Chimney back gutter repair

Siliconslave · 8 Jan 2014 at 16:59

So as its the middle of the apocalypse here in the south our roof has decided to spring a leak.

The emergency home assistance thing we have seems to be totally worthless, and every roofer in the area is booked out for the next two weeks so i'm left trying to work out how to stop more of our bedroom (which sits under said leak) getting wetter. I have a temporary system of buckets, cling film etc setup to harvest the rainwater (collected about 5pints so far) but its not stopping everything

I think the biggest problem to DIYing this will be access:

The area of the leak is the highest point, ie the back of the front chimney, so using a roof latter hooked over the ridge is a no-go due to the chimney being on the hipped end...

Anyone got any bright ideas?

Siliconslave · 8 Jan 2014 at 17:35

It has happened once before (not to this degree) in the past, but it's a fare point. I'm just worried about the shear amount getting in at the moment and the damage it's causing.

Siliconslave · 8 Jan 2014 at 17:52

Sorry for the huge size, this is the interior damage so far

Siliconslave · 9 Jan 2014 at 09:10

ANDARIAL said:
Man up
ladder to hipped ridge
mastic gun and rag tied to your back
Run up the hip like a monkey

We've had a roofing guy out in the past who just took a ladder up to the fascia then went for a wander around the roof, he was tiny so guess it wasn't a worry about going through, and apparently he'd fallen off a few times in the past :eek:

Finally the home cover people came back to us yesterday evening (about 8pm!) - based on a guy looking at the inside of the chimney they've decided it'll be a full replacement of the leading on both chimneys and quoted the following:

Perm Scaffold £1188+VAT
2 hours labour £120+VAT
Total including VAT and call out fee = £1732.80

wtf!?! - thankfully they'll cover the first 1k, and we can get an indy to do it for us if we like so trying again to get some local roofers to quote...

Siliconslave · 9 Jan 2014 at 09:22

ANDARIAL said:
For replacement lead to 2 chimneys?
Don`t think you would get all the lead for that(back gutter and soakers plus any timber repairs) let alone paying for time to do the job

agreed, it doesn't add up really, the scaffold seems far too expensive, and the labor too little, parts etc must be more so maybe they are just planning on painting some sealant stuff onto it!
As i say we've used decent roofers in the past, and their lead times are about the same as this quote (2 weeks before they can do anything) so if possible we'll use them.

Siliconslave · 9 Jan 2014 at 17:44

Apparently the insurance won't pay out for anyone but their contractor to do it, so our current thinking is:
Wait a week to get a quote from our trusted local roofer and if that comes anywhere near the £700 we'd have to pay, if so we'll get them to do it - don't trust the insurance monkeys in the slightest!