The flue picture is from the ground floor, taken by pointing my phone in selfie mode upwards. There's no access to the flue from the first floor - the walls are wallpapered and we have no intention of disturbing this room at the moment.
Hopefully, the last picture shows things a little cleaner? I think my post and your reply crossed.
Our plan is to get a new herringbone effect brick chamber - what's there I doubt could be cleaned up enough. The whole breast will be replastered so we don't need anything that is currently exposed to remain visible - we are planning on mounting a fake oak lintel before the plastering so it can have the appearance of being recessed.
In terms of the damp...yeah. We noticed. The wall is around 2 foot granite block and we think there may be rising damp in this room. Certainly, there's a wall opposite - internal - with damp patches so we are going to get that looked into. But also the previous owners had a history of plastering onto the blockwork and leaving no air gap. However a previous survey said everything was ok, we just needed to use damp proofed paint etc as there was condensation buildup on some external walls. The walls you can see in the pictures have all been exposed to the wallpaper removal. And there is a lot of patched up plaster work in our house - in some cases plaster over wallpaper.
We have 3 visible chimney breasts in the house, but only two chimneys. I have found evidence of a 4th although that is long gone, with only hearth tiles to indicate the history. all 3 have upstairs breasts also but have been closed off. I have another post looking at the remains of one of these and dealign with refitting a floor. This room is the one I'm filling my time with before the replacement floorboards come form the timber merchants next week.
Hopefully, the last picture shows things a little cleaner? I think my post and your reply crossed.
Our plan is to get a new herringbone effect brick chamber - what's there I doubt could be cleaned up enough. The whole breast will be replastered so we don't need anything that is currently exposed to remain visible - we are planning on mounting a fake oak lintel before the plastering so it can have the appearance of being recessed.
In terms of the damp...yeah. We noticed. The wall is around 2 foot granite block and we think there may be rising damp in this room. Certainly, there's a wall opposite - internal - with damp patches so we are going to get that looked into. But also the previous owners had a history of plastering onto the blockwork and leaving no air gap. However a previous survey said everything was ok, we just needed to use damp proofed paint etc as there was condensation buildup on some external walls. The walls you can see in the pictures have all been exposed to the wallpaper removal. And there is a lot of patched up plaster work in our house - in some cases plaster over wallpaper.
We have 3 visible chimney breasts in the house, but only two chimneys. I have found evidence of a 4th although that is long gone, with only hearth tiles to indicate the history. all 3 have upstairs breasts also but have been closed off. I have another post looking at the remains of one of these and dealign with refitting a floor. This room is the one I'm filling my time with before the replacement floorboards come form the timber merchants next week.
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