From Georgian townhouses near the Abbey Gardens to Edwardian semis out towards Moreton Hall, Bury St Edmunds has no shortage of tall, redundant chimney stacks that are best taken down before they become a costly problem.
Bury St Edmunds has a varied and often older housing stock. The conservation areas around Guildhall Street and Churchgate Street contain properties where stacks were built to serve multiple fireplaces per floor, and many haven't had a fire lit in forty years. Once a chimney is no longer in use, the pointing degrades, lead flashings fail, and water finds its way into the breast below — we see this pattern repeatedly on houses in the town.
We carry out fully scaffolded chimney take-downs and make good the roof covering to a clean, weathertight finish. If you're in a conservation area we can advise on whether permitted development rules apply before we start — it's a question that comes up often with Bury properties and it's worth getting right from the outset.
No obligation · We usually respond within 2 hours
Storm damage, active leak, damaged ridge — we aim to be on-site within 24 hours.
