Downham Market · Norfolk
Chimney repairs in Downham Market
Repointing, rebuilding, flaunching, pots and cowls on Downham Market chimneys. The stack takes more weather than any other part of the house.
Chimney repairs in Downham Market
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Chimney repairs on Downham Market property
Georgian and Victorian brick with slate and clay pantile in town, and bungalows, farmhouses and barns across the fen villages around it. Stacks on the older property here are tall, exposed and mostly original.
Chimney repairs on Downham Market roofs
The split is very clear here. In town it is slate and pantile work, valleys and chimney leadwork on older brick property. Out on the fen it is ridge and verge, storm damage, and re-covering long low roofs that have taken forty years of wind. We also do a lot of flat roof replacement on the extensions that were added to the bungalows in the seventies and eighties.
The chimney is the most exposed masonry on the house. It has weather on four sides, nothing sheltering it, and a flue running up the middle that carries moisture. That is why stacks need attention decades before the walls below them do.
It matters here because this is some of the most exposed ground in the east of England, with the wind coming off the washes and nothing to break it., and a stack has weather on four sides with nothing sheltering it.
What the job includes
- Rebuild from the roof line up where the brickwork has gone too far
- Pots, cowls and terminals replaced or capped where a flue is unused
- Scaffold or tower access, priced openly on the quote
- New flaunching, the mortar weathering that holds the pots
Signs to look for
- A pot leaning, or a cowl that has moved
- White salt staining on the brickwork inside
- Mortar joints raked out by weather so you can see the shape of every brick
Repointing, rebuilding or capping in Downham Market
Flaunching is the mortar weathering on the top of the stack that holds the pots in and sheds water off it. It is the first thing to crack, it is cheap to renew while somebody is already up there, and once it has gone the water runs straight into the top of the brickwork and works down. It is worth doing at the same time as anything else on the stack.
Getting to you in Downham Market
We work across the fen and the Norfolk border every week, so Downham Market surveys are usually quick to book. We cover the town and Denver, Nordelph, Stow Bardolph, Ten Mile Bank, Hilgay, Southery, Barroway Drove and West Dereham.
- Denver
- Nordelph
- Stow Bardolph
- Ten Mile Bank
- Hilgay
- Southery
- Barroway Drove
- West Dereham
Our work
Chimney repairs work
FAQs
Chimney repairs in Downham Market: your questions
Do you work on listed buildings?
Yes, and we will tell you honestly where the work needs listed building consent before we start rather than after. Matching brick and using a lime based mortar is normal on that kind of property.
Does a chimney need repointing or rebuilding?
If the joints are eroded but the bricks are sound, repointing is the job. If the brick faces have spalled off, the stack is leaning, or the courses have moved, it needs taking down to a sound level and rebuilding. We will show you photographs of which one you are looking at.
Do you do chimney repairs in Downham Market?
Yes. Downham Market is one of the towns we cover as standard, along with Denver, Nordelph, Stow Bardolph and the villages around them.
What does a chimney repairs job in Downham Market start with?
A free survey. We come out, get on the roof where it is safe to, photograph what we find and send you a written quote. There is no charge for that and no obligation afterwards.
Chimney repairs in Downham Market
Call 07934 565 449 or send the form and we will come out, look at it properly and put a price in writing.