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31st October 2021 at 10:04 am #562400
Anyone else (in 22) get seriously heavy rain last night? If so, I should think all the water butts are full now. I looked out the window to find I was living in the Mississippi delta. Muddy water backed up halfway to the front door because the ditches haven’t been cleared properly for a few years now. All the detritus from the half-hearted “fauchage” appear to have blocked the drain tubes between ditches. If/when it all clears I’m faced with a massive cleanup operation.
I had intended to go up on the roof today to try to cap off the chimney. Lounge floor wet again after the rain. I’m going to form a sheet of aluminium mess over the hole and coat it with car body filler.
Happy days.
Anonymous31st October 2021 at 10:07 am #562401You need some ventilation through your disused chimney.
A properly designed cap will provide both functions.
31st October 2021 at 10:11 am #562402Can you please send some rain down to Albi ?
The ground is bone dry.
Merci.
31st October 2021 at 5:20 pm #562438A properly designed cap? A small roof to stop the rain coming down?
I’d love to find one that will keep the rain out of our chimney that has a 30cm by 60cm rectangular opening at the top.
I had a go at beating a sheet of metal mesh into shape to cover it today but gave up due to rain, wind, and the mesh cutting my hands to ribbons. I’ll try again tomorow. Every trip up to the top seems to break more and more slates. They are very old and have the strength of potato crisps.
Anonymous31st October 2021 at 7:40 pm #562459Shapeshifter
31st October 2021 at 10:04 am #562400
Anyone else (in 22) get seriously heavy rain last night? If so, I should think all the water butts are full now. I looked out the window to find I was living in the Mississippi delta. Muddy water backed up halfway to the front door because the ditches haven’t been cleared properly for a few years now. All the detritus from the half-hearted “fauchage” appear to have blocked the drain tubes between ditches. If/when it all clears I’m faced with a massive cleanup operation.I had intended to go up on the roof today to try to cap off the chimney. Lounge floor wet again after the rain. I’m going to form a sheet of aluminium mess over the hole and coat it with car body filler.
Happy days.
Most folk do this before it rains ?
All our chimneys are capped to stop the rain getting in .
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