Recent content by mario500

The stack is shared, so can’t be taken down. It should have an internal air brick, but some silly sod bitted the kitchen up to it. I’m thinking that it’s worth capping the pot with a vented cowl. I think the bad pointing on the chimney is causing water ingress too. Maybe the flaunching is bad too.

Hi lads. I normally reside in the combustion chamber, but have a building question. This is a terraced house over a 100 years old with a joined chimney stack at the back of the outrigger. The chimney was bricked up years ago a d since then the end run of kitchen units butted up to it. About 5...