Hi,
Long story so I will try to keep it as short as I can. I have a blocked chimney to an open fire. Its been blocked since in moved in 3 years ago and despite spending 1/2 a day at it before giving up and then paying a chimney sweep it remains blocked. The sweep reckoned that the block was near the top where the chimneys meet and that a good roofer could probably remove a stone or two from the stack to remove the blockage. The problem is that I am having trouble finding a good roofer that would do this sort of work, and the few recommendations that I had did not call me back - so I presume they are too busy or don't want this type of work.
So, my thoughts have turned to whether I can do this myself and wondered if anyone on here had done this before or had any thoughts on this. I was thinking of doing it from the loft rather than the roof to avoid the additional safety risks and possibly prising a single stone to one side then inserting a hydraulic jack or something before removing it completely. I think that if I could get one stone out then I could at least see what is going on, I suspect it is rubble that is lodged in the bend.
Any thoughts gratefully received .
Long story so I will try to keep it as short as I can. I have a blocked chimney to an open fire. Its been blocked since in moved in 3 years ago and despite spending 1/2 a day at it before giving up and then paying a chimney sweep it remains blocked. The sweep reckoned that the block was near the top where the chimneys meet and that a good roofer could probably remove a stone or two from the stack to remove the blockage. The problem is that I am having trouble finding a good roofer that would do this sort of work, and the few recommendations that I had did not call me back - so I presume they are too busy or don't want this type of work.
So, my thoughts have turned to whether I can do this myself and wondered if anyone on here had done this before or had any thoughts on this. I was thinking of doing it from the loft rather than the roof to avoid the additional safety risks and possibly prising a single stone to one side then inserting a hydraulic jack or something before removing it completely. I think that if I could get one stone out then I could at least see what is going on, I suspect it is rubble that is lodged in the bend.
Any thoughts gratefully received .