Is this a good job or a shoddy one, can you help?

[belfast_boy]

Hi there,

We added scraping and pointing of our chimney to our list of works.

The pointer turned up at 12:15 and left at 14:30. He did not bring an angle-grinder or anything to scrape with up. He did three sides of our chimney. We approached him on the subject of him not having scraped at all. He indicated it had been worn down so far, that it did not need scraping. Although it had some deep wear in places we had the caps put on the chimney last year, and it did not seem in a bad state then. The people we asked about overcoming the damp-problem did mention pointing the chimney, but nobody said it was in a poor state.

We are concerned about the pointing, because we fear that a poor job may leave us with the same damp problem we had in the past. If not now, then in the near future.

We could tell by looking from our garden that there is quite a bit of cement used.

Are these pictures and our story enough to say that this is a good job or not a good job?

Thanks for your time.

If you need more pictures, just give us a shout.



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Lynda, moderator

why do you keep posting in the wrong forums?

 

[noseall]

if the fella managed to do it off a cat ladder then you have no complaints. the corbel fillets do look a bit ropey but i guess he'd have to stretch to reach these!

 

[belfast_boy]

Lynda. Apologies. What forum should I post in?

if the fellah managed to do it off a cat ladder then you have no complaints. the corbel fillets do look a bit ropey but i guess he'd have to stretch to reach these!

Thanks for your opinion.

What are the effects if the pointing is not scraped?

 

[noseall]

What are the effects if the pointing is not scraped?

general muck left behind over time may prevent the mortar knitting entirely to its surroundings. a stiff brushing combined with a good soaking, is just as important prior to pointing.

 

[The-brickie]

All down to cost, if you paid 200 quid you got what you paid for, a load of crap. If you paid more you have been mugged off, its rubbish. IMHO of course.

Scraping=racking out the joint should be at least double the width of the joint, say 10mm wide=20mm deep, but again you gets what ya pay for....

 

[oilman]

That should have taken a day or more to do a proper job, and that doesn't include putting up the scaffolding.

Where is the damp, because that part of the chimney probably has nothing to do with it.

 

[belfast_boy]

That should have taken a day or more to do a proper job, and that doesn't include putting up the scaffolding.

Where is the damp, because that part of the chimney probably has nothing to do with it.

Thanks to all of you for the excellent help.

I will ask some more questions under roofing/guttering abou the damp patch & the guttering.

Thanks.
Belfast boy