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yes, tel765 was one of his incarnations then there was a ted or 2he just looks for trouble 765 ..I mean 24/7.
and given the ‘word searches’ could have been a bob too.yes, tel765 was one of his incarnations then there was a ted or 2
bob or nob?and given the ‘word searches’ could have been a bob too.
No worry about all and any questions.
The remedial measures I'm describing below are a worse case scenario. But no specialist Damp man is needed. Even a Handyman could do the inside work.
However many flues go into the chimney stack on the roof - each & everyone needs to be vented top and bottom.
Each room with a chimney breast running through it will typically have a fireplace - many fireplaces have been blocked off over the years thereby removing the bottom venting so to speak.
Assuming that your first floor flat fireplace is blocked off and the fireplace in the room below is also blocked off - then both "blocking offs" will need opening up to allow sweeping.
And then say a 9" x 3" or a 10" x 6" hit and miss vent is inserted into where the open fireplace used to be when the openings are re-covered.
Where the flues finish at the top of the stack, the flues (all flues) will need an appropriate terminal.
Its a pretty simple DIY job to insert a hit & miss vent in the room c/breast.
Opening & closing the blocked fireplaces is DIY doable
But all flues that run up the c/breast in your room will need sweeping and venting.
Modern roofers are nowadays providing the householder with before, during & after pics/vids of any roof work.
All roofing work should be done by professionals.
The stained decorated surfaces need hacking off back to bare brick, and rendering with a sand & lime mix render.
It could be that much more of the c/breast surface is contaminated - but a plasterer could easily deal with it.
The above remedies are a possibility but you could of course always try what was suggested by jj4091?
Your new pic. looks to me as though condensation is just running down the surface of the wall & damaging the decor. I am just guessing but it looks like he room is a kitchen & your problem is excess steam condensing on cold chimney breast when cooking. If so you need more ventilation in the room in general when cooking. Do you have a cooker hood or extractor fan? If not the you may just need to open a window when cooking.
I think that is an old boiler flue rather than a ventThanks! This is all very useful.
Is this not a vent (external)? It is to the left of the chimney stack as you can see (when viewed from inside the room)..
https://ibb.co/h9v4J3D
Either way, looks like I need to find a builder and a plasterer.
I think that is an old boiler flue rather than a vent
No worry about all and any questions.
The remedial measures I'm describing below are a worse case scenario. But no specialist Damp man is needed. Even a Handyman could do the inside work.
However many flues go into the chimney stack on the roof - each & everyone needs to be vented top and bottom.
Each room with a chimney breast running through it will typically have a fireplace - many fireplaces have been blocked off over the years thereby removing the bottom venting so to speak.
Assuming that your first floor flat fireplace is blocked off and the fireplace in the room below is also blocked off - then both "blocking offs" will need opening up to allow sweeping.
And then say a 9" x 3" or a 10" x 6" hit and miss vent is inserted into where the open fireplace used to be when the openings are re-covered.
Where the flues finish at the top of the stack, the flues (all flues) will need an appropriate terminal.
Its a pretty simple DIY job to insert a hit & miss vent in the room c/breast.
Opening & closing the blocked fireplaces is DIY doable
But all flues that run up the c/breast in your room will need sweeping and venting.
Modern roofers are nowadays providing the householder with before, during & after pics/vids of any roof work.
All roofing work should be done by professionals.
The stained decorated surfaces need hacking off back to bare brick, and rendering with a sand & lime mix render.
It could be that much more of the c/breast surface is contaminated - but a plasterer could easily deal with it.
The above remedies are a possibility but you could of course always try what was suggested by jj4091?
do I need to take a brick out to vent that as well?
Hello
Moved in to new property 6 months ago. Weird moisture patches, and condensation drops appearing on one wall where chimney breast is.
Chimney needed some work - new flashing box and re-pointing. This stopped a leak that we could hear when it was raining.
However - still getting these weird moisture patches on the ceiling (Attic above), and condensation drops appearing along the wall where chimney breast is.
Bought dehumidifier which has reduced humidity but not sure has impacted moisture along that wall.
Pictures:
https://ibb.co/LvK2nct - Moisture Patch, like a ring
https://ibb.co/HCB5MkR - Yellow discolouring, moisture patch is adjacent to this
https://ibb.co/D4gCwjK - another angle showing discolouring
If I am ruling out weather related (i.e. roof) - what does this leave? Heating pipes go under the floor... (boiler is in this room and only one radiator to the left of photos, no radiators in attic!)..
There is a water tank in the attic but not sure it is being used as we have a COMBI boiler....
Any thoughts, ideas welcome as this is really puzzling me.
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