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Chimney leak issue

HerrKuehn · 2015-11-10 07:46:58

I have an old house and there are a couple of issues that need to be fixed on the roof. The chimney breast has water coming down into the inside of the attic. The wall is quite damp, it is not running down the wall. I also have a couple of cracked tiles (the tiles are an old style that would need to be sourced from a…

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I have an old house and there are a couple of issues that need to be fixed on the roof. The chimney breast has water coming down into the inside of the attic. The wall is quite damp, it is not running down the wall. I also have a couple of cracked tiles (the tiles are an old style that would need to be sourced from a salvage yard).
I also have an old cast iron attic window that needs to be replaced. I would replace this with a modern velux one.
The chimney concrete rendering has a large crack running right down it.
I have had a couple of guys come out to take a look at it. One of them knew the type of tiles and where to get them. He also said the source of the leak was the flashing around the chimney. They have not been on the roof to inspect only viewed the chimney from the attic window. The second guy thought it was probably the crack in the rendering letting the water in, he thought this would be expensive to get done and it was not something he would do himself.

1) If the rendering needs to be redone, what should I expect to pay for this? The house is 2 storey.
2) Can anyone recommend a roofer that would be able to do this work in the south dublin/north wicklow area.
3) Anyone any experience with Allguard roofing?

Thanks a lot for your help, I am getting a bit stressed about this as I am getting conflicting opinions from the guys coming out to view it.

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