How Much Does It Cost To Rebuild A Chimney?

This is one of the most searched questions when it comes to masonry restoration and repair. Chimneys are used to vent harmful gases from your furnace or water heater, or the smoke from your wood burning fire, up and away from your house.  Because of their height and lack of protection from our harsh Canadian winters, chimneys are often the first part of the home that will have deterioration and a need for repair or replacement. Since they are hard to access, repairing or rebuilding them can be more expensive than some may expect, ranging usually from $2500 at a minimum. Generally, a per brick price is calculated with an added on cost for complicated access and specialty scaffolding construction.

Will My Chimney Fall Over?

This is another question that we get asked all the time. The answer is hard to guarantee and it’s thankfully something we have not witnessed many times in our long running service of the Toronto, Hamilton and surrounding areas. Chimneys are built with the design of having more than one point of support. If one brick is taken out of a chimney, the whole thing will not just topple over. This means that a little bit of degradation is not the end of the world. However, bricks can have a little bit of wear and tear at first and then be in dire straits quite quickly, so addressing the problem early, and having your chimney rebuilt, may save quite a bit of annoyance in the future.

How Long Does It Take To Rebuild A Chimney?

A chimney rebuild can take anywhere from one day to a week for a chimney on the average home in Toronto, Hamilton, Burlington, Oakville and Mississauga. It usually takes about half a day to setup scaffolding and tear down around 300 bricks, which is the average size or a chimney. The building back up part is the most time consuming and, depending on the skill of the mason, will usually be done at a rate of 200 bricks per day.

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