Chimney Repairs in Horwich
Chimney stacks repointed, rebuilt and flashed in, so the damp patches on the chimney breast stop coming back. North toward the moors, a short drive.
Chimney Repairs for Homes in Horwich
Chimney stacks in Horwich stand right up in the moorland weather, and on the stone terraces they are built of the same gritstone as the house. On the face that takes the wind and rain off the moors the mortar joints wear back, the flaunching around the pots breaks up, and the lead skirt at the base lifts, and any of those lets water down into the stack and onto a bedroom wall. We rake out and repoint the stone, renew the flaunching, and cut in fresh lead so the whole stack sheds water again.
We cover Horwich and the surrounding area: Middlebrook, Lever Park, Chorley New Road, Church Street, Wallsuches and beyond (BL6).
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What’s Included
Another weak spot is the flashing where the stack passes through the roof, because that line takes the driven rain head on. On the tall gritstone stacks up here we pay particular attention to the back gutter behind the stack, since a blocked or failed one holds water right against the stone and pushes it straight through. We renew the soakers and step flashing and clear the back gutter as part of the job, and where a chimney is finished with we can take it down below the roof line and make the roof good over the gap. Either way the stone, the lead and the roof around it are all our own work.
- 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 Horwich, FAQs
On the exposed stone stacks up here it is usually the weather-side pointing worn back, cracked flaunching or lifted lead letting the moor-driven rain into the stack, which then tracks down inside. We check all three and put right whichever has gone, rather than guessing at it.
Yes. We rake out the worn joints and repoint the stone stack in a mortar that suits the gritstone, so it weathers in with the rest and stands up to what comes off the moors. If the flaunching or the lead has gone as well, we sort that in the same visit.
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.