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The chimneys in the attic are wet (damp meter above 50%). Can you chip back contaminated plaster to the brick and paint on an anti-salt chemical?

Here are some pics of the chimneys stacks. I can't get to the top to photograph the flaunching etc. To answer some of the questions. Damp appears on all of the flues on chimneys on both sides of the room. The ceilings were damp when we moved in, and have since had both chimneys...

The gas cowls are installed into a metal plate that's been cemented over. I'm not sure what a back gutter is, but there's lead flashing and soakers all round the chimney. The only place there isn't lead is between the chimney and the ridge tiles. Other houses on the row are also like this. I...

Last time I looked the flaunching looked pretty good, and none of the other roofers thought there was a problem with it. The damp on the ceiling shows 5 sort of semi circles of damp some being bigger than others, there are 4 gas cowls so I wondered if the rain was getting down the gas terminals-...

We're in a Victorian terrace house with a damp problem in the attic. The ceiling and top of the walls near the chimneys dry out in good weather and then get wet again when it rains. We've had the chimney stacks repointed and flashed etc, and since had other roofers look at the work, and all have...

To try to eradicate the damp, we've done the following: Replace leaking down pipe Cleared block drain (in January) Chemical damp proof course Stone work repointed The differences in the house compared to when it was first built are Double glazing Extension to the back (possibly...

Thanks for the help. Do you think this is most likely to be condensation?

We've recently moved into a 1870 Victorian terrace and have been struggling to resolve some damp issues in our living room. The symptom of the damp is wet floor boards around the edges of the room where the wood touches the wall after heavy rain. The wood is dampest on the outside wall...