Chimney Repairs · Market Warsop NG20
Chimney Repairs In Market Warsop
Sharing a chimney with next door in Warsop, and only one side of it getting looked after?
Repointing, flaunching and flashing for Warsop Vale's colliery stacks and the older chimneys around High Street and Church Warsop
Most chimneys at Warsop Vale belong to two households at once. The Staveley Company put up around 210 houses there around 1900 for Warsop Main, many of them sharing a stack across the party wall, and over the decades since the pit closed in 1989 each half has been looked after by whoever owned it at the time. One side might be freshly pointed while the other has open joints and a crumbling crown. Back in the old town, along High Street and Sherwood Street and over in Church Warsop, the stacks are older still and sit inside conservation areas. Chimney repairs in Market Warsop mean looking at the whole stack, not just the half that's yours.
Free chimney repairs survey in Market Warsop
Leave your details and we'll ring you back to arrange a survey. The visit is free, you're under no obligation once we've been, and a roof that doesn't need work gets called a roof that doesn't need work.
Fully insured
Free Market Warsop surveys
Itemised fixed prices
about 12 minutes from base
Who does the work
A shared stack still gets finished properly
Chris has been a roofer since his teens, and he's local, so he's seen plenty of old colliery stacks in his 20-odd years. A chimney that's half sound and half neglected is the kind that tests whether a roofer will do the job properly or just do the bit that's easy to reach.
His rule is simple: nobody comes down until the roof around the stack is watertight, however long that takes. The team follow the same rule, and they work hard at it. They'd rather work for someone who puts the customer first than for a firm chasing quick money or short days.
1,000+
Repairs carried out
10 years
Workmanship guarantee, on paper
Free
Surveys, quotes and honest bad news
No upselling
A patch that will hold gets recommended as a patch
Signs your Warsop chimney needs attention
Whether it's a century-old pit-row stack or a stone chimney in the old town, these are the symptoms we see most often here.
Damp on a chimney breast you share with next door
Often coming from their side of the stack. Open joints or a split crown on one half lets water into the whole structure.
Mortar crumbling out of the joints
A century of weather, plus sulphates left behind by decades of coal fires, eats away at it until water can get straight into the stack.
Hard grey patches on soft old brick or stone
Earlier repairs in strong cement. They trap water behind them, so the brick or stone around them starts to flake.
Pots loose or leaning
The flaunching that holds them has broken up. It's a quick repair now, and a much bigger one if a pot falls.
How we handle chimneys in Market Warsop
The whole stack surveyed
We look at both halves of a shared chimney and tell you plainly what condition next door's side is in, because it affects yours.
A written report for the neighbours
Photos and a description you can show next door make it easier to agree on doing the stack together and splitting the access cost.
Lime mortar on old brick and stone
Soft colliery brick and the stone stacks in the old town are pointed with a lime-based mix that lets the masonry dry out.
Cement repairs undone
Where hard cement has been smeared over soft brick, we rake it out carefully before repointing, so the damage stops spreading.
Conservation areas respected
Inside the Market Warsop or Church Warsop conservation areas, stacks are repaired like for like, with matching brick, stone and pots.
Guaranteed for ten years
Every chimney job comes with our 10 year written workmanship guarantee.
A pit village where every chimney had a neighbour
When the Staveley Coal and Iron Company built Warsop Vale, the houses went up quickly, around £40 each, in terraces of eight, ten and twelve set around three sides of a square, with the colliery making up the fourth. Every house had a coal fire, and the stacks were shared along the rows. Warsop Main kept those fires burning until it closed in 1989. Since then the houses have been bought and sold separately, so a stack might be well maintained on one side and barely touched on the other. In the old market town, the chimneys are on stone houses going back to the early 1700s, often under clay pantiles. Both types need a roofer who understands old soft masonry and won't reach for hard cement. Got a flat-roofed garage or extension as well? It's worth checking while we're up there, and our flat roof repairs in Market Warsop page explains what we look for.
"With Warsop's shared stacks, the damp we're called about often starts on the neighbour's half, and the owner who rings us has usually kept their own side in good order."
From chimney repairs enquiries Roof Repairs Mansfield handles in Market Warsop
How we work on a Market Warsop chimney
Free survey from the roof and the loft
We look at the stack from above and check the loft for damp along the party wall and around the breast.
Photos of both sides
You get pictures of your half and the neighbour's, so everyone can see the same thing.
One itemised written price
Each job is listed separately, and scaffold is shown as its own line. If next door joins in, we'll show how the access can be shared.
Work done exactly as quoted
Repointing, a new crown, pots rebedded or flashings redressed, all as agreed. Anything unexpected gets discussed before we carry on.
Finished photos and a clean site
We photograph the completed stack, take all the old mortar and debris away and give you a 10 year written workmanship guarantee.
Ten years, in writing, before we leave the drive
Every roofer in Nottinghamshire will tell you their work is guaranteed. Ask to see the paper and the conversation often changes. Ours doesn't: work booked through Roof Repairs Mansfield carries a 10 year workmanship guarantee as a physical document, dated, signed and handed over with the completion photos - not a line in an email you'll never find again. Materials sit on top of that with their manufacturers' own cover, which differs product to product, so your paperwork names the cover that actually applies to your job.
A guarantee that long only makes commercial sense if repairs are done in a way that doesn't invite a return visit. Around Mansfield that means respecting what the housing actually is: coverings and fixings from the colliery era that fail as systems, not as single tiles, and mortar that has been quietly powdering since the pits shut. So failed material gets stripped back to something sound before new goes on, mortar gets matched to the age of the brick, and anything we can't make right on the day gets said out loud rather than covered over.
The blunt version: if water we were paid to stop finds its way back through our work inside 10 years, we return and put it right at our own cost. That promise has to be cheap to honour - and it is, because of how the work gets done the first time.
10 yrs
Written workmanship cover
1,000+
Repairs carried out
Insured
Public liability held
Named
Manufacturer cover per job
Three things to ask before a Warsop chimney job
Old and shared chimneys are easy to get wrong. Ask these before you agree to anyone's quote.
Have you looked at the neighbour's side?
On a shared stack, a quote based on just your half may miss where the water is really getting in.
What mortar will you use?
On old brick or stone, the answer should be lime-based. Strong cement will do more harm in the long run.
Is a rebuild really needed?
Many tired stacks just need repointing and a new crown. Ask what evidence there is before agreeing to take bricks down.
Patch Up The Old Stack Or Rebuild Its Top?
On a century-old Warsop stack, these are the two realistic options. Most need the first. A few genuinely need the second.
| Comparison point | Repoint and reflaunch | Rebuild above the roofline |
|---|---|---|
| When it suits | Bricks sound, joints and crown worn. | Bricks badly spalled, or the stack leaning and unstable. |
| Up-front cost | Usually a few hundred pounds to low four figures. | Costs more: taking down, rebuilding and new flashings. |
| Shared stacks | Each owner can repoint their own half. | Needs agreement with next door, and the Party Wall Act may apply. |
| Conservation areas | Like-for-like repair keeps the look of the street. | Needs matching brick or stone and pots to keep the same appearance. |
| Disruption | Short job, little mess. | Longer job, with the flue to sort out afterwards. |
What makes a difference to Warsop chimney prices
Renewing a crown or rebedding pots is often a few hundred pounds, and a full repoint with new flashings usually comes in at the low four figures. In Warsop, these factors matter most.
Shared stacks at Warsop Vale
If you and your neighbour have the whole stack done together, you can split the scaffold cost rather than each paying for it separately.
Access on High Street and Sherwood Street
Houses built tight to the pavement may need scaffold that takes up part of the footway, which can mean a licence from the highways authority.
Matching materials in conservation areas
In Market Warsop or Church Warsop, matching stone, reclaimed brick and suitable pots can cost more than standard ones.
Undoing old cement repairs
Raking hard cement out of soft brick without damaging it takes longer than ordinary repointing.
Chimney questions from Market Warsop
Do I need permission for chimney work in Market Warsop or Church Warsop?
Mansfield District Council is the planning authority here. Repairing or repointing a chimney like for like normally needs no permission, even in the Market Warsop and Church Warsop conservation areas. Removing a stack is a different matter in a conservation area, so check with the council first. If your house is listed, as several in the old town are, any change to the chimney's character needs listed building consent.
My neighbour won't repair their half of our shared chimney. What can I do?
You can maintain your own side, but a shared stack only stays dry if both halves are sound. We can survey the whole chimney and give you photos and a written report to show them. Anything structural, like a rebuild, may involve the Party Wall Act, so it's best to agree on it in writing.
Are the Warsop Vale chimneys still the original ones?
Some may well be, since the rows date from around 1900. Others will have been repaired or partly rebuilt along the way, and those repairs were often done in cement rather than lime. A survey shows us what's original, what's been patched and how well each part is holding up.
Should I keep a chimney I don't use?
In a street of matching stacks, especially in a conservation area, keeping it usually makes sense. Fit a vented cap so rain can't get down the flue and the stack can still dry out. Removal is possible but costs more and, on a shared stack, needs your neighbour's agreement.
Why do you use lime mortar on old Warsop chimneys?
Old brick and stone are softer than modern materials. Lime mortar is softer and more breathable than cement, so moisture can escape through the joints instead of being trapped in the brick or stone, which is what makes old faces crack and flake.
What to do in Market Warsop
When the roof's sorted, these three spots along the Meden are worth an afternoon.
The Carrs Local Nature Reserve
The former water meadows between Market Warsop and Church Warsop, made a Local Nature Reserve in 2005. You'll find a mill pool, a bowling green and play areas, and the river is clean enough for brown trout. Over a hundred bird species have been spotted here.
Find it on Google Maps : The Carrs Local Nature Reserve
St Peter and St Paul's Church, Church Warsop
A Grade I listed church whose story starts in the 11th century, restored and re-roofed by the Victorians in 1878. In the churchyard, the old hall, now the parish centre, is Grade II* and at least 14th century.
Find it on Google Maps : St Peter and St Paul's Church, Church Warsop
Hills and Holes
An old limestone quarry between Market Warsop, Sookholme and Warsop Vale, now grassland and scrub. It's a Site of Special Scientific Interest, reached from Stonebridge Road or Sookholme Lane.
Find it on Google Maps : Hills and HolesFinding Market Warsop
Market Warsop is about 12 minutes from our yard on Sandy Lane. It falls under Mansfield District Council, which handles both conservation areas.
Word from around the town
What homeowners across the Mansfield patch made of the work, in their own words.
"The back bedroom ceiling had a mark that came and went for two years and I'd stopped even noticing it. When Babet hit it turned into a proper leak overnight. They came out two days later, found a split flashing round the chimney - nowhere near where the stain was - and had it done in a morning. Showed me photos of the fault before and after. The quote and the invoice were the same number, which I'm told is rarer than it should be."
"Ours is one of the old colliery houses and the ridge had been shedding bits of mortar onto the path for months. I expected to be told we needed a new roof - the bloke next door had been quoted for exactly that by someone else. Instead they rebedded the ridge, refixed four tiles and told me the rest of the roof was fine for years yet. Charged a fraction of what I'd braced myself for."
"Water was streaming down the front of the house whenever it rained hard and I assumed the worst about the roof. Turned out the gutter had lost its fall and was tipping everything over the edge in one spot. They reset the brackets, sorted a joint, checked the gully at the bottom and were gone within a couple of hours. Also pointed out a slate that wants watching next year rather than fixing now - appreciated that."
"Bought a 1900s terrace near the town centre and the survey flagged the chimney. Two other firms quoted to take it down entirely. These lads went up, told me the stack itself was sound and it just needed repointing with the right mortar, new flaunching and a cap on the dead flue. Three years on the chimney breast is bone dry. Kept the chimney, saved about two grand."
"The extension roof had ponded for years and every couple of winters someone would patch it and it would come back. They were the first to explain the actual problem - no fall on the deck - and quoted to sort that rather than just laying another layer of felt over it. New rubber roof, water actually runs off it now. You get told the truth, which is worth paying for on its own."
Been a customer?
A short review is the most useful thing you can give a local firm - it tells the next household in Mansfield with a dripping ceiling who they can trust with it.
Areas we cover
We work in Market Warsop and across the Mansfield area. Every town and village on our patch has its own page, linked here.
Book a survey for your Warsop chimney
We'll look at the whole stack, including next door's side if it's shared, and give you photos and a written price. If it just needs repointing and a new crown, that's what we'll quote.