Straight flashing replaced with stepped

[Butlers]

A few years ago I had a re-roof and the roofer replaced the original stepped flashing with a straight piece of flashing which shown in one of the photos. Recently there’s been damp and leaks after heavy rain in the attic around the chimney area. Had a couple of roofers look at and both blamed the straight flashing. One of these has now replaced the straight flashing with stepped (shown in the other photo) but I’m not entirely convinced by it as it looks messy, the straight line the previous roofer ground in is filled with mortar and there’s a lump of mortar on the ridge tile where it meets the chimney. If it does the job of keeping the chimney watertight I’m not too concerned but I’d really appreciate some advice from someone in the know.

 

[blup]

Are there soakers under the flashing (both jobs)?

 

[johnny2007]

Not roofers, both of them.

 

[^woody^]

That stepped flashing looks like it was made for a different chimney!

There is nothing wrong with a straight flashing as long as its recessed into the wall.

You need to be certain if the damp you are experiencing is due to that flashing, and not one of several other possible reasons.

 

[Diver Fred]

Are there soakers under the flashing (both jobs)?

I hope you know what 'Soakers' are - Lengths of the Flashing material that extend under the roofing slates/tiles about half width of roofing and around 2inch/50mm up the wall under the flashing. There should be a separate soaker per tile/slate.

 

[Butlers]

I know (basically) what soakers are. I’ve assumed that soakers put in on the original job as part of the re-roof but I’ll be honest, I don’t know for sure.