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They are not metal, they are plastic. And they are letting air through without letting rain in (previously had issue with clay pots).

Why not? Or are you saying there should be a vent at the bottom of the chimney stack too?

C-cap at the top of the chimney stack allows ventilation tho, no? But there’s no roof void in my case, is there?

Thank you. If that’s the case, what is the best solution here? I assume whoever did in the first place haven’t thought about potential issues.

What could be wrong about downlighters? Could you please explain? I do have a hob extractor, but it’s broken (I open the window when cooking). Around the time when the leak happened no-one was cooking tho — I just got back from a trip at the time.

Sorry about that, moved it to a new thread — https://www.diynot.com/diy/threads/damp-issue-with-warm-roof.641202/.

I live in an old Victorian house. The loft in the kitchen has been removed to make the room taller. Old chimney breast has also been removed with only a bit of it remaining to support the chimney stack outside that remained intact. I've been having a number of leaks over the past couple of...

Hey folks, I have a somewhat similar problem, so thought I would ask for advice here. I have a chimney stack that goes through the roof. Bits of it are visible internally. The chimney breast has been removed (see pics attached). I previously had issues with leaks through the chimney stack, but...