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That's going to be expensive for just fitting cowls (and some minor pointing repairs). Is water getting in the pots causing problems further down?
I'd be tempted to get something else done at the same time (roof repair, lining a chimney or two for a burner or something etc).
Who is the bloke? A roofer or builder or what?
Could get a chimney sweep's opinion or that of an appliance (burner / gas fireplace) installer. The later will know if cowls and other fitments can be added without scaffolding.
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Builder, general 'handyman', which seemed about right for what should have been a relatively small job, probably too small for proper roofers. We were going to remove our aerial and fix my neighbour's aerial cable back down for £150, but now looking at 3x that for the scaffold on top, which is why I was thinking about pointing repairs whilst it's up.
Not much else needs doing, don't want a log burner. Loft conversion and a new roof would be nice but that's a bit more than £450.
Polygon
Was going to fit cowls, to stop water ingress through disused chimneys, bloke said he could do it off a ladder but once he got up there it was too high to reach, so we're looking at scaffolding and I figure that would be a good chance to do running repairs. I see a few weeds growing from the mortar and need of a bit of re-pointing, but it's not actually causing problems [yet] other than rain coming in the open pots.
our report 4 years ago when we bought sid to keep an eye on it as the brickwork bows outwards, but I don't think it's moved at all.