My chimney bricks are spalling. The brick house is 50 yrs old, the house bricks are not spalling, but the chimney is. I had to get the front stoop rebuilt last year, but that was mostly a mortar problem not really a brick issue.
I find small 1/4" "slices" of the bricks that pop off occasonally and slide down the roof. Is there anything that can be done with this - careful patch with cement or anything? Or do the offending bricks have to be removed and replacements mortared in? I can't afford a big fix. It's a one story house, and a central chimney.
You can see a few of the bricks spalling here, there are a few more doing it now. The top is as shown (but now there's a liner cap coming out of there and a plate)
I find small 1/4" "slices" of the bricks that pop off occasonally and slide down the roof. Is there anything that can be done with this - careful patch with cement or anything? Or do the offending bricks have to be removed and replacements mortared in? I can't afford a big fix. It's a one story house, and a central chimney.
You can see a few of the bricks spalling here, there are a few more doing it now. The top is as shown (but now there's a liner cap coming out of there and a plate)