Chimney Damp Issue - Price & Solution

BuildingFife

TopGunner1978 wrote: »

Thanks for response @BuildingFife!

The chimneys are capped with cowl on each chimney pot.

2 of the builders have been up and suggested chimney pointing and lead flashing but they just weren't overly convincing as they were very quick to state if it doesn't fix the issue don't hold it against them!

Both quotes are around the £300 mark, sound reasonable?

Not a problem, always happy to help.

Are you getting quotations from builders or roofers? A roofer will always be the better option for damp regarding your chimney as they'll have hit this problem many times.

If they were suggesting one of the other I would sort of understand them saying if it doesn't fix it, as well both are common problems for chimney damp, but if they are fixing both then I have no idea where they can answer that from especially if they know the chimney is well ventilated. (Unless the chimney is on a flat roof then it could be an other problem)

If they are replacing the lead & repointing the chimney then I would say this is a fairly reasonable price.

TopGunner1978

BuildingFife wrote: »

Not a problem, always happy to help.

Are you getting quotations from builders or roofers? A roofer will always be the better option for damp regarding your chimney as they'll have hit this problem many times.

If they were suggesting one of the other I would sort of understand them saying if it doesn't fix it, as well both are common problems for chimney damp, but if they are fixing both then I have no idea where they can answer that from especially if they know the chimney is well ventilated. (Unless the chimney is on a flat roof then it could be an other problem)

If they are replacing the lead & repointing the chimney then I would say this is a fairly reasonable price.

Quotes are from roofers, both differ slightly in the detail but essentially same kind of work.

Chimney isn't on flat roof, although we have a dorma for the loft conversion but that doesn't appear to be an issue.

I'll get another couple of quotes and see what they say too.