Hello all,
After some advice please. We have an open fireplace in our bedroom and the chimney has recently been sealed by a roofer who is a friend of a friend. The way he sealed it was by taking off the chimney pot, covering the hole with slate and then cementing over the top. He put an air brick in the chimney stack at the top to allow airflow. He took photos while he was up there to show me once he was down and I'm no expert by any means but it looked fairly well sealed off.
Since the work was done we haven't really had any heavy rain, but today it's been bucketing down all day long and tonight there are drips of water coming down the chimney into the open fireplace in the bedroom. It is about 1 drip every 5 to 10 seconds so not a HUGE amount but still enough to cause concern.
Is it likely that the rain water is getting in through the air brick? To do this it would have to be falling very sideways. I can't think where else it could be getting in but the chances of it getting in through the air brick just seem really slim to me. Could it be pointing to a bigger problem?
Any advice is much appreciated.
Cheers
After some advice please. We have an open fireplace in our bedroom and the chimney has recently been sealed by a roofer who is a friend of a friend. The way he sealed it was by taking off the chimney pot, covering the hole with slate and then cementing over the top. He put an air brick in the chimney stack at the top to allow airflow. He took photos while he was up there to show me once he was down and I'm no expert by any means but it looked fairly well sealed off.
Since the work was done we haven't really had any heavy rain, but today it's been bucketing down all day long and tonight there are drips of water coming down the chimney into the open fireplace in the bedroom. It is about 1 drip every 5 to 10 seconds so not a HUGE amount but still enough to cause concern.
Is it likely that the rain water is getting in through the air brick? To do this it would have to be falling very sideways. I can't think where else it could be getting in but the chances of it getting in through the air brick just seem really slim to me. Could it be pointing to a bigger problem?
Any advice is much appreciated.
Cheers