Recent content by Ritamarie

:mrgreen: Yes Condensing can be part of the problem. I think it is multiple problems, some minimal, all adding up. Four storeys with tanked cellar. The damp can come up the chimney, the only place possible! But dampness is only shown in the 1st storey bedroom. I certainly do not want...

I have a very old victorian house that has a history of damp. Water is seeping down the chimney breast in bad weather and causing dampness on the chimney breast in a bedroom. The chimney has no pots. Is it bad to just slab it or should I get a square cover to prevent the rainwater but ensure...