Up to the stack

You need a safe working platform at the stack, and on most houses the practical way to get one is a scaffold up the elevation to a boarded platform at chimney height. A tower on its own rarely reaches. What you do not usually need is the whole house wrapped, and we will only price what the job actually calls for.

Usually, yes, and it is a large share of the chimney work we do. Narrow returns, gates that will not take a lorry and rear gardens with no vehicle access mean carrying materials in by hand, which changes the labour more than the design. We check the access on the survey so the price reflects it rather than a surprise on the day.

A straightforward chimney tower is generally up in a few hours, and a scaffold to a stack on a two-storey house is usually a half day. Because the work at the top is often only a day or two, we try to programme the erect and strike either side of your builder so the scaffold is not standing empty.

Yes. Taking a stack down needs a platform to work from, a safe route for the material to come down rather than being thrown, and protection for whatever is underneath. Tell us the stack is coming out rather than being repaired, because the debris handling changes what the scaffold needs.

Yes. Stove installers and chimney sweeps regularly need access to the stack for a liner, a cowl or a terminal, and it is a small, quick scaffold. If your installer has a date, give it to us and we will have the access ready for them.

It is a platform built up all round the stack rather than an elevation with lifts, and it gives you working access to every face of the chimney at once. On a rebuild or a full repoint that is worth having. On a single flashing repair, an elevation platform to eaves and ridge height is usually enough.