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They can't be arsed. We had a crumbling unused chimney stack at the back of the house that was about to chuck half a ton of bricks into either ours or our neighbour's garden. I overheard the roofer saying "just butter it up, they'll never know". So insisted they take it down and cap it off.
stevo_com-
Possibly. I can see why it's epic ball ache to do it. He's also Step Flashing or nothing, won't contemplate doing a straight run.
Original quote had it being patched repaired but I suspect the process of getting stuff up and over to do the flat roof and chimney has damaged it further which is why he bought it up with me. I'm glad he did, I didn't really understand the implication of fixing it with sealant that was quoted for.
Also, why didn't I suggest putting decorative ridge tiles on....gah FML.
(also suspect most of his work involves people pointing at something ruined and saying 'fix this in the cheapest way possible' so it's a bit weird to him having someone doing preventative maintenance / renovation and saying 'do it the way it should be done, there's money to pay for it')
Howard
That’s what I want to do. I can’t understand roofer’s reluctance to do it - he thinks we would be better spending the money on something else.