Chimney Repairs Nantwich

Repairs done like for like are normally the simplest. Taking a stack down, or changing how it looks, should be run past Cheshire East first for a listed house or one inside the conservation area, which covers much of the middle of town. Listed owners should ask about repairs too.

From the street, the joints between the bricks look hollow or dark instead of filled flush. Up close, the mortar rubs away under a finger. On the side that takes the weather you may see brick faces flaking too. Thomas can tell how deep it goes once he’s up there.

It’s common on the older Nantwich terraces. Each owner usually looks after their part, but a stack can’t really be repaired in slices, so most neighbours agree to share the job and the scaffold. We can price the whole stack and break it down by house.

A few, yes. The soakers sit under the slates or tiles along each side of the stack, so the ones next to the chimney are lifted and put back once the new lead is in. If an old slate breaks, we match it as closely as we can.

No. A cracked pot can be swapped on its own, though the flaunching round it has to be broken out to free it, so it’s often worth relaying the whole top while we’re there. Thomas will tell you what state the other pots are in.

Sometimes a stack is leaning badly or the brick has worn away too far for pointing to help. If so, he’ll say plainly and explain what can be done instead, whether that’s taking it down and covering the roof or work beyond a straightforward repair. You won’t be sold a patch-up that won’t do the job.

Usually, because of the access. A stack on a three storey town house needs taller scaffold than one on a bungalow, and that goes into the price. The repairs themselves are priced on what the stack needs.