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  • Speaking of damp, I've been trying to work out where some damp on a wall adjacent to a capped chimney breast is coming from and wonder whether the chimney may be part of the issue.

    How capped are they meant to be? This is what it looks like (the mucky roof side) and I can see that there are some gaps in the cap, is this how it is meant to be?


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  • i think they should be fully closed up top, then an air brick or two are added into the stack to allow for ventilation

  • We have seen the same symptoms as you, had a roofer round this week who explained that the most likely cause was ingress through the gaps in those angled tiles- recommended closing up the top properly as @hvsds mentioned

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