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Shared chimney
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Sounds more like he's estimated than quoted. He won't be able to give anything approaching a quote until he gets up there.The second roofer has given the neighbour a quote for £690 for flaunching and lead works to his half of the chimney only. He said that he is unsure how the water is entering the property (He viewed from the garden with binoculars) so that may not be effective if the problem is on my half of the stack. Would you take the fact that he has quoted for this work to mean that he believes there to be problems with the above?0 -
Presumably, the stack continues down through the loft space - How is the remainder of the stack supported ?
If it is on a steel support, is the RSJ adequately insulated so as not to cause a cold spot ?
If a cold spot is forming in your neighbour's bedroom, then the damp issue is more likely to be one of condensation. Certainly a better investigation of the problem is required rather than having some random roofer looking at it from ground level and taking a guess at what might be the cause. As the matter currently stands, I would not be contributing to either a survey or any work.Sounds more like he's estimated than quoted. He won't be able to give anything approaching a quote until he gets up there.
Thank you. I think I will just wait until I have had someone to go on to the roof. I'm also going to give the roofer that they had out a call to see if he can give me a bit more information.0
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