Chimney Repairs in Lara

Fixing wind-worn flues and weathered stacks around Lara

Repair work in Lara splits neatly by the kind of home. On the estates it is nearly all about the steel flue: the rubber or aluminium flashing boot where it passes through the roof has perished in the sun, a joint has worked loose after years of gusts, or the roof bracing has loosened enough for the flue to rattle and shift. On the older blocks and acreage it is brick, with mortar scoured by the wind and crowns cracked by the seasons.

Both start on the roof with a camera and a photo set. A leak around an estate flue is usually the boot or the storm collar rather than the flue itself; a leak on a brick stack is usually the crown or the flashing. We show you the photo of the actual fault and quote that repair, and if a loose flue only needs its bracing refitted and its joints resealed, that is the whole job.

Brick repairs on the acreage are done to weather. Eroded joints on the windward face are repointed, spalled bricks cut out and replaced, and crowns rebuilt with a fall so water sheds clear of the stack. An open fire whose unlined flue has cracked gets a stainless liner sized to it. Gas fireplace flues are inspected on the flue side, with the appliance left to the licensed gas specialists we arrange.