Lincolnshire
Chimney repairs and rebuilds in Long Sutton
Repointing, rebuilds, take-downs and the lead work around the stack, all photographed and priced in writing.
The chimney stands higher than anything else on the house, takes the weather first, and gets looked at least. On the older cottages around Long Sutton the stack has often been up there for a century or more, and frost works on tired mortar joints a little further every winter until bits of it start arriving in the garden.
Repointing, rebuilds and take-downs
If the brickwork is sound but the joints have gone, repointing puts it right. If the stack has moved or the brick faces are spalling, we rebuild. And if the chimney is doing nothing but costing you money, we take it down and make good the roof, which is often the sensible answer for a stack no fire has used in decades. One customer had a chimney taken down and rebuilt by us; another had theirs repaired with new lead work fitted around it.
The lead around the stack
Half the chimney leaks we look at in Long Sutton are not the chimney at all but the junction where it meets the roof. That junction is only as good as its lead: soakers, step flashing, an apron on the front and a back gutter behind. We renew whichever parts have failed, and we do it in lead rather than a tube of sealant, because sealant is a promise that lasts one summer.
Straight answers before any scaffolding
Chimney work is hard to see from the ground, which makes it easy work to oversell. So we photograph the stack close up and show you exactly what we can see, whether that is open joints, cracked flaunching or failed lead. You get the explanation in plain words and the price in writing, and the price quoted is the price paid. Every chimney we touch in Long Sutton carries our five or ten year guarantee, with public liability and employer's liability insurance on the job.
- Every job insured, public and employer's liability
- Five or ten years' guarantee
- Your quote comes free and in writing
- The written price never moves
- A 5.0 customer rating across four review sites
Our work
Jobs near Long Sutton
Every photograph here is EverCrest's own, taken on the job.
What people say
In their words, not ours
One of the problems of finding a roofer when you are an older person is the thought of being scammed, especially given the increasing numbers of rogue traders together with the high costs at stake especially if the work is poor or non existent. We trawled a lot of roofers and found varying prices and limited experience and ‘one man bands’ offering little or no guarantees for their work. We came across Fred’s newly formed EverCrest Property Care Ltd Company and were initially concerned at the limited 3 months or so that they had been trading for, albeit that Fred had been a Sole Trader for some 6 years. So we undertook a ‘due diligence’ on the company and found they had worked on a limited number of roofing projects in the start up time. However having had a number of positive conversations with Fred we decided to give his company a chance having had a very good response and price to our required specification that formed the basis of our Building Control Application through Boston Borough Council. They say you can only make a first impression once and EverCrest Property Care Ltd certainly made an excellent impression indeed, in fact the work they undertook was first class and our Building Control Inspector was equally impressed with the standard of works they carried out. Our project involved replacing a main roof on a detached property and likewise on a kitchen extension. Work commenced on a Friday with the scaffolding being erected along with the delivery of two skips. On the Monday morning around 8:30am a team of 7 arrived on site and by 10am both roofs had been stripped and the Building Inspector was called early to check out the structure prior to the roofers installing the new insulation, membrane and battening in readiness for the new soffits, guttering and tiles being installed from Tuesday onwards. By Thursday the project had been completed and the Building Inspector returned first thing Friday morning and signed off the work having been impressed with the finished work. On the basis of the above experience we would have no hesitation in recommending EverCrest Property Care Ltd as a suitable and very experienced roofing contractor and would be happy to give any references to their standard of works.
Brilliant work! Reasonable price a friendly. Recommend to anyone. Sorted out my roof after 3 companies turned me down.
Amazing roof repair everything finished to a high standard,good communication and reasonable priced would definetly recommend.
Before you ring
Chimney Repairs & Rebuilds in Long Sutton: common questions
What does chimney repointing cost in Long Sutton?
It depends on the height of the stack, the access and how far the joints have gone, so we quote it after we have seen it, never before. The visit is free and the price comes in writing.
Can you take down a chimney we no longer use?
Yes. Take-downs and removals are part of what we do, and we make good the roof where the stack came out. One customer had us take a chimney down and rebuild it; removal without the rebuild is just as straightforward.
Why does the ceiling near our chimney keep getting damp?
More often than not the lead where the stack meets the roof has failed rather than the chimney itself. We check the soakers, step flashing, apron and back gutter and photograph whatever we find, so you see the cause before you pay for the cure.
Are you insured for chimney work?
Yes. We carry public liability and employer's liability insurance on every job, and chimney work is no exception.
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