TheRoost
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The chimney stack at the rear of our house has started to let some water in this winter, up in the loft there is dampness and water drips on the whole front face of the chimney stack, and also on the left (lower) side. It's a shared stack with next door on the party wall. I've had a look with a torch but I can't really see if the water is coming in at the ridge and running down to drip on the rest of the chimney, or whether there are multiple leaks. It was previously all bone dry up until December.
What are your thoughts please on the method/quality of lead flashing? I done some reading up on here, it looks like lead soakers between slates, but aren't the soakers meant to be then covered by a continuous piece of lead, bedded into mortar joints?
There isn't any leadwork at the very top either, should a piece of lead be formed underneath or over the ridge tile where it meets the stack? The sides of the chimney shown face south/west, so gets a battering.
I'm guessing that the leadwork is around 15 years old, when the roof was stripped and re-laid by previous owner/builder (note how the flaunching was also extended down to cover the sides of the engineering brick stack - big chunks of it have fallen off!
I need to get it looked at by roofers and get quotes, but want to be in a position where I can specify how I want it to be done, if it does need replacing completely. I've been waiting for a couple of months for a roofer to look at the some other minor issues on the roof, but with the weather we've had lately, his waiting list is taking a long time to get through.
Andy
What are your thoughts please on the method/quality of lead flashing? I done some reading up on here, it looks like lead soakers between slates, but aren't the soakers meant to be then covered by a continuous piece of lead, bedded into mortar joints?
There isn't any leadwork at the very top either, should a piece of lead be formed underneath or over the ridge tile where it meets the stack? The sides of the chimney shown face south/west, so gets a battering.
I'm guessing that the leadwork is around 15 years old, when the roof was stripped and re-laid by previous owner/builder (note how the flaunching was also extended down to cover the sides of the engineering brick stack - big chunks of it have fallen off!
I need to get it looked at by roofers and get quotes, but want to be in a position where I can specify how I want it to be done, if it does need replacing completely. I've been waiting for a couple of months for a roofer to look at the some other minor issues on the roof, but with the weather we've had lately, his waiting list is taking a long time to get through.
Andy