Chimney Take-Downs

Chimney Take-Downs in your area

If a chimney stack serves a fireplace that's been blocked up or a gas fire that's long since been removed, the stack above the roofline is doing nothing except collecting rainwater and letting it into your roof. Many properties in Brandon — particularly post-war semis and bungalows — have one or more redundant stacks that owners have been meaning to deal with for years. Taking a chimney down is a straightforward job when it's handled properly, and it removes a maintenance liability from the building permanently.

The work involves erecting a suitable scaffold platform to work safely at roof level, then carefully dismantling the brickwork in sections from the top down. We take the stack down to just below the existing roof level, cut away the internal chimney breast if required, and make good the roof opening using a lead slate over the remaining flue and tiles or slates carefully cut in to match the surrounding roof covering. Where the chimney breast below is to be retained internally, we cap the flue appropriately to prevent condensation and damp. All brickwork debris is bagged and removed from your property.

Working at height on a chimney without the correct platform is dangerous, and the risk of dislodging tiles or sending brickwork through a roof is real. We've repaired the damage caused by DIY take-down attempts on several Brandon properties — it's almost always more expensive than the original job would have been.

We carry out a survey before agreeing a price, as the condition of the internal chimney breast and the surrounding roof covering affects the scope of work. Most single-stack take-downs on a standard two-storey property take one to two days from start to finish.

Chimney take-down and roof make-good in Brandon typically costs between £900 and £2,000 for a standard residential stack, depending on height and the complexity of the tile matching required.