Chimney repairs & rebuilding is a big part of what we do.

Any abutments on a roof is prone to being a problem area, from firewalls, ridges verges, gable walls & chimneys. with the constant battering from the weather in the winter winds and rain too having to expand and contract in the hot summers!

As scary as all this sounds its a problem that’s very common that we deal with on a daily basis. Our aim is to provide a service that causes as little disruption as possible to you, thats fast & efficient. When we rebuild the chimney it is always rebuilt with lead trays to ensure no water will ingress through into the property in the chimneys life time.

Chimney Brickwork / Pointing Repairs

A common chimney repair which we undertake would be repointing. Open joints in brickwork should be raked out to a sound depth and repointed. Sand/Cement mortar is applied to the gaps between the chimney brickwork by pointing trowel to the desired finish such as weather struck. Chimneys in bad state of repair may have cracks appearing vertically and have the appearance from the ground that the head of the chimney is spawling or the chimney is leaning. Signs of early chimney decay would be chimney pots being at an angle or ‘out of line’. Chimney pots at odd angles would indicate the chimney flaunching (the sand/cement finish which retains the chimney pots or terminals to the chimney top) is cracked and allowing ingress of water to internal chimney brickwork and flue. Attention should always be given to prevent water penetration to chimney flues. Water ingress can freeze in colder winter conditions and cause havoc to the structural integrity of a brick chimney or flue system. Damp issues becoming an issue of chimney breasts in bedrooms below.