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We are hoping to fit a log burner and they will only do it if we extend the flue, as it is, the smoke would come up and permeate the wall. They have quoted just over £1k to fit the external flue pipe. So just trying to find out 1) should the neighbour cover the cost 2) do we need permission from...

Thanks very much for your help.

What do you advise i should do?

Yes that’s right, they previously had a roof similar to ours and they put the wall in when extending into the loft.

Agree that legal action wouldn’t be the right thing to do. I will speak with her and try to come up with the right solution. She may not be willing to pay, but I would hope she would let the chimney be fitted to the wall.

Thanks, that gives me a few things to think about. The only time I’ve seen the neighbour is when they complained about a banging noise which we had nothing to do with. Not sure how easy it will be to get them to admit fault and pay for the chimney to be extended!

Should the pipe and dish not be there? Is that side of the wall classed as mine? I’m hoping when extending the chimney I can fix it to the wall (hope the neighbours will allow it since they have caused the issue) otherwise they can put support in place on my roof

Unfortunately it’s only just come to light. When we bought the house the surveyor didn’t go up on the roof.

A loft extension was built next door in 2013, we moved into our home in 2017 and have recently had a survey to get a log burner fitted only to find the loft extension next door is blocking our chimney which now sits half way up their wall and we will need to extend to above their roof costing...