What usually goes wrong
Cracked pointing, slipped flashing, a cracked pot or a leaning stack are the most common issues we see on Bristol chimneys, often made worse by the city's exposed hillside locations in areas like Clifton and Kingsdown.
How we diagnose it
A proper chimney repair starts with identifying the actual cause, not just patching the visible symptom — a stain on the ceiling below a chimney breast can come from several different failure points higher up.
Getting it right the first time
Because chimneys involve working at height and around a structure that penetrates the roofline, a poorly executed repair often fails again within a year or two — we assess the whole stack, not just the obvious crack.