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Chimney problems - help please!

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bonym · 16/11/2004 05:22

Hoping someone might have a dh or dp who might know the answer to this question (don't mean to be sexist - if any mum knows the answer then suggestions gratefully received!) I have a property which I let out - every time the people next door light a fire, smoke comes down the chimney in the adjoining room in my property and fills up the room. I had a builder to look at it yesterday who said he thought it was a blockage and to get a chimney sweep in. I then rang a chimney sweep who said it didn't sound like a blockage! I am at my wits end with this as you can tell by the when I am posting this thread - woke up at 4am this morning and couldn't sleep for worrying about it! Any help/suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

tech · 16/11/2004 06:08

Hi bonym,

It sounds like the flues in your chimney and the one next door share a chimney stack, and the isolation between the flues has broken down.

Chimneys work in two ways. Usually, when you light a fire, the hot air rises and creates a draft, drawing the smoke up the chimney. If there is a hole into another flue, smoke will go through and cool, dropping again.

The other way they work is by the "bernoulli effect". Those rotating wind fan caps you see on top of some chimneys are to boost this. Wind blowing across the top of the chimney makes the air pressure above the chimney slightly lower than the air pressure in the room. Air rushes in from the room to try equalize the pressure and takes the smoke with it.

Either way, the flues inside the stack should be separate from each other. It sounds like your chimney needs repairing. A simple blockage shouldn't cause this.

tech · 16/11/2004 06:11

...suppose it could be blocked at the top where the flues join. hmm. I think they are supposed to be separate all the way up to the little pots though.

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