Hello, advice needed urgently.
We moved into a house which had a damp stain on the lounge ceiling by the chimney. The surveyor said it could be a leak from the water tank, or maybe the flashing. His external roof report said it looked 'reasonable' for a asbestos-slate roof that was done in the 70s, although some were showing weathering, curling and needed repainting.
The first roofer we showed the external roof to said there was no problem with the exterior, even though we had also showed him the inside of the chimney with the water marks down the chimney wall.
The second roofer actually put up some scaffolding and said the flashing was fine (although I can see a gap?) but there were cracks in the harling (pebbledashing?) on the sides of the chimney, and that the wind would blow the rain through those cracks. As a short term measure he used a can of Thomsons water seal all over.
I live in a windy, wet exposed place, and rain is now dripping a bucket in roof again. It's also running along the beam towards the fascia and down the chimney wall to the lounge :'(
Would cracks in the harling really make water come inside? Isn't the flashing there to prevent this? The flashing has been pushed up by white stuff, I don't know if that is what is used for the harling. The two external photos are after the roofer came, after he scraped off some of the white stuff and pushed the flashing down, and after he sloshed water seal on it. You can't see the cracks in the harling very well.
This is inside of the roofspace before we bought the house, attic roof room to the right of the wall. The black is plastic covering the cladding on the water tank.
http://i176.photobucket.com/albums/w170/MCDizzyKipper/singles/DSC00378.jpg
Next two are external chimney views.
http://i176.photobucket.com/albums/w170/MCDizzyKipper/singles/DSC00491.jpg
http://i176.photobucket.com/albums/w170/MCDizzyKipper/singles/DSC00492.jpg
We don't know what to do now. Any advice much appreciated.
Thanks.
PS, it might be better to drag the photos on to your destop and view them there so you can zoom in to look at the bottom flashing, etc.
We moved into a house which had a damp stain on the lounge ceiling by the chimney. The surveyor said it could be a leak from the water tank, or maybe the flashing. His external roof report said it looked 'reasonable' for a asbestos-slate roof that was done in the 70s, although some were showing weathering, curling and needed repainting.
The first roofer we showed the external roof to said there was no problem with the exterior, even though we had also showed him the inside of the chimney with the water marks down the chimney wall.
The second roofer actually put up some scaffolding and said the flashing was fine (although I can see a gap?) but there were cracks in the harling (pebbledashing?) on the sides of the chimney, and that the wind would blow the rain through those cracks. As a short term measure he used a can of Thomsons water seal all over.
I live in a windy, wet exposed place, and rain is now dripping a bucket in roof again. It's also running along the beam towards the fascia and down the chimney wall to the lounge :'(
Would cracks in the harling really make water come inside? Isn't the flashing there to prevent this? The flashing has been pushed up by white stuff, I don't know if that is what is used for the harling. The two external photos are after the roofer came, after he scraped off some of the white stuff and pushed the flashing down, and after he sloshed water seal on it. You can't see the cracks in the harling very well.
This is inside of the roofspace before we bought the house, attic roof room to the right of the wall. The black is plastic covering the cladding on the water tank.
http://i176.photobucket.com/albums/w170/MCDizzyKipper/singles/DSC00378.jpg
Next two are external chimney views.
http://i176.photobucket.com/albums/w170/MCDizzyKipper/singles/DSC00491.jpg
http://i176.photobucket.com/albums/w170/MCDizzyKipper/singles/DSC00492.jpg
We don't know what to do now. Any advice much appreciated.
Thanks.
PS, it might be better to drag the photos on to your destop and view them there so you can zoom in to look at the bottom flashing, etc.