Help in locating leak

[DIYer]

Hi

We have a bungalow and had a leak in our hot water heating pipes & luckily enough it presented itself obviously with staining on the wooden floor. This is now fixed (by a plumber, not me) after great fun digging up ground etc. This was in a bedroom.

Anyway, we have another problem right beside where the the pipes meet the back boiler - dampness, skirting board wet. Also, the room that backs onto where the chimney is has damp problems on the wall - peeling paint and plaster boasting a bit.

We've removed the plaster board around the chimney exposing the vertical pipes a bit and there is nothing obvious leaking there that I can see or hear but then again, not sure exactly what I would be looking for.

At this stage, my question is - what next? I'm working on the assumption that this actually is a leak. Is it possible that rain water coming down chimney could cause this much damp?

Any advice appreciated

 

[Gerry Canning]

Had similar issues on dampness around where boiler was .Upshot was it needed an inset flue pipe ,otherwise the steam condensed and came back down onto walls around boiler.
Any good plumber could tell you .
On plus side it wasn,t expensive and no gouging needed and never an issue since.So with luck this maybe your issue!

 

[DIYer]

Hey thanks for the response Gerry

Had similar issues on dampness around where boiler was

When you say similar issues, just so I'm clear, are you talking about all that I mentioned inc probs other side of chimney etc? if it turns out to be what you say, we're laughing (relatively speaking)