Any rough ideas on how much it costs to get a chimney stack repaired/repointed?!

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stilltryingtosell · 04/04/2009 08:20

It needs doing on the house we are buying.

I have no idea whatsoever, as far as i know it could be anything between £200 and £2000

Anyinfo appreciated!

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mrspnut · 04/04/2009 08:22

Ooh I need to know this too -sits- -down- -and- -makes- -self- -comfy-

mrspnut · 04/04/2009 08:22

Oh bugger I thought I was doing italics but I was just being rubbish

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stilltryingtosell · 04/04/2009 08:29

lol!

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ILikeToMoveItMoveIt · 04/04/2009 08:39

It depends what repairs need doing.

Repointing would be a days work plus scaffolding, so anything from £500+.

That's just a very rough guess. I would guess if it needs repairing it will cost quite a bit more.

lucykate · 04/04/2009 09:24

repointing is something a builder will 'slot in on a saturday' job, if you offer to pay cash, they may well do it for cheaper. no idea really how much a chimney will cost, ours needs doing too!

Mellin · 04/04/2009 09:37

What kind of repairs? Just superficial outside stuff or do you need to reline/fix holes inside the chimney?

We have a leak in our chimney and need to get in relined before it is safe to use. Had a quote from a specialst chimeny repair company, £3k! Includes scaffolding up for a week on the outside of the house.

Can probably be done cheaper by a builder (+ we are in London) but it really depends on what needs doing.

Needless to say our fireplace is now purely a decorative feature and not in use!

SamVimesIsMyHero · 04/04/2009 16:37

Our chimney needs re-lining too (when fire is lit the smoke comes out in an upstairs room) the last quote we had was about £1600 but that was about 3 yrs ago. I think they said they put a tube down the chimney and then pour in some stuff down the edge (concrete type thing but no) and that seals up the gap between the outside of the tube and the chimney and re-lines it. I'd budgett £2000 and I think you should be safe.

MrsMuddle · 04/04/2009 17:48

We had our chimney relined a couple of years ago - our house is 1.5 storeys high, and I don't think they needed a scaffold - they could access the roof via the velux window.

It cost about £1,000, and they must have been there for all of 30 minutes.

Not sure if they poured anything down it - I think they just dropped a big tube, like the tumble drier hose, down the chimney.

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