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Hi All Thanks for your assistance with this. It does look a bit of a mess close up. It has been pouring down all afternoon but is still dry in the attic. I can access the roof from the Velux window which is useful but I guess it's a case of whether I want to attempt to tackle it myself or get a...

Hi All Thanks for the help. I have put my camera out of the window and taken some pics. Along with some internal ones of the stack and roof area. I cannot feel any damp but the plaster is showing through the paint on an area down the roof area that I have taken pictures off. A couple of tiles...

Hi Thanks for the reply. I will take some photos tomorrow. I installed a roof window and I can inspect the rear flashing from it. The fire place in the downstairs living room is still used occasionally. Our neighbours stack is joined to ours as we are a semi detached house. And his flashing on...

Hi I am going through the process of selling my house and my buyer after putting in his offer 3 months later decided to have a home survey performed. And one of the items highlighted was high damp readings in the internal roof void indicating water ingress from the chimney stack area. I...

Hi I have been looking into older properties and it would seem that the survey that was carried out on the property was the type that is more applicable to newer properties. I have read on this link https://www.heritage-house.org/damp-and-condensation/managing-damp-in-old-buildings.html That if...

Hi I am currently in the process of buying a house and have been in negotiations with the seller of a property in Wales. My wife loves the place but a surveyor's report came back last week and highlighted serious damp issues. The original asking price was 290k and we have managed to get it down...