New pics and a new quote for repair.
Being a beautiful 60 degree day out, I was able to get home early to meet another mason to get a quote. I also took the opportunity to get some new pics. I forgot I had the video camera with a big zoom on it...duh.
You can see about 9 courses down from the top, there is a line of calking which extends all the way around the chimney. This particular mason recommends removing all the brick down to 1-2 courses below that level and building it back up with new brick and mortar and putting a new crown on it of course. He quoted me $1200 for that job. Half the price of the other guy for more work I think. I asked him how they do the crown, do they just build up a hump of cement, do they use a precast, or do they build a form and pour cement. He said just a mound of cement with a generous slope away from the flue. I asked about the transition from the crown to the flue, do they just cement right up to it or is there a gap which gets sealed with high temp calking or something. He responded cement right up to the flue. Whats the right way to build up a crown?
The other guy did not recommend rebuilding from that point up. Just the crown and the bluestone cap for $2500.
Kinda reminds me of tree guys. I had 2 companies in for a quote last year, one guy wanted $2200 just to drop the trees and leave clean up to me. The other guy quoted me $950 to drop the trees +$150 to chip all brush over 4". Is there really just that much difference in overhead for various companies?
Being a beautiful 60 degree day out, I was able to get home early to meet another mason to get a quote. I also took the opportunity to get some new pics. I forgot I had the video camera with a big zoom on it...duh.
You can see about 9 courses down from the top, there is a line of calking which extends all the way around the chimney. This particular mason recommends removing all the brick down to 1-2 courses below that level and building it back up with new brick and mortar and putting a new crown on it of course. He quoted me $1200 for that job. Half the price of the other guy for more work I think. I asked him how they do the crown, do they just build up a hump of cement, do they use a precast, or do they build a form and pour cement. He said just a mound of cement with a generous slope away from the flue. I asked about the transition from the crown to the flue, do they just cement right up to it or is there a gap which gets sealed with high temp calking or something. He responded cement right up to the flue. Whats the right way to build up a crown?
The other guy did not recommend rebuilding from that point up. Just the crown and the bluestone cap for $2500.
Kinda reminds me of tree guys. I had 2 companies in for a quote last year, one guy wanted $2200 just to drop the trees and leave clean up to me. The other guy quoted me $950 to drop the trees +$150 to chip all brush over 4". Is there really just that much difference in overhead for various companies?