A huge improvement and you saved a pile of money too. Just one tip for anyone watching. If you mix mortar in a bucket you should add enough water to make a dryish mix and then keep mixing until the softness you want comes, just adding a touch of water if needed. This will take 5 minutes and make your arms ache, so when it's ready grab a coffee before starting work. Even a good bricklayer/plasterer will struggle with a wrong mix.
yes i done all the work myself an just used mobile phone an cheap action camera, think camera is a sjcam m10. im by no means a builder but was to by a man called Robert Capper along time ago, Nothing is impossible if you put you mind to it. I like doing these projects an pround of what i can achive. Again thanks for the positive comments.
NotwiseDIY my house is 170 years old, three story, chimney has a lot of damage, you’ve got me thinking I might get this done myself, I know the neighbour won’t chip in to cover the €€€€€€€. for the repair, but my place is getting water damage on the ground floor because of it, not to mention the third and fourth floor
In the time you spent cutting sections out and replacing, you could have rebuilt the stack. Looks like it needed it imo. The more of your footage I see, it definitely needs re-building!
Go on a basic brick laying course use gloves and more buckets for every thing I admire your work and set up with the mini ladders were did you get steel for hooks?
stephen leaper Stephen i bought the steel, 25mm box section an welded it all together with my own welder. steel i bought from a small engineering company beside me.
I think I need to do that. I bent some 1" emt conduit and it works but not as stiff as I'd like it to be. Might need to do like you did with the square tube, nice little roof ladders.
I dont think your old bricks are quite as old as you said you thought they were. If they were I am pretty sure they had a hollow on the bottom instead of holes all the way through.
Ryan West yes the fire is used every day during winter months, we do have oil fired heating but wife like the open fire at night, havn't no problems sinse i repaired the chimney. To be honenest you need a head for heights to attempt to be up on roof.
you don't have to worry about being a pro builder as you ain't ever gunna make one pal !! save yeself few beans doing it yeself fair play !! building game only industry where any tom tit decides he can do it just as good lol !! glad we ain't got farmers wanting to be surgeons lol
"Ummm, Ahhh, Ohoo, Yeahaa, Okay, Yup!" This man is not a teacher. Is there anyone out there who can present an articulate presentation on how to repair a chimney. Step 1. What tools and supplies are needed? 2. What safety measures should be in place before starting work? 3. ...
A huge improvement and you saved a pile of money too. Just one tip for anyone watching. If you mix mortar in a bucket you should add enough water to make a dryish mix and then keep mixing until the softness you want comes, just adding a touch of water if needed. This will take 5 minutes and make your arms ache, so when it's ready grab a coffee before starting work. Even a good bricklayer/plasterer will struggle with a wrong mix.
Van Morrison fixes his chimney....
Great job and very inspiring.
Thanks for posting this man.. have to do my chimney next year, I'm now thinking I'll do it myself.. viewing from northern Canada.
yes i done all the work myself an just used mobile phone an cheap action camera, think camera is a sjcam m10.
im by no means a builder but was to by a man called Robert Capper along time ago, Nothing is impossible if you put you mind to it. I like doing these projects an pround of what i can achive. Again thanks for the positive comments.
NotwiseDIY my house is 170 years old, three story, chimney has a lot of damage, you’ve got me thinking I might get this done myself, I know the neighbour won’t chip in to cover the €€€€€€€. for the repair, but my place is getting water damage on the ground floor because of it, not to mention the third and fourth floor
Tell Santa to use the door next time.
Well done doing the chimney and video
You deserve a like a thumbs up and a set of wings for climbing that durn steep roof there....
In the time you spent cutting sections out and replacing, you could have rebuilt the stack. Looks like it needed it imo. The more of your footage I see, it definitely needs re-building!
Love it save a fortune DIY most prob a better job than a builder 😂I do everything myself
what is the roof pitch 20/ 12 ha ha, you deserve a thumbs up and follow just for ''GUTS''
Go on a basic brick laying course use gloves and more buckets for every thing I admire your work and set up with the mini ladders were did you get steel for hooks?
stephen leaper Stephen i bought the steel, 25mm box section an welded it all together with my own welder. steel i bought from a small engineering company beside me.
I think I need to do that. I bent some 1" emt conduit and it works but not as stiff as I'd like it to be. Might need to do like you did with the square tube, nice little roof ladders.
How is it holding up
I dont think your old bricks are quite as old as you said you thought they were.
If they were I am pretty sure they had a hollow on the bottom instead of holes all the way through.
That chimney could have so easily collapsed taking those bricks out
Is that a gardener's trowel?
PJ yep sure is, well spotted
heads or tails........... that’s the odds of it falling through the roof when you do this type of job in this way.
50-50 do you feel lucky punk 😎
This doesn't look safe. Saving 2 grand is not worth the risk of serious injury or even worse.
Why not just use Brick effect wallpaper :-) Far handier.
Demolish it and install a Faux Brick chimney surround. $500 for material, then its a 1 or 2-day labour cost at $30 per hour.
£2000 to take down and rebuild was your quote from a builder?
stephen smith I would have charged $1200 tops to rebuild that, it would take us 4 hours at the most not counting clean up
Scaffold is expensive .. only cowboys would work of ladders
Brilliant!!!
Can the fireplace be used after this? Or is it just for aesthetics.
Ryan West yes the fire is used every day during winter months, we do have oil fired heating but wife like the open fire at night, havn't no problems sinse i repaired the chimney. To be honenest you need a head for heights to attempt to be up on roof.
Using cement is a no go. Traditional lime mortar and lime haunch should be used always. This is why you pay for someone to do this.
Looking at your property, from what i can see you need professional help.
DIY stands for dont involve yourself
😄 It's not rocket science, just do your homework 👍
you don't have to worry about being a pro builder as you ain't ever gunna make one pal !! save yeself few beans doing it yeself fair play !! building game only industry where any tom tit decides he can do it just as good lol !! glad we ain't got farmers wanting to be surgeons lol
what language is he speaking?
MrCampfires English
"Ummm, Ahhh, Ohoo, Yeahaa, Okay, Yup!" This man is not a teacher. Is there anyone out there who can present an articulate presentation on how to repair a chimney. Step 1. What tools and supplies are needed? 2. What safety measures should be in place before starting work? 3. ...
Just fucking Google it you ass hat. You obviously have the internet
Yeah
Tear down my friend
Yow , up till now , you can't work on de bricks , yet ?
Video is dizzying, and audio poor. Can't use it.
dont do it yourself.
Not correct; do it yourself and enjoy the fact that you can do it well just like "the pro's".
3 weeks later chimney fall lol