I'm buying a 1930's property, some feedback has been provided regarding the chimney, I have no idea how much it is going to cost. Please can you advise?
Feedback:
Point 1) To the left side of the stack we note that no weather flashing has been provided and to the right hand side the flashing is mostly formed of cement. We would recommend that the cement fillets used at the junction of the chimney stacks are replaced with lead flashings and soakers, to maintain damp proofing qualities.
Point 2) All chimney pots above redundant flues should be removed and the latter capped off and ventilated in order to minimise the risk of condensation from occurring within the flues. Ventilation is essential to capped off flues as weather penetration downwards, coupled with the effects of condensation within, will often result in deterioration to the materials within the structure and brown damp stains could occur on chimney breasts inside.
Many Thanks
