Chimney & Fireplace

Smells from adjoining neighbours wood stove

Anonymous user 03/03/2024 - 3.36 PM

We are in a late 1930s semi-detached house with a shared chimney, we had our gas stove fitted about 8 year ago, chimney swept and lined and had no probs til now. The neighbours have had a wood burning stove fitted, swept chimney and lined, straight away we were getting terrible smells that i can only describe as a toxic plastic smell in our lounge from fire place,we reported this to them and they got their stove installer back out who found no issues other than our fire surround not been properly sealed and maybe a couple of loose bricks, he assured us the job was done properly, since then we have made sure there is no gaps and believe we have sealed everything, only now the toxic smell has eased but we can still smell the wood burning, there doesn't seem to be any smoke but the smell is also very strong in our upstairs bedroom which is above the lounge and the chimney breast follows up through there, but no smells in loft at all. Could this mean there is an issue with the shared chimney? Who do we get to inspect both sides properly. Thank you in advance