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Plastering & Rendering

Plaster on chimney breast not drying

Anonymous user 1 March 2024 - 2.58 PM

Had the walls reskimmed in march. The plaster on the chimney breast isn’t drying. Using a dehumidifier the patches faded but returned and have very slowly grown over time. They don’t appear to get larger faster when it rains. Any advice appreciated.

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4 Answers

J.carter
Rating: 4.2 out of 54.255 reviews
Palmers Green, London
If downstairs it's probably rising damp. If Upstairs try putting cowles on the pots.
Answered20 May 2022
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ADR Property Maintenance
Rating: 5 out of 55592 reviews
Boston
you most likely have a leak in your chimney, could be a numbers of different reasons, get a roofer/builder to take a look, very unlikely to be rising damp
Answered21 May 2022
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Jamie

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Ipswich
With the winds we've had recently its probably water coming in from chimney so check that chimney isn't damaged
Answered23 May 2022
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Darren Okeefe
Rating: 5 out of 55512 reviews
Huddersfield
TlIt sounds like there is definitely water coming down the chimney breast probably need a cowlet.
Answered11 June 2022
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