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Chimney stack rebuilt and repointed

Roofing service

Chimney repairs

Repointing, rebuilds, cowls and the flashing where the stack meets the roof.

A chimney is the most exposed masonry on any roof. It stands proud on all four sides, it is warmed from the inside while everything around it stays cold, and on the coast it takes salt as well as rain.

That combination is why chimney work makes up a steady share of what we do, and why stacks are usually the first part of a coastal roof to need attention rather than the last.

What the job involves

  • Repointing failed and eroded mortar joints
  • Partial and full stack rebuilds where brickwork has gone
  • New lead flashing, aprons and back gutters around the stack
  • Cowls and terminals fitted to keep rain and birds out
  • Leaning or unsafe stacks assessed properly before anything else

Included in this service

  • Chimney repairs
  • Repointing

Two roofs, half an hour apart, two specifications

Sheltered, inland Ashford
Galvanised fixings
Perfectly sound here, and cheaper. Spending more would be spending for the sake of it.
Exposed, Lydd and Dymchurch
Stainless fixings
Quoted as standard rather than as an upgrade, because the cheaper option does not survive out here.

Salt off the Channel corrodes ferrous metal far faster than ordinary damp air. We have taken tiles off roofs on the coast after nothing more than a breezy week, purely because the nails holding them had rusted through. That is a specification failure, not a tile failure.

If a roofer quotes the same specification for a Lydd bungalow as for a sheltered terrace in town, they either do not know the difference or have not priced for it.

How we specify for each area

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