Chimney Repairs in Golborne
Chimney stacks repointed, rebuilt and flashed in, so the damp patches on the chimney breast stop coming back. A few miles south of Hindley Green.
Chimney Repairs for Homes in Golborne
Chimney trouble is behind a lot of the damp patches we get called to in Golborne. On the terraces along the main streets the stacks have stood through a century of weather, and the mortar joints wash out, the flaunching that beds the pots cracks and the lead flashing around the base perishes. Any one of those lets water into the stack, and it tracks down inside to show on a bedroom wall. We repoint, renew the flaunching and cut in fresh lead so the whole thing sheds water again.
We cover Golborne and the surrounding area: High Street, Bank Street, Kenyon, Church Lane, Stone Cross and beyond (WA3).
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What’s Included
On the estate houses the chimney is often long out of use, sat there doing nothing but letting in wet. Where that is the case, taking it down below the roofline and tiling neatly over the gap ends the maintenance for good, and it is usually the sensible spend on a house that heats another way now. Whichever it is, we handle the brickwork, the lead and the roof around it from start to finish, and it all comes on a single written quote.
- 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 Golborne, FAQs
On the older terraces it is usually failed pointing, cracked flaunching or perished lead flashing letting water into the stack, which then runs down inside. We check all three and put right whichever has gone, rather than guessing at it.
If you still use it, repointing, re-flaunching and new flashing will set it right. If it is redundant, taking it down below the roofline and weathering the roof over is often the better spend, and we will give you both prices so you can decide.
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.