Hello all,
flaming damp / condensation / ingress in loft!
All at one gable end, which is west-facing, and also has the (redundant) chimney stack there.
Roof is closed eave, so I put air bricks in each gable end to allow some through flow.
Lagged the living daylights out of it.
Fitted dry verge to prevent tile lift in high winds, but also ingress at verge.
Thomson weathersealed stack to prevent ingress there.
Had closed pepper pot fitted to chimney.
Checked flashings - appear fine.
Dulux weathershielded the walls (they're rendered) - to prevent ingress there.
I can't see any cracked tiles.
Timbers still damp / wet in loft at one end (and one side of chimney breast). Plaster darker in top corner of room below. Just redecorating (again!)
Has anyone wrapped their chimney breat in 1000g polythene for the winter, just to rule out a problem with the stack / flaunching / flashings?
Short of having the stack knocked off, ridge replaced with vented, and vent tiles added, I'm lost.
Anyone near Cannock help?
flaming damp / condensation / ingress in loft!
All at one gable end, which is west-facing, and also has the (redundant) chimney stack there.
Roof is closed eave, so I put air bricks in each gable end to allow some through flow.
Lagged the living daylights out of it.
Fitted dry verge to prevent tile lift in high winds, but also ingress at verge.
Thomson weathersealed stack to prevent ingress there.
Had closed pepper pot fitted to chimney.
Checked flashings - appear fine.
Dulux weathershielded the walls (they're rendered) - to prevent ingress there.
I can't see any cracked tiles.
Timbers still damp / wet in loft at one end (and one side of chimney breast). Plaster darker in top corner of room below. Just redecorating (again!)
Has anyone wrapped their chimney breat in 1000g polythene for the winter, just to rule out a problem with the stack / flaunching / flashings?
Short of having the stack knocked off, ridge replaced with vented, and vent tiles added, I'm lost.
Anyone near Cannock help?