This is what I was afraid of and what caused the original post. Sadly, the company that did this is long gone (claimed bankruptcy about 3 years ago); I tried following up with them with no luck. I’ll just have to keep a careful eye on the chimney from here on. (A little bit of me hopes he used a 4:1 mix anyway...). Thanks for your advice.
Chimney rebuild done last year: cement mortar issue?
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This is what I was afraid of and what caused the original post. Sadly, the company that did this is long gone (claimed bankruptcy about 3 years ago); I tried following up with them with no luck. I’ll just have to keep a careful eye on the chimney from here on. (A little bit of me hopes he used a 4:1 mix anyway...). Thanks for your advice.
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The mortar on the brickwork doesn't look as strong as the flaunching. The bricks look a strong semi-engineering type. The bricky is very unlikely to have followed your 3:1 suggestion. Cost him more in materials to do a worse job. Looks like a 4:1 or 5:1 mix to me. You can get it tested. I'd just keep an eye on it for flouridation and spalling.
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