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Hi,
In the process of buying a house to do up in Cornwall. A week or two from completion of sale and a tree fell down (big one). The branches swiped the house and took down a chimney stack off the top of the gable end which smashed the Velux and some roof damage..
So we have two choices:
1. House owner will sort out.
2. We get some knocked off and sort it ourselves to speed things up.
We will get a builder or two to quote but a couple of questions?
1. Approx. cost to rectify just as an idea...
2. How would one mend the stack? Put the stack back in place in a couple of big pieces (my wife's thoughts) or break it up into small pieces on the roof and throw it down... then rebuild it brick by berick (my thoughts). If brick by brick rebuild would one use the same bricks or new ones?
Many thanks in advance,
In the process of buying a house to do up in Cornwall. A week or two from completion of sale and a tree fell down (big one). The branches swiped the house and took down a chimney stack off the top of the gable end which smashed the Velux and some roof damage..
So we have two choices:
1. House owner will sort out.
2. We get some knocked off and sort it ourselves to speed things up.
We will get a builder or two to quote but a couple of questions?
1. Approx. cost to rectify just as an idea...
2. How would one mend the stack? Put the stack back in place in a couple of big pieces (my wife's thoughts) or break it up into small pieces on the roof and throw it down... then rebuild it brick by berick (my thoughts). If brick by brick rebuild would one use the same bricks or new ones?
Many thanks in advance,