- Nov 20, 2012
- 4
So on the road to having a wood insert installed and our local dealer was hellbent on having a class 2 inspection done on the chimney system / cleaning.
As I had expected the chimminy sweep managed to find 1100.00 worth of work not including the 250.00 he charged today!
Issues found were
1. mortar for the floor bricks and the union between the steel box and face bricks are falling need replacing at a cost of 275.00 (we are allowed to do this ourself however he will have to come back out and reinspect ) no cost given but I am willing to bet it will be close to the 250.00 for todays inspection
2. the mortar that is domed at the top of the chimney has very small cracks and needs to be coated with his special coating warranted for 15 years at a cost of 700.00 +
3. damper is rotted / rusting no price given due to the fact it will be removed during insert install
I am all for being safe and for being payed for work done however putting 1100.00 into a chimney thats structurly sound and will have a full insulated liner installed sounds like overkill and just trying to take advantage of me.
Please tell me what you think and if you have any advice.
Thanks
Chris
As I had expected the chimminy sweep managed to find 1100.00 worth of work not including the 250.00 he charged today!
Issues found were
1. mortar for the floor bricks and the union between the steel box and face bricks are falling need replacing at a cost of 275.00 (we are allowed to do this ourself however he will have to come back out and reinspect ) no cost given but I am willing to bet it will be close to the 250.00 for todays inspection
2. the mortar that is domed at the top of the chimney has very small cracks and needs to be coated with his special coating warranted for 15 years at a cost of 700.00 +
3. damper is rotted / rusting no price given due to the fact it will be removed during insert install
I am all for being safe and for being payed for work done however putting 1100.00 into a chimney thats structurly sound and will have a full insulated liner installed sounds like overkill and just trying to take advantage of me.
Please tell me what you think and if you have any advice.
Thanks
Chris