Thanks in advance for any advice you can give.
I live on a terrace and our neighbour’s chimney is leaking smoke into our bedroom. This often involves only a fairly intense smell of smoke (horrible) but we also noticed one night a smokey haze in the room. We obviously want to get this sorted.
I’ve discussed it with the neighbour and it turns out he’s never got the chimney swept. I was wondering where I stand. The chimney is on the party wall but it is not shared. It’s his chimney. He originally accepted it was his responsibility but has since come back to me querying whether perhaps this was a party-wall issue and we both should pay.
Anyway, those are legal issues – on a DIY basis, any advice on finding the cracks letting the smoke into our house? We can see nothing at all; it just seems to diffuse into that room.
Thanks again,
Ioang.
I live on a terrace and our neighbour’s chimney is leaking smoke into our bedroom. This often involves only a fairly intense smell of smoke (horrible) but we also noticed one night a smokey haze in the room. We obviously want to get this sorted.
I’ve discussed it with the neighbour and it turns out he’s never got the chimney swept. I was wondering where I stand. The chimney is on the party wall but it is not shared. It’s his chimney. He originally accepted it was his responsibility but has since come back to me querying whether perhaps this was a party-wall issue and we both should pay.
Anyway, those are legal issues – on a DIY basis, any advice on finding the cracks letting the smoke into our house? We can see nothing at all; it just seems to diffuse into that room.
Thanks again,
Ioang.
