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We have an issue where a part of one of our chimney stacks just under the roof and in the loft gets wet during rainfall, it is an 121 year old house and both brick and mortar are soaking. It has been happening for a while, getting wet when raining about 4/5 bricks down, dries out when not and rinse and repeat. We have had roofers out to inspect the chimney and flashing and have said no issues that they can see. Flaunching at the top and chimney caps have only been done in the last 6 months. It is not showing through to the main attic bedroom though which means it is an isolated damp patch and luckily only in the loft. Just wondering if this is common in old chimneys where it is just brick and mortar saturation from the exposed part and damp is soaking downwards or is there a wider issue? It does not happen to the other chimney stack on the opposite side of the house.