Chimney Repairs in Orrell
Chimney stacks repointed, rebuilt and flashed in, so the damp patches on the chimney breast stop coming back. West of Wigan, a short drive from us.
Chimney Repairs for Homes in Orrell
Nearly every house in Orrell, the estate semis and the older terraces near Orrell Post alike, still carries a brick stack, and the higher up the western slope toward Billinge Hill it stands, the harder the wind and rain drive at it. Years of that weather rake the mortar from between the bricks, split the flaunching that seats the pots, and rot the lead where the stack passes through the tiles. Water then creeps in and surfaces indoors as a damp ring on the plaster beside a fireplace. We cut back and repoint the brickwork, re-bed the pots on fresh flaunching, and let in new lead all round, so the stack holds the rain off the way it should.
We cover Orrell and the surrounding area: Orrell Post, Moor Road, Sandy Lane, Lamberhead Green, Winstanley and beyond (WN5).
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What’s Included
A good number of the Orrell semis lost their open fires long ago, so the stack does nothing now but stand there catching the weather up on the exposed ground. When a chimney is finished with, dropping it below the tile line and closing the roof neatly over the top is usually the better spend than nursing brickwork you get no use from. If you would rather keep it, we can rebuild from a solid course upward and match the brick. Whichever road you take, one crew handles the masonry, the lead and the roofwork together, quoted as a single job in writing.
- 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 Orrell, FAQs
It is usually failed pointing, cracked flaunching or perished lead flashing letting water into the stack, and on the exposed Orrell streets the driving rain speeds all three along. We check every part of the detail and put right whichever has gone, rather than guessing.
Yes. If the stack is disused, taking it down below the roofline and weathering it in neatly is often the more sensible spend than repointing something you get no use from. We can also rebuild a sound stack and match the existing brick if you would rather keep it.
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.