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I have a mid-terrace Warner house, built around 1900 which I have owned for a year.
I have recently had 4 damp patches suddenly appear in a vertical line in the upstairs bedroom, exactly where there would have been a chimney breast which has been removed in the past, directly underneith the supported chimney stack in the attic.
The damp expert obviously recommended capping the chimney pot, which I did immediately, but this does not seem to have had any effect, and the damp is getting worse.
The supported chimney stack and the area around it in the attic is as dry as a bone, with no sign of past or present leakage. The other side of the wall (the neighbours bedroom) has the original chimney brest, so they can not check to see if there is any damp seeping through from their side.
Any suggestions as to what to do next would be appreciated, or who else to go to, as I have had roofers and builders round who can not pin point the problem.
I have recently had 4 damp patches suddenly appear in a vertical line in the upstairs bedroom, exactly where there would have been a chimney breast which has been removed in the past, directly underneith the supported chimney stack in the attic.
The damp expert obviously recommended capping the chimney pot, which I did immediately, but this does not seem to have had any effect, and the damp is getting worse.
The supported chimney stack and the area around it in the attic is as dry as a bone, with no sign of past or present leakage. The other side of the wall (the neighbours bedroom) has the original chimney brest, so they can not check to see if there is any damp seeping through from their side.
Any suggestions as to what to do next would be appreciated, or who else to go to, as I have had roofers and builders round who can not pin point the problem.