You can see that the very purpose of the chimney crown is to keep rain out. The front chimney has an open fireplace with no fire. What is this dark patch on my chimney breast diynot forums. Chimney breast still damp 3 years after external chimney.
See more ideas about chimney breast, home decor and home. A potassium hydroxide test and looking at the results with a. Finally got my brick chimney breast modified for my av setup. Hi, i have an end terraced property, which i was getting refurbished. If the fireplace is bricked up, removing a single brick will be enough, and you can put a plastic ventilation grille over it can be painted to match the wall. Cracks in the chimney crown can occur from shifting of the. The aim of this webpage is to show the many different types of gray birds, firstly, identified by their mostly gray coloured plumage and then by their more distinctive features. The area underneath and to the left of the beam is plasterboard, to the right is the chimney breast. Slight damp patch on chimney breast, would an air brick. The wall that the damp patch is on is the adjoining wall between us and next door semidetached, and the patches are close to the ground, dont extend more. Female is duller with olive back and lacks black cap and yellow shoulder bars. Dark spots between the breasts this may be caused by a yeast infection called tinea versicolor. Its on the left hand side of my fireplace and i havent a clue whats causing it.
Gray coloured birds are found in most families of bird species, including gnatcatchers, thrushes. The damp stains on the chimney breast, is it salt damp or. Some signs include brown plaster staining on your chimney breast or you might have damp patches on your chimney breast that come and go. Chimney breast definition of chimney breast by merriam.
This started off with having the wall taken back to brick with a salt neutralizer adding to the brick and left to dry overnight. If there is moisture present it may be worth considering adding a vented cap or cowl to your chimney pots and seeing if this resolves the issue. Its always been in that corner beside the breast itself. Why is there a damp patch and staining on my chimney breast. Though you may be tempted to undertake chimney removal yourself in an effort to save cash, the price of chimney removal is a worthy investment if you consider the workload that this job brings with it. You should go see your general doctor as soon as you can, theyll be able to get a proper diagnosis and send you to the proper specialist. Collar is white, throat is brown, and breast patch is dark brown. Dark patches on chimney breast wall hi i just noticed i have 4 small patches on the side of 1 of the chimney breast wall, its a fire place that has been removed and made bigger on the sides. View the many birds of chimney rock national monument.
The bird has a bright yellow under belly and breast, the rest of the body was shiny dark black. The most likely cause of this kind of damp patch or stain is hygroscopic salts in the flue along with creosote and tar. Ive had identical damp patches on the chimney breast walls in two houses ive owned both victorian. Any moisture in an unventilated wall or chimney will interact with the soot remaining in the used chimney and can cause staining. Chimney damp will often occur if your chimney is unused and boarded up. Damp stains and hygroscopic salts on the inside of the chimney wall. Again you can clearly see the damp patch where the old chimney was. A fireplace was taken out with old plaster crumbling off the wall. You can now see where the chimney breast used to be, the whole are where the chimney breast was is now damp, after the humidifiers were running for around 10 minutes.
I want to conceal the sky box and ps4 inside the chimney breast so theyre not visible from outside. Ive felt the patches and its not wet just dark patches. The bricks go up around the tile flue liners, but at the top you need something to stop the rain and snow from just falling in around the tiles. During a period of constant rain during the summer quite a big damp patch appeared on a chimney breast and the freshly plastered ceiling of the downstairs room. I have just moved the bed away slightly as i think this could have been restricting the airflow slightly. The never grow or change in size or appear any darker than they originally did but they have just reappeared in the same place. Chimney breast definition and meaning collins english. A chimney breast is the part of a wall in a room which is built out round a chimney. Wings have flashy white patches and bright yellow shoulder bar. We noticed a damp patch on the chimney breast and just assumed it was the plaster taking time to dry out. There may be damp patches on the chimney breast or the ceiling above it, or possibly the walls around it. The chimmney breast was removed on the end traced side till the loft. Planning to build a false chimney breast to house a large bioethanol fire about 160 x 50cm, my 50 plasma, a ceilingrecessed projector screen and sky box, ps4, etc. To summarise, i bought a curved tv stand that was buried into the chimney breast, then recessed my samsung 55es8000 and also recessed my minx speakers.
How to get rid of dark wrinkly spots between breasts. Damp patch on chimney breast moneysavingexpert forum. The damp stains on the chimney breast, is it salt damp or a leak. Face is yellow with black crown and cheek patch and yellow crescent below eye. Chimney breast damp what causes stains and damp patches. Damp looking patches appeared on chimney breast walls.
Symptom damp patches on or around chimney breasts sometimes showing yellow or brown stains in wallpaper or paint you have hygroscopic chimney salts that are attracting moisture from the air, which may include tars and other chemicals from burning wood or coal. Most people do not realise, that when they notice a damp problem, it could be any one of six different sorts of damp, or some combination of the six. The damp patch is just on the chimney breast, about half way up on the 1st floor. Head appears black overall with white spot behind eye. A data logger was installed along with a k probe to measure the surface temperature of the breast, a data logger was also put in the. Ive got a problem with damp on a chimney breast in my kitchen. The water has made horrible brown damp patches on the wall. Am wondering what colour to paint the chimney breast that will go with the redbrick back wall, the rest of the walls are a light taupe colour. Olivegreen upperparts, black throat and upper breast. The current patch is upstairs, the house is detached, the walls are flat with the chimney breast outside if you know what i mean.
We often see and hear about homes with yellowy brown damp patches at the top of chimney breasts. As the different types of damp all need different cures, there is no magic single cure for all damp. Hi, about 2 years ago we had the whole house replastered and painted when we moved in, however this one single patch has refused to dry and the paint has flaked off. Typically on the ground floor of a structure, the masonry extends upwards, containing a flue which carries smoke out of the building through a chimney stack. There are two vents, both at skirting board level on 1st and ground floor. The chimney crown is the cement part on top of the chimney. Other visual signs can be a damp chimney breast and ceiling, damp walls either side of your chimney breast, damp in your loft or attic space around the chimney area or even damp halfway up a chimney breast. This sounds as though it might be a case of chimney damp, caused by the tars and salts from years of burning coal and wood, that leach into the brick flues and chimney breasts of. Large nightjar with entire body complexly mottled with brown, gray, and black. The signs of chimney damp can be similar to the signs of regular damp, except they all occur around your fireplace or chimney. On replacing old sofa for new discovered damp patches behind sofa on wall where old chimney place had been. A data logger was installed along with a k probe to measure the surface temperature of the breast, a data logger was also put in the roof to measure the relative humidity, air temperature, dew point and vapour pressure. By patches i mean like grease marks on the chimney breast walls, i freshly painted my bedroom in a good quality magnolia emulsion and now these marks have appeared and the walls feel damp, no black mould as yet as i ventilate the cottage regularly by opening the windows and doors and have the heating on in the evenings these marks remind of. Hi all, we have a damp chimney breast two large damp patches on the front, to.
They were improving and going away but have recently appeared again not after rain, just generally cold weather. Damp stains on a chimney breast and adjacent ceiling it. When i looked further into the state of the chimney breast, i discovered that it was in terrible repair. Chimney breast removal removing chimney stack in loft. The previous patch was from the back chimney downstairs. Weve been trying to find out a way to establish where this water is coming from. Lower breast and sides are yellow with black streaks and belly is white.
Dark brown all over, almost looks black, with a lighter patch on the throat. Medium hummingbird with metallic green upperparts, gray underparts, white breast, greenwashed flanks. The best way to check that this is the problem is to remove a brick from the base of the chimney breast and access the inside to see if there is moisture present. This is after, you can see the hygroscopic salts on the chimney breast now damp looking patch at the top of the chimney breast, also notice the. So i got myself some damp stain block paint, whacked it on, redecorated and hey presto gone. Project started with wanting to update tired 70 s house by redecorating walls now wish to remove current fire and insert one into the wall to make room look more modern. This is the view of the chimney in the roof and the gable wall, there is clear dark staining to the breast. Chimney breast meaning in the cambridge english dictionary. Was alot of work, took my builder nearly a week but well worth it. Gray birds grey birds birds by color birds of north. After painting it and that damp patch coming and going, i did lots of research and found it was hygroscopic salts, the damp patch tastes salty too, i licked the wall hee hee. I had the brickwork pointing checked fine, airbricks checked, chimney pots checked, etc, etc, and couldnt find the cause of the problem. Theres a damp patch next to our chimney breast on the wall next to the breast, which has been growing over time, and a couple of little damp spots elsewhere on the chimney breast.
See more ideas about chimney breast, fireplace design and house design. Different types of damp need different treatments so getting the type right is vital. Im then planning on cladding it in stackedstone tiles. Sometimes, inflammatory breast cancer can be identified by peau dorange which basically looks like the skin of an orange on the breast. Its a through room so it has light from both sides when its sunny of course. If any unused chimney breast is retained, it will need to be ventilated at both the top and bottom. The head was the orangered as were patches on the sides as well as a triangular patch on the back between the wings. What seems weird is that there is no evidence of damp in the upstairs room, around the chimney breast.
Chimney jambs similarly project from the wall, but they do so on either side of the fireplace and serve to support the chimney breast. Damp stains on a chimney breast and adjacent ceiling it may be salts. Male is a small, noisy finch with a bright yellow body, black cap, wings, and tail, and white rump and undertail coverts. A chimney breast is a portion of a chimney which projects forward from a wall to accommodate a fireplace. Damp patches, above skirting board in and around area of blocked up chimney breast. Chimney breast definition is a part of a wall that extends out into a room to cover a chimney. Hi all, i love the idea of having one completely dark wall chimney breast wall in my sth facing lounge. You might also see staining or discolouration in these areas.