Hi,

I have two damp patches either side of the chimney breast on the ground floor of my 1900 house. I have recently redecorated the room and have removed a gas fire from the chimney and replaced it with a cast iron fireplace and I thought that using the open fire might help the problem. It hasn't! The damp is considerably worse when it rains but is fairly noticeable all the time. The house is a semi and the chimney breast is on the outside wall.

I am a bit of a novice and out of my depth so any help/advice would be gratefully received.

Vicky.

Hi,

Might be time to fit a cowl to your chimney pot? What's the pointing like to the exterior brickwork (if it is brick?). Can you post some external and internal pictures please, especially of the chimney stack!

SSM

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First thing I would do is get the chimney swept and make sure no soot pockets
soot is like a sponge and will suck up and water and can cause damp patches as you mention

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