Chimney Repairs in Camberley, Surrey

Have you noticed the mortar between your chimney's bricks looking a bit sandy or falling out? This is what we call weathering, and it's a common sight on many period properties around Surrey Heath. When that mortar fails, rainwater gets into the structure, and during a cold snap, that water freezes and expands, cracking the bricks. Our team specializes in professional repointing, carefully raking out the old, decayed material and replacing it with high-quality mortar that matches your home's character. It’s a simple bit of maintenance that restores the structural integrity of your stack and stops water ingress before it starts causing real trouble.

The lead flashing is essentially the raincoat that sits where your chimney meets your roof tiles. It’s a crucial seal, but because lead expands and contracts as the temperature changes, it can eventually crack or pull away from the brickwork. If you're seeing damp patches around your fireplace or in the loft, the leadwork is often the culprit. We don't believe in quick fixes like roofing tape or silicone that only last a few months. Instead, we install high-grade lead flashing that’s properly bossed and pointed into the joints, ensuring a permanent, watertight seal that can handle whatever the Surrey weather throws at it.

What's happening at the very top of your chimney? The 'flaunching' is the sloped bed of mortar that holds your chimney pots in place and sheds water away from the stack. Over time, this mortar can crack or even break away entirely, leaving your pots unstable and allowing rain to pour straight down into the mid-feather or the flue itself. We can strip away that old, cracked benching and lay down fresh, reinforced flaunching. While we're up there, we'll check that your chimney pots are secure and replace any that have seen better days, making sure the top of your house looks as good as the rest of it.

Sometimes, a bit of repointing isn't enough to save a chimney that's been neglected for decades. If your stack is leaning or the bricks are severely 'spalled' (the faces are popping off), it might be time for a partial or full rebuild. We've handled everything from small cottage stacks in West End to large, ornate chimneys on Victorian homes near the Royal Military Academy. If you no longer use your fireplace and the chimney is becoming a maintenance headache, we also offer a safe, professional removal service. We'll take the stack down below the roofline, timber over the gap, and tile it in so perfectly you'd never know it was there.