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Thanks for the reply. It is across the entire breast, I just did didn’t take a full pic, although its worse on the side in this pic, the flue below passes on the opposites side. The stack was in a fairly bad state before we had it re-pointed/new lead flashing adding, so I’ve no doubt water...

Aside from being unsightly, are these patches a problem? We plan to build fitted wardrobes either side of the alcoves and then a false wall in front of the chimney breast to make it all flush, so these stains wouldn’t be seen. Based on the placement, it looks like moisture is being drawn where...