Hi all,
This is my first post although I've been a lurking member for some time and have found this forum incredibly useful so far!
I bought my first home in July 2012 - it's a 1904 terraced house in Bristol.
When I moved in there was water staining and damp on both chimney stacks - as seen in this image of the rear chimney stack.
I had some remedial work done to re-seat the leadwork around both chimney stacks and this seems to have largely resolved this issue. One of the roofing companies, however, mentioned that there were signs of damp on the parapet walls and proposed to hack off all the render, re-do the leadwork, apply new render and replace all the coping stones. I decided not to proceed at the time.
12 months on, the damp in the parapet wall seems to be working its way down and is emerging in the front bedroom. There is a damp patch high up the party wall, right in the corner (probably underneath the horizontal coping stone).
I'd appreciate any views on:
- Whether coping stones themselves need to be replaced;
- Whether damp could be penetrating cracks in the render on the parapet wall, and working its way down;
- Whether chimney stack and parapet wall render looks damp, or just a rich mix and whether this is an issue.
Front of house
Rear of house
Many thanks!
This is my first post although I've been a lurking member for some time and have found this forum incredibly useful so far!
I bought my first home in July 2012 - it's a 1904 terraced house in Bristol.
When I moved in there was water staining and damp on both chimney stacks - as seen in this image of the rear chimney stack.
I had some remedial work done to re-seat the leadwork around both chimney stacks and this seems to have largely resolved this issue. One of the roofing companies, however, mentioned that there were signs of damp on the parapet walls and proposed to hack off all the render, re-do the leadwork, apply new render and replace all the coping stones. I decided not to proceed at the time.
12 months on, the damp in the parapet wall seems to be working its way down and is emerging in the front bedroom. There is a damp patch high up the party wall, right in the corner (probably underneath the horizontal coping stone).
I'd appreciate any views on:
- Whether coping stones themselves need to be replaced;
- Whether damp could be penetrating cracks in the render on the parapet wall, and working its way down;
- Whether chimney stack and parapet wall render looks damp, or just a rich mix and whether this is an issue.
Front of house
Rear of house
Many thanks!