Roofing

Damp around chimney in bedroom

Anonymous user 23/02/2024 - 3.23 PM

I live in an end terraced property and a damp patch comes through the ceiling in my bedroom around the adjoining chimney breast and it appears to be worse when it rains hard in a certain direction. This has been a confusing situation for a while now. I have had 3 separate roofers check it. The chimney is newish pointed, there's no slates missing, it's had new flashing, I've had the cowels (I don't know how to spell that) changed. The last builder today has been up and said, it appears that there is nothing wrong with the chimney, it's all tidy and no slates are missing. My loft is also completely dry. Here is my issue. In next doors bedroom, that adjoins mine, in a semi circle from the chimney breast out, she has no ceiling, this fell down about 3 years ago and was never replaced, it's down to the slats. Her chimney looks untidy, and clearly she has had some form of leak. If you ask her, she says she hasn't got any damp, but, she won't let anyone in to look. Could her issues inside her house be tracking through to mine? And if so, what do I do about it? I really want to decorate and look to sell my house next year and this is prooving impossible with the damp patch, which is clear to see! Or, are the roofers missing something that needs fixing?