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Thanks so much for your responses guys. Hope to get it sorted soon

Good idea that - when you mean dirt and moss blocking drainage, do you mean in the guttering leading off the roof, causing the water to build up in the valley?

Interesting - so because the valley appears flat, do you think the water builds up there during heavy rain and seeps through?

Chimney is still in use, and we would like to keep it as a good feature of the house (log burner) I've contacted a fair few roofers, everyone gives me different causes and answers. I just want to try and avoid paying for a fix which might not work, like last time

The leak comes through the top bit of the photo (next to the hook) - you can see a stain. It appears to be coming through the left side, hence the crack, and comes through across the beam and down where the stain is, onto the stairwell.

Hi all, In recent months, I noticed a leak coming through the middle of our house whenever the rain was heavy and constant. Our house is an old Victorian House with a slate roof, which is pitched, with a chimney in the 'gulley' in-between where the two roofs meet. One roofer said it was likely...