Hello all
My first post here so here goes!
Just bought and moved into a 1900 mid terraced property, lots of work to do on it, however im puzzled by what I think is damp on one of the downstairs chminey breast walls (same chimney breast is ok upstairs). the wall is painted a dark colour, however at about face height (dry above and below this), for about a 1.5m square is a darker stain/damp (cold to touch but not wet like other damp patches are in the property) The staining looks to mimic the pattern of the bricks (it is plastered and paper lined).
I'm unsure if chimney is useable, it has a log burner in it, and the inside of the breast is open (i.e no surrounds etc) and looks to of been recently pointed.
N.b All other areas of damp in house are due to faulty guttering/ condensation as usual!)
Any thoughts appreciated.
My first post here so here goes!
Just bought and moved into a 1900 mid terraced property, lots of work to do on it, however im puzzled by what I think is damp on one of the downstairs chminey breast walls (same chimney breast is ok upstairs). the wall is painted a dark colour, however at about face height (dry above and below this), for about a 1.5m square is a darker stain/damp (cold to touch but not wet like other damp patches are in the property) The staining looks to mimic the pattern of the bricks (it is plastered and paper lined).
I'm unsure if chimney is useable, it has a log burner in it, and the inside of the breast is open (i.e no surrounds etc) and looks to of been recently pointed.
N.b All other areas of damp in house are due to faulty guttering/ condensation as usual!)
Any thoughts appreciated.