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Cost for fixing gap between chimney and roof

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  • 01-11-2020 4:04pm
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    relax carry on
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    So I appear to have a gap between my chimney on at least one side. You can feel the wind blowing through it quite a bit in the attic these days. The felt is still there but seems to have come away where the gap is and from looking up at the chimney it looks like there may be something wrong with the metal (flashing?) on the side where there appears to be a gap. There also seems to be what feels like rubble/broken concrete under some of the felt near the chimney.

    So wondering do I need a roofing specialist or just a general builder to have look and repair whatever has gone wrong. Also given my description above, any idea of what it may cost? House is a three bed semi built in mid 80s and location is Mayo.


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    the_pen_turner
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    pics


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    the_pen_turner wrote: »
    pics

    Two pics. Was just up there now and on one side I can see the tile and the felt is hanging down a bit on the worst side. I can feel a very strong breeze coming through. There doesn't appear to be any damp patches or water getting through but there is definitely some sort of broken concrete/mortar which has gotten in between some tiles and the felt in places. The second photo is the other side which isn't so bad but I can feel a breeze through it as well and again it's like some concrete/mortar has gone between the felt and tiles


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    the_pen_turner
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    not sure there is a problem . yes the felt should be folded up so there is no hole, fixing that is more work than needed and can cause problems , leave it alone but fold it back up and tape up the seam.

    the breaze is a good thing. you need that ventilation to keep it dry.

    the stones and plaster is from a messy plasterer or blocklayer or from when cap was poured. not ideal but unless its causeing a problm i would leave it alone


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    the_pen_turner wrote: »
    not sure there is a problem . yes the felt should be folded up so there is no hole, fixing that is more work than needed and can cause problems , leave it alone but fold it back up and tape up the seam.

    the breaze is a good thing. you need that ventilation to keep it dry.

    the stones and plaster is from a messy plasterer or blocklayer or from when cap was poured. not ideal but unless its causeing a problm i would leave it alone

    Thanks for that.


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