Gammy_leg
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Chaps,
Thanks for the replies. Hadn't thought about the need for liners for the stove. Won't the existing flue be able to cope with the heat? Why are liners necessary? As regards the woodworm, I,m told that the signs of current activity is that the holes / blemishes are yellow coloured rather than dark brown. Is this correct or is there a more technical method of detection. According to the vendors survey of 5 years ago there were signs of woodworm in the loft but is was deemed to be inactive and that it had already been treated. No paperwork to back this up is available.
Had a meeting with the vendors yesterday and they have agreed to reduce the sale price by the full amount of the repairs identified to date. They have also agreed to fund the scaffolding, inspection and making good, if reqd, of the 2 chimney stacks. The brief being that they have to be certfied as being in a safe condition. There is definitely some repointing needed.
I also need to decide whether the existing straight clay pots on top of the stacks are suitable. There seem to be numerous shapes and sizes of pots available but I don't know in what circumstances they should be used, eg gas fire, open fire, woodburner etc. Any information gratefully accepted. This can get done when the scaffold is up to reduce costs.
I did get to see the wall tie 'bulging' as descibed in my survey. The render has visible horizontal lines evenly spaced up the wall. To the untrained eye it looked like the renderer had finished one section and started another without feathering it in very well.
Anyway thanks for your help so far, it has been much appreciated.
Regards
Gammy
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