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pifko in reply to @mustardbeak

Had a chimney sweep round to inspect all of them and discovered the cause - the stack has been removed and a slab concreted over the top - with no ventilation - a running theme of the house we bought is blocked up or no ventilation.

We have the same issue (lots of damp on 1st floor breast at ceiling line) following stack removal. I don't know what the situation is at the top as it's flush with the roof membrane. I'm thinking of just taking a few bricks out of the breast in the loft to allow some more ventilation.

Is this mad? A lot of the bricks are so old and soft due to years previous of the owner(s) ignoring a leak that I could probably just dig them out with a spoon.

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mustardbeak in reply to @pifko

I'm thinking of just taking a few bricks out of the breast in the loft to allow some more ventilation.

I was considering this but was unsure if that would just give us a damp issue in the roof space, ours is exacerbated by the cooker extraction having been fitted into the same breast at ground level.

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Kurai in reply to @mustardbeak

The cooker extracts into the chimney, which is sealed at the top? Or have I misread that?

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