Downham Market's Fenland setting means exposed rooflines, and an unused chimney stack here takes a real battering from the wind and rain that sweeps in across the flat landscape.
The town has a pleasant stock of Victorian and Edwardian properties, particularly around the market square and Railway Road, where chimney stacks were built into every party wall. With the original fireplaces long gone, these stacks now sit exposed on the roof — freezing in winter, baked in summer — and the repeated thermal movement gradually opens up the joints and flaunching. Redundant chimney stacks in Downham Market properties are a leading cause of the damp patches that appear on chimney breast walls during wet weather.
We take the stack down to below roof level, install a lead slate to shed water cleanly, and tile over with materials matched to your existing roof. We serve Downham Market and nearby villages such as Denver and Wimbotsham, and we'll give you an honest, no-obligation assessment before any work is agreed.
No obligation · We usually respond within 2 hours
Storm damage, active leak, damaged ridge — we aim to be on-site within 24 hours.
