Chimney Repair in County Cork
Chimney repair in Co. Cork costs €200 to €1,500 for most jobs: repointing a stack is €300 to €1,500, new lead flashing €400 to €1,800 and a flue liner fitted €800 to €2,500. 37,465 homes in Cork were built before 1946 and 12,705 heat mainly with coal, turf or wood, so both old stacks and working flues are common here.
Chimney repairs in Cork city and suburbs, Carrigaline, Cobh, Midleton, Mallow and the rest of Co. Cork. Check your chimney and one company that covers Cork rings you.
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- 37,465homes built before 1946, 18%
- 12,705heat mainly with coal, turf or wood
- 1,109 mmof rain a year in Cork city
- Coalthe main solid fuel, 8,040 homes
Chimney repair prices in Cork
| Job | Typical cost | What moves the price |
|---|---|---|
| Repointing a chimney stack | €300 to €1,500 | The size of the stack, how deep the joints have gone, the access |
| Lead flashing renewed round one chimney | €400 to €1,800 | Slate or tile, a back gutter, how much lead |
| Flaunching renewed, pots re-bedded | €200 to €1,200 | How many pots, and whether any are cracked |
| A flue liner supplied and fitted | €800 to €2,500 | The height of the flue, the liner grade, bends |
| Partial rebuild, above the roofline | €800 to €2,000 | How many courses come down |
| A full stack rebuild | €1,500 to €4,500 | Size, height, matching brick or stone, a new lead tray |
| Scaffolding for a chimney | €350 to €1,200 | Two storeys or three, a stack at the ridge or the eaves |
Repair work on a house is at the reduced 13.5% VAT rate. Ask for a written price that includes it, and says whether scaffolding is in it.
Fires and flues in Cork
12,705 households in Co. Cork heat mainly with coal, turf or wood (Census 2022). That is 6.0% of homes, the 23rd highest share of the 26 counties. Coal leads: 8,040 homes burn it as their main fuel. Coal smoke carries sulphur, which works on the mortar from inside the flue. Stacks over coal fires are the ones that soften, swell on the weather side and lean.
How old the chimneys are in Cork
37,465 homes in Co. Cork were built before 1946, 18% of the housing and the 3rd highest share in the country. 24,205 of them date from before 1919. Stacks of that age were built in lime mortar, with no clay liner in the flue and no lead tray through the stack. They want lime when they're repointed, and they're where rebuilds are most often needed.
Rain on the stack in Cork
| Town | Rain a year | December to February |
|---|---|---|
| Cork city | 1,109 mm | 328 mm |
| Mallow | 1,072 mm | 329 mm |
| Bantry | 1,611 mm | 505 mm |
Cork city gets 1,109 mm of rain in an average year, and December is the wettest month at 124 mm (Met Éireann 1991 to 2020, within 3 km of the town). That is the 8th wettest county town of the 26. Rain at that rate finds any gap in lead or mortar within a winter. Cork faces the Atlantic, so rain comes on the wind. The south-west face of a stack takes the worst of it, and pots and cowls need proper fixings.
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Costs, leaks, mortar, flues and rebuilds.
What chimney repairs costEvery job, priced. Repointing is €300 to €1,500.
A leaking chimneyWhere the damp shows tells you where the water gets in.
Repointing a stackWhen new mortar is enough, and when it isn't.
Lining a flueFor stoves, tar and cracked flues. €800 to €2,500 fitted.
Rebuilding a stackA lean, bulging or loose bricks. €800 to €2,000 above the roofline.
Capping and cowlsAn unused flue capped with a vent is €300 to €900.Chimney repair in every county
- Carlow3,372 homes built before 1946
- Cavan4,152 homes built before 1946
- Clare6,309 homes built before 1946
- Cork37,465 homes built before 1946
- Donegal6,974 homes built before 1946
- Dublin79,150 homes built before 1946
- Galway10,117 homes built before 1946
- Kerry7,666 homes built before 1946
- Kildare5,606 homes built before 1946
- Kilkenny6,287 homes built before 1946
- Laois4,323 homes built before 1946
- Leitrim2,466 homes built before 1946
- Limerick11,830 homes built before 1946
- Longford2,224 homes built before 1946
- Louth6,764 homes built before 1946
- Mayo7,592 homes built before 1946
- Meath6,839 homes built before 1946
- Monaghan3,868 homes built before 1946
- Offaly4,608 homes built before 1946
- Roscommon4,227 homes built before 1946
- Sligo4,130 homes built before 1946
- Tipperary12,246 homes built before 1946
- Waterford7,755 homes built before 1946
- Westmeath4,684 homes built before 1946
- Wexford8,936 homes built before 1946
- Wicklow8,488 homes built before 1946
Check your chimney
Four taps: what's wrong, the height of the house, what the stack is built of and what it's used for. You see the likely job and our price for it. Your number is only asked for at the end, if you want one chimney repair company that covers your county to ring you.
Questions people ask
How much is chimney repair in Cork?
Most jobs are €200 to €1,500. Repointing is €300 to €1,500, lead flashing €400 to €1,800, a liner fitted €800 to €2,500 and a full rebuild €1,500 to €4,500.
What are the commonest chimney jobs in Cork?
Leaks at the flashing, then repointing. 12,705 homes here heat mainly with solid fuel and 37,465 were built before 1946.
Who does chimney repairs near me in Cork?
We pass your request to one chimney repair company that covers Co. Cork, including Cork city and suburbs, Carrigaline, Cobh. One company only.
Do I need scaffolding in Cork?
On a two-storey house, nearly always: €350 to €1,200. On a bungalow, usually a tower or a roof ladder.
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