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sealing floorboards -stopping the draft get through 'em
surely they'll be on show? Otherwise the carpets would stop the draughts? -
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sealing floorboards -stopping the draft get through 'em
saw it done once with sawdust and pva. mixa bit of pva in the dust to make a paste - fill cracks - when it hardens it's invisible...if you have got the sawdust from the same wood/type of wood! -
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damp on internal chimney breast
alas going to be at work! Going to leave the missus with some instructions and leave a note for the engineer to ask him to look for excessive damp in the flue and behind the fire and to note which pot the smoke comes out of. Can you think of any other pertinent questions? When you say... -
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damp on internal chimney breast
does this picture help any? The upstairs fireplace in the back bedroom has been plastered over and there is no air vent! The damp does appear on the right hand side of the external chimney breast. the worst looking bit appears to be right behind the gas fire in the lounge booked guy to... -
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damp on internal chimney breast
cheers woody - Roofer wants to put cowls on the top of the pots to stop the rain water going down - the gas fire flue is no issue (as such) cause the cylinder pot will take a cowl. Roofer says that the crown type pots don't fit cowls, so he would need to take the pots off and put cylinder... -
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damp on internal chimney breast
wondering as well, how the water could breach both sides of the chimney breast - internal and external? I wonder if this may point to a blockage? -
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damp on internal chimney breast
cheers for that woody. That wall I would have thought is pretty proctected by the neighbours house from wind driven rain? I can't get on roof,but roofer is going up this week. He reckons all the pots need capping, but that you can't cap the bishop top pots (like the one on the right) and... -
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damp on internal chimney breast
what might the problem be with the pots? simply need capping or the joint to the chimney failing? cheers for the help Sam -
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damp on internal chimney breast
you can see on the external of the chimney breast pathces of damp I assume coming through from the inside of the flue? These are at a smiliar level to the damp patches on teh plaster internally any help appreciated sam -
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damp on internal chimney breast
got damp patches coming through plaster on chimney breast with gas fire (fire not used often). Only appeared since rainy season. Got two chimney breasts with 4 pots - so 4 separate flues. The working flue (gas fire) has a cylinder pot on chimney stack (this is one with damp patches) -...
