6 Ways Water Can Leak Through Your Chimney

[@Anonymousaudits]

Cheers my man. I've had a leak and was worried so I got up there with the right ladders etc. You're right enough.. My flashing and bricks were letting water through. All sorted now.. Awesome video man.

[@eatmoreeats9566]

How did you fix this issue?

[@Anonymousaudits]

@@eatmoreeats9566 i used waterproof paint and sealed all the bricks, about 1 month after this process i removed the old bricks and capped the thing off as it not i use ...cheers pal

[@PJANGELES30]

Very good, short and to the point, no wasted words, and gets all the information out you need in less than 2 minutes.

[@Peter-976]

I had a leak in my chimney, went up to scope out the problem based on this very good video, found cracks in the crown. When I tried to fix the cracks, I lost my balance and fell off my roof and died!

[@Southpoint2019]

That’s happened to me once. I’ll never forget that day !!

[@lunch2102]

And how's death treat'n ya ?

[@Peter-976]

@@lunch2102 I'll tell ya, it took me at least a year to get used to it, but now I'm all set for eternity!😵

[@Nicky-ws9lz]

Funny 😂

[@1959in]

Shut up stupid

[@kylerichard7459]

Great video, short and sweet, plenty of info to diagnose the problem(s)

[@ormsk954]

Good job man. I need all 6 fixing.

[@SB-vt5xf]

I really appreciate this video. I am having chimney issues right now. know what to look for.

[@romanvegan]

IM ON YOUR SIDE . so im not criticizing ! im trying to improve your videos with my take : the punks running this kingdom point out of the tv 24/7 which is a disrespectful act , people talking with hands and pointing is ugly . two , the music sux . weve already got enough noises blarring out of tv n computers . and at same time i want to say without the pointing finger and music THIS IS A GREAT INFORMATIVE VIDEO !

[@DIYProjectsByDave]

Thank you! We should check our chimney again

[@ImranKhalid-h1z]

Is it wise to have air brick on your chimney stack. The top is capped off, just down want water coming in from there.

[@0987__]

Did you voiceover this?

[@Believe_the_Bible]

Great points thanks. Music way toooo loud. Very annoying.

[@randyfield3033]

Nice work on the re-voice

[@Timetraveler1111MN]

Very cool. We have a lot of snow and usually fine when I light the fireplace but today water is showing at the bottom, inside. The fire 🔥 is still cracking and roaring. It’s been and epic year for ice dams and icicles!!! I have roof shoveled but needs to be done again. The sun is shines today... anyway after winter ❄️ I’ll check out all these areas. Cool old house.

[@gabinedful]

great info, thank you! The music is too loud :(

[@ak1200]

Voice over dubbing on this video is ridiculous...

[@fiddelsworthdinkle]

What you mean. He's clearly speaking.

[@studleyjb3172]

I had chimney work done, new crown, cap, and stainless steel liner. The chimney is bleeding water in the attic. A squirrel nest was removed also. Any guesses?

[@iancurtis5397]

Did you ever figure it out? Could very well be the brick itself and bad mortar joints allowing water to seep through.

[@Tbang79mn]

My closet is leaking water. It is negative 16 and was below zero the last couple days. What/where is it so hot it’s melting the snow. Can you give me advice.

[@davidchi1277]

Build the chimney with a lead tray through it just above the intersection with the roof.

[@DRJMF1]

The chimney that you show us had no lip below the crown thus water can roll down the chimney masonry instead of dripping passed the masonry making it impossible to penetrate masonary.

[@murraylonsdale3069]

.. so how you gonna make a drip edge on that chimney ? rainwater running off that tiny crown (or 'flaunching' as we call it in UK) won't amount to a hill of beans in this crazy world.

[@Blueerer730]

@@murraylonsdale3069put a custom cap that extends past the chimney so the water does not hit the chimney

[@saragb190]

Thanks

[@salim777star]

Thank you for valuable information 🌱

[@MissRazna]

did you VOICE OVER the recording?

[@rooftopchimneysweeps6523]

YES! There was so much wind up on that roof that we had to rerecord the dialog afterwards - it was totally unusable!

[@ma7rix13]

Thanks for video. My chimney cover is flat and I think contributing to a leak into the fireplace. I am going to add some Bergstrom seal to the interface between cap and flute. Is there anyway to add a”crown” to a flat metal cap?

[@rooftopchimneysweeps6523]

You can't add it to an existing metal chase cover, but we solve that problem by having them fabricated with brakes from the collar to the corners to create a slope that sheds water.

[@AmandaRussell-g3c]

Brilliant video and very informative. However, the music was off putting

[@haiderabdallah7414]

thank you.

[@antoniopecora9837]

I bought a 12x8x24 clay flue liner that I want to install for a pizza oven that I am building out of perlite/ Portland cement. The flue is heavy. I was thinking of putting the flue inside the hole I made and securing it with refractory mortar mix. Do you think that once it dries, it’ll hold? Any advice would help!

[@bobsolem6034]

Helpful information (but I do concur on the voice/music mix, too loud on the music).

[@mrbda]

I couldn't figure out where my roof was leaking after numerous rain storms. Finally i took out a loan and bought 136 five gallon buckets of roof tar. I covered the whole roof and the whole chimney and all the bricks of my home including all the windows. Its really dark in here but no leaks!

[@imsunmiller9657]

Haha every year my roof leaks. Don’t know where does the water get inside. Corked and corked in vain. Im about to apply the extreme tar therapy

[@mrbda]

@@imsunmiller9657 lolol

[@lailatlais461]

You saved us thank you very much

[@JackJack-ld5eo]

A chimney cap should cover the entire top of the chimney to shed water away. That cap is a liner cap and all the water that lands on it is dumped directly on top of the chimney. The flashing should have been replaced, not sprayed with flex seal and the termination of that liner is a joke.

[@nigeace]

Good video, but lose the background music

[@chubeviewer]

Sounds like it was too windy on the roof, and you had to rerecord the audio inside, haha, great video though.

[@chiefrockerwakida2789]

Why didn’t my roofer tell me this when they replaced my roof. Now I’m dealing with consequences. Contractors suck.

[@biellaspointofview2054]

Please remove the music going forward. So distracting!!

[@gjames57]

All of the possibilities seem to take water down the inside of the chimney. I have a leak seemingly around the outside but see no reason for leaks

[@SeanBaker]

When you say leak around the outside, where specifically do you see the leak? Did you figure out by now?

[@paraglidingnut26]

As a contractor myself, most homeowner's won't be on the roof, ever. Fix the leaks and the home owners are happy. In your video, that chimney should have a drip edge. Otherwise water dripping down the brick & mortar will cause more leaks.

[@murraylonsdale3069]

.. yep 6 ways .. but if you've got water stains on the chmney breast (or close to it) in an upstairs room it will be poorly installed or missing or perished flashings 97% of the time.

[@rooftopchimneysweeps6523]

You'd be shocked how often that is not the case. Bad flashing will definitely give you water leaks 100% of the time, but probably 90% of what we get called to is actually the result of saturation caused by several of these factors happening simultaneously

[@stoneyj1a1]

Very mystical, weird

[@rickphillips5098]

What about the lead trays ?

[@Timetraveler1111MN]

Are you near Minneapolis?

[@elviscollector]

Another thief in your pocket..now it’s the LINER…😂😂😂😂

[@kepeb1]

I was trying to listen to the music but you can still hear a man talking in the background.

[@timothysharkey4333]

What if there is no lead tray installed?

[@DRJMF1]

Furthermore, the crown should contain smooth pebbles in its mortar, not just sand and cement....pebbles improve water impact resistance extending service lifetime

[@paddypup1836]

Ding dong Hollywood is calling

[@darkandstarrysky5175]

Was interested in what you were saying, but the loud music got in the way. Very unpleasantly distracting.

[@TheBirdandEagle]

Love the advice, but the music has to go!

[@Bluewolfe96-r1d]

Get rid of the music and itll be a better vid.

[@nickaxe771]

Music is to bloody loud.

[@AkingBones1]

Ditch the music mate, cant hear a thing youre saying

[@perezbronz]

please re-do this video, terrible audio!

[@jasonbuksh2958]

The werid voice is over produced.