Chimney Repairs in Chipping

Chimney Repairs for Chipping homes

Chimney stacks are a defining feature of homes in Chipping, where stone cottages and farmhouses make up most of the village and the surrounding countryside. Most of those houses were built with a fireplace in every room, so there are a lot of stacks to look after. Chipping sits beneath the Bowland fells, where rain rolls in from the west and roofs, chimneys and gutters get a thorough soaking through the winter. We repoint, rebuild, re-flash, cap and remove stacks, using materials that match the rest of the building.

Around Preston and the Ribble Valley, Victorian terrace stacks are often shared with neighbours, so we explain party wall requirements before any rebuilding or removal work.

We put up safe access, repoint or rebuild the stack as needed, re-flaunch the pots, and renew the lead flashing so the junction with the roof is watertight. If the chimney is no longer used, we can cap it with a ventilated cap to stop rain and birds getting in, or take the stack down below the roofline and slate over it.

What’s included

• Scaffold access to the stack
• Raking out and repointing in matching mortar
• Partial or full rebuilding of damaged or leaning stacks
• New flaunching and re-setting or replacing chimney pots
• New lead flashing, apron, soakers and back gutter
• Chimney cowls, bird guards and ventilated caps
• Removal of redundant stacks and slating over
• Photo report of all work completed