Price to Reduce / Cap a Chimney - Sanity Check

[Ferdinand]

Just after a sanity check on a price and job proposal.

 

Meet my chimney which has been dropping bits of mortar for a few months.

 

 

I need to have a chimney reduced to just below the protruding course and above the flashing, and capped / ventilated as per usual. As you can see access is a little awkward, and will ideally need to be done from a roof ladder, since scaff would require the leanto roof to be dismantled or finessed.

 

I couldn't easily find a roofer willing to do such a repair job. I do have a a pro-handyman who has just done a good job removing ivy growth from a roof (so I have reasonable confidence) offering to do the job in one day with one colleague for £450. He confirms he has the proper insurance.

 

I'd expect a bit of incidental expenses on top, but does anyone have any comments. Is this a decent price. The chimney is low at approx 20ft height.

 

Any comments would be welcome.

Cheers

 

Ferdinand

 

 

 

 

[markc]

As a price it seems pretty reasonable, very easy to have a brick fall onto that roof tho.

[ProDave]

Just taking that pot off from just a roof ladder would frighten me.

[joe90]

It’s the sort of thing I would do without a thought years ago, older and wiser now tho. If the chap has the right experience and you think he is reliable then why not? I once put my scaffold tower on my car port roof to access the roof, got some funny looks but with a couple of acros underneath it was fine.

[Ferdinand]

1 hour ago, markc said:

As a price it seems pretty reasonable, very easy to have a brick fall onto that roof tho.

 

The roof is actually quite strong - it is 2-ply chipcutter polyprop across 6x2" joists, and can be walked on with care (I always do them robustly). The plan is to put a couple of 8x4 sheets on it, which seems OK.

 

58 minutes ago, joe90 said:

It’s the sort of thing I would do without a thought years ago, older and wiser now tho. If the chap has the right experience and you think he is reliable then why not? I once put my scaffold tower on my car port roof to access the roof, got some funny looks but with a couple of acros underneath it was fine.

 

I hadn't considered acros - that would be a good idea if we need to do that.

 

That chimney pot will come down in bits.

 

It is perhaps less difficult to access than it looks - the front to back outside dimension of the house is 3.8m, so the roof is *really* small.

 

Thanks all.

 

Ferdinand

[joe90]

12 minutes ago, Ferdinand said:

hadn't considered acros -

Or a few lengths of 4x2 wedged underneath. And a couple of sheets of old OSB to protect 🤷‍♂️

[saveasteading]

Make sure that the capping is good for a few decades. I suggest making sure the construction is agreed, and also getting a photo to confirm. 

Assuming you are not going up to inspect.

I don't know how to cap of a chimney. Rainproof but ventilated....somehow.

[PeterW]

I’d do that from a cherry picker - easy job.

 

I would check though that the corbel course isn’t the lead soaker course too - if so I would want to keep the course above and then cap with a mix with a waterproof agent in the cement and also fit a vent pot. 

[Dave Jones]

wanting to put someones life at risk working at height not wanting to spend a couple quid on scaffolding to make the job safe.

 

disgusting.