed. However, the contractor did not take down the small section beside the chimney breast. There's a metal protrusion and what appears to be solid concrete rather than lath and plaster around it. Does anybody know what sort of Victorian...

Hello! We have water coming into the loft around the chimney area. We have had the lead flashings replaced to fix it- the roofer has come back 5 times to try and remediate as it's still leaking, he's since replaced the breathable membrane and added more lead. Could anyone help suggest where it...

Morning all, I’m here for some advice really. I live in a 1903 mid terraced house. I only moved in a year ago and it has quickly drained me of all my savings. 9 months ago I noticed a damp patch on the ceiling. I got a roofer out who told me there was no ‘crown’ on the stack. Charged me...

Hi, Hoping you can help guide me with some of your thoughts with a damp problem I’m having in two upstairs bedrooms off the chimney. This seems to have been more of a problem in one room than the other for some time although in our other room the paint was cracking around this area which makes...

Morning all, Next problem to tackle. Old chimney was rendered years ago ( not sure when) and I had it stormdried 2 months ago but water is still tracking through the brick work and then running down the face inside the loft. 100% sure it is not a problem with the roof all soakers in place...

We have decorative brickwork on a gable end period cottage. In 2020 a total renovation was carried out. As part of this a new chimney stack was built, the original roof tiles were taken off, and a new roof membrane laid with the original tiles put back on, lead around stack. The brickwork on...

Hi. My half of a shared chimney was recently worked on to repair a leak. Leadwork was replaced and the chimney was repointed. As I know next to nothing regarding these matters I thought I would offer some photos of the result for peer review. Is there anything that looks like a major issue...

Hi, As somebody who’s completely uneducated in this particular problem I’d appreciate some support. Cheers in advance. Having a damp problem in two upstairs rooms either side of our chimney. (Pictures) Nothing downstairs. Has seemed to seasonally come and go as rain is more consistent but...

After every rain I can see damp patches on the chimney breast in the bedrooms of my first and second floor. had several roofers come round to quote but none followed up and one point blank told me that he "didn't fancy it" because of the height. In the end I had someone come in and but "a...

I've had a complete reroof done (new membrane, same tiles, new guttering, a few rafters reinforced and a new render around chimneys). I did that as a preventative measure as the roof membrane was very old, but had no leaks. 3 months after the roof was done a serious leak developed on the top of...

Hello all, I would love a couple of pointers please ‍(y) I live in a 1980’s built house with an external chuted brick/block built fireplace. It has already had one modification done to it prior to me moving in, the original was a floor to lintel opening - using a redbank lintel (I excavated...

Hi all, iv been in the process of opening up a middle floor fire place on a late victorian house and eventually installing a wood burner. when getting level to the constructional hearth it is non existent. It appears that in the past the hearth has been removed to install an old kitchen...

Hi all, In recent months, I noticed a leak coming through the middle of our house whenever the rain was heavy and constant. Our house is an old Victorian House with a slate roof, which is pitched, with a chimney in the 'gulley' in-between where the two roofs meet. One roofer said it was likely...

Hi, I have two issues with an external wall. One issues is that the pointing in the brickwork below the damp proof course seems to be in a bad state of repair. The other is that there is a damp patch on the wall behind the chimney breasts, and it seems to have an odd "rainbow" shape to it. The...

Hi all, Im turning my back bedroom into a bathroom and been scratching my head around how to get an extractor vent in as the external wall is over a lean-to roof and pebble dashed. The room used to have a chimney breast in it which has been removed by the previous owners, the chimney stack in...

Hello! I've been trying to research the best way to open up the fireplace to fit a wood burning stove, although I found similar threads on here I've not found any with the same type of concrete slab gatherer as mine. It looks like a solid concrete throated lintel gatherer type Not only...

So we recently bought a house that had a chimney breast removed and supported at loft level on brackets. I noticed when heavy rain there was water coming through the chimney stack and hitting the ceiling causing a stain below. there was already mushroom caps fitted and the haunching on the top...