Recent content by SpiderAnt

Ok, thats clear now :-) There is no stack on the roof, it was removed years ago I imagine, and there is no chimney breast above the bathroom ceiling. It ends where the roof is. I will brick it in after having cleaned and sealed it with SBR. Hopefully I will be posting updated photos here soon.

Thanks for the advice, very useful.. . Further info - There is no outside stack - it is all interior. I have attached a quick drawing as photos often dont give enough detail. So I will wire brush the soot, paint with SBR. After that I will be left with half an empty clean chimney stack. The...

I have an old chimney stack up from the kitchen and through to the bathroom. The kitchen stack part has already been removed (before we moved in), the bathroom stack is still there, not ventilated and was - i think - responsible for a big damp patch coming out on the adjoining bedroom wall. I...

Learning all the time.

I have an old chimney stack up from the kitchen and through to the bathroom. The kitchen stack part has already been removed (before we moved in), the bathroom stack is still there, not ventilated and was - i think - responsible for a big damp patch coming out on the adjoining bedroom wall. I...