damp chimney breast

I think my roof has been leaking. I could not get anyone to come and look at it for over a month, it was repaired or maybe a quick fix on the 1st March, I cannot work out if the leak is still happening (see pics) or if it is just drying out. If it is still leaking I do not know if I need a...

Hi all I have an old blocked up chimney breast in my kitchen that has a lot of damp patches on it. I'm looking to install an adjustable vent (something like this) to help but I have an extremely basic question about it, as I've never seen one installed before - what exactly should the vent be...

So for the last year the damp in our attic (just on one wall) has been getting worse and worse until just before christmas the water started coming through the wall. Our house is a middle terrace house and next door neighbours chimney is basically on the other side of the plaster (see pictures)...

I have posted this on roofing forum so apologies for repost. We have recently purchased a late Victorian end stone terrace property as our first home and are encountering lots of issues which is proving disheartening and costly! We were aware of damp issues in the upstairs bedroom on the...

We have recently purchased a late Victorian end stone terrace property as our first home and are encountering lots of issues which is proving disheartening and costly! We were aware of damp issues in the upstairs bedroom on the Chimney Breast which is on the top floor (attic is converted). We...

Hi, We have an old blocked off chimney that runs up through our landing and bathroom and out through a section of flat roof. It used to run to the kitchen but was removed at some point in the past leaving only the upstairs section. It was ok for years but last winter a wet patch formed on...

Hi all, Thanks in advance for helping. Basically, as can see from photos, we have damp patches on our chimney stack. It's out of use and tops have been capped few years back (before our time). You'll see from photos damp is in 2 rooms, that are back to back, and share the chimney stack. 1 of...

Anyone have a clue on how to deal with this? We took the wallpaper off of the ceiling to reveal this damp on chimney breast and ceiling in master bedroom below attic in a Victorian house. Was looking to repaint it.

Will try to keep this as concise as possible... I'm buying a small victorian terrace (it's Grade II listed). It hasn't been particularly well cared for and has what appears to be significant damp problems in the ground floor front room. It is solid floor construction with no cellar so there...

Aside from being unsightly, are these patches a problem? We plan to build fitted wardrobes either side of the alcoves and then a false wall in front of the chimney breast to make it all flush, so these stains wouldn’t be seen. Based on the placement, it looks like moisture is being drawn where...

Hey guys, I had peeling paint on the ceiling beside partition wall at top level of three story Victorian red brick terraced house. I scraped it back but it's like chalk. I found layers of like a skim then paper then a wooden board. But I also have found cracks and they are also in the hot...

Hello, I think I've read most of the chimney related threads on here but want to make sure the assumptions I've made on my own chimney are sound. Bought a house six months ago and got it all replastered before we moved in. It was a job that needed doing and although it wasn't the number 1...

Having recently bought our home, we have noted a constantly damp patch just below roof gutter. The picture attached was take before the chimney was repointed and a new roof installed approx. 3 weeks ago. The damp patch has not disappeared yet. The internal wall appears thus far to be completely...

Hi all, New to this forum, so I'm hoping this is the correct place for this subject. I approaching the end of a kitchen extension project, and I am having some damp issues inside the chimney breast which I was hoping to get a bit of advice on. The house is victorian, and I don't believe that...

Hello We have a 1930s house and blocked the chimney 2 years ago as below. This is an external wall. Before Image0 by Monty_Stranger posted 29 Mar 2020 at 10:53 AM After Image1 by Monty_Stranger posted 29 Mar 2020 at 10:53 AM Mistake no1 - we didnt add a vent to the bottom - this has now...

As you can see from this first picture, we are having a massive infiltration problem around the chimney breast. To give some general information, we are at the ground floor of a two storey Victorian house. To the right of the picture there is the external wall. We have been living in the...

Hi - first post here and I'm very much not a buildings expert, but thought I might seek some advice trying to id the root cause of a damp issue I have had for some time. I have a detached Edwardian house with a Chimney breast running up right through the middle of the house, i.e., there are...

Hi. I bought my Victorian end-of-terrace house 2 years ago and am still trying to solve a problem with dampness in the subfloor void. As you'd expect, this has caused a lot of damage to the timbers, mainly wet rot and wood beetle damage. Photos are here...

Hi all, I have an outer wall with clear cracks on which are letting water through. The water is coming through the plaster all along the wall in two rooms. The outer wall clearly needs re-rendering but I have been told this time of year is not great and it would be worth waiting. The thing is...

Hi we've been in our house about 2 years now, it's a late Victorian mid-terrace. In the back room there is a patch of damp - quite distinct - that has been there (pretty sure) since we moved in. Wasn't noticed at first but when I came to strip the wallpaper I found an area that felt damp (and a...