Chimney Repairs in Bickershaw
Chimney stacks repointed, rebuilt and flashed in, so the damp patches on the chimney breast stop coming back. A mile or two south of Hindley Green.
Chimney Repairs for Homes in Bickershaw
The terraces the pit built in Bickershaw all carry brick chimneys, and after a century of weather off the open ground it is the mortar that goes first. The pointing washes out of the joints, the flaunching that beds the pots cracks, and the lead flashing around the base perishes, and any of those will let water into the stack and bring a damp patch out on a bedroom wall. We repoint the brickwork, renew the flaunching and cut in fresh lead so the whole thing sheds water again.
We cover Bickershaw and the surrounding area: Bickershaw, Bickershaw Lane, Plank Lane, Abram, Leigh Road and beyond (WN2).
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What’s Included
Where a chimney has been left unused since the old ranges came out, it is often not worth keeping as a thing to maintain forever. We can take it down neatly below the roof line and weather the roof over where it stood, which ends the leaks and the repointing for good. Whether it is a repair or a takedown, we do the brickwork, the lead and the roof around it ourselves, and you get a single written price for the lot.
- Stacks repointed with the right mortar mix
- Full and partial chimney rebuilds to match the house
- Lead flashing and soakers renewed, dressed into the joints
- Flaunching recast, pots reset, cowls and caps fitted
- Disused chimneys removed and tiled over
- Leaks at the chimney traced and stopped for good
How It Works
Chimney Repairs in Bickershaw, FAQs
On the older terraces it is usually washed-out pointing, cracked flaunching or perished lead flashing letting water into the stack, which then tracks down inside. We check all three and put right whichever has failed rather than guessing.
Yes. If the stack is disused, taking it down below the roof line and weathering the roof over where it stood is often the sensible spend, since it stops the leaks and the repointing for good. We will price that against a repair so you can choose.
From the ground, look for gaps and shadows in the mortar joints, white staining, or a stack that reads crooked against the sky. Inside, damp patches on the chimney breast are the big tell. Binoculars from the garden will tell you a lot, and we will confirm it up close from a ladder or scaffold.
It can be. Stacks lean when the mortar on the weather side wears faster, and a badly leaning stack in wind is a genuine risk to whatever is below. If yours has a visible lean, get it looked at soon. Making it safe is quick; rebuilding it is planned work, not an emergency, if caught early.
Usually the lead. Flashing that has split, lifted or been bodged with mastic lets water straight in at the joint between stack and roof. Cracked flaunching on top does the same. Both are standard fixes for us, and we check all three, the pointing, the flaunching and the lead, whenever we look at a leaking chimney.