In the middle of the night I was woken up by Bianca, who stood there and said: do you hear that as well? It is dripping!
The whole day it was raining without a stop and in addition it was windy. You could hear the rain on the metal hose that is connecting our gas insert at the fireplace with the exit on top. That was not really the problem, but on top of the chimney to the roof, there is a cover and from there you could see and hear rain coming through. It came from the outer right corner. So we were running around in our sleep dress to put bowls at the place it was dripping to. We had to get a roofing guy to fix it.
Most probably the wind was lifting up the cover from the chimney to the roof and the pushing the wind through from there.
Here a picture from the inside, our chimney going through the roof :-)
The whole day it was raining without a stop and in addition it was windy. You could hear the rain on the metal hose that is connecting our gas insert at the fireplace with the exit on top. That was not really the problem, but on top of the chimney to the roof, there is a cover and from there you could see and hear rain coming through. It came from the outer right corner. So we were running around in our sleep dress to put bowls at the place it was dripping to. We had to get a roofing guy to fix it.
Most probably the wind was lifting up the cover from the chimney to the roof and the pushing the wind through from there.
Here a picture from the inside, our chimney going through the roof :-)
After a pretty short night by this activity, today is a wonderful day. The sun is shining and if you are not standing in the wind, the sun is very warm. Unbelieveable that it is December already..
We called a roofing guy, who was here already before at the first inspection of the roof before purchasing. So he is gluing the cover to protect the corner chimney / roof by a silicone - tar mixture. I hope that it is done by this, otherwise we have to have the chimney painted with a special cover. Then it should survive the winter and we should think about taking the chimney down in summer. This should solve the problem.
We don't need it really anyway, as we do not have a wood heating. The hose for the oil heating is going through the chimney, so it would not be recommendable... :-)
And the Pellet Stove could also be used this way. That will be our wish when the propane tank is empty. It is nicer, has more feeling of a wood heating :-)
Furthermore, we got the good news that our clients of the garden portion of our property now got the notice to arrange payment. So, in the next week we shall hopefully receive first portion of our money. The house is still under discussion but it looks good that it ends well soon.
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