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Chimney Repair Kilkenny, Brickwork and Flashing
Competitive Roofing, a family-run roofing company based in County Carlow, covers chimney repairs in Kilkenny and across Leinster. Chimney stacks usually fail through cracked brickwork, eroded pointing or loose flashing at the base, and water getting in can show as damp on a chimney breast far below.
Why is my chimney letting in water in Kilkenny?
Brickwork cracks, pointing erodes, and flashing at the base works loose. Being the highest masonry on the building, it gets the full force of the weather. Competitive Roofing repairs damaged flat roofer in Laois brickwork, pointing, flashing and chimney stacks.
Either the seal with the roof has failed or the masonry is soaking it up. The damp often shows on the chimney breast inside, some way below the fault. The aim is a safe stack and no water ingress.
Does house insurance cover chimney repairs?
Policies often cover sudden damage, for example from a storm, but rarely cover wear and tear such as eroded pointing. Read your own policy and photograph the damage before anything is repaired.
Can an old felt roof be repaired?
Often it can, when the damage is limited. Competitive Roofing repairs or re-lays torn, lifting or perished felt so the roof is watertight again. Where the decking has taken on water, it is replaced before re-covering.
Years of weather make it brittle, so it cracks and pulls away at the perimeter. Garages, sheds and older extensions are its usual home, and those are the roofs its felt repair service is aimed at.
Can I repair my chimney myself?
Most chimney repairs mean working at height on a roof, which is dangerous without proper access equipment and experience. Competitive Roofing repairs chimney brickwork, pointing, flashing and stacks.
What building work goes alongside roofing in Kilkenny?
Some do, which suits jobs that are part roof and part build. Competitive Roofing provides general building work, including extensions, renovations and structural jobs, managed with care and attention to detail.
An extension ends with a roof, so the two trades meet on almost every one. If two contractors share the junction, neither may take responsibility for it. A single contractor closes that gap.
Competitive Roofing reaches Kilkenny from its base in Crettyard, County Carlow. The number is +353 89 214 4918 - one call reaches Competitive Roofing.
Competitive Roofing
Monteen, Crettyard, Carlow, R93 R9C5
Phone: +353 89 214 4918
Website: competitiveroofing.net
Roof repairs, flat roofs, chimneys and gutters across Leinster.