Got a message from my next door neighbor on Thursday evening that my chimney was a casualty in a snow shedding event off my roof. It had made a loud noise, and when he went outside to see what had happend, he noticed the chimney sitting on the top of the snow pile. He dragged it around to my garage door.
When the fireplace installation contractor showed up this spring to install the supports I didn't keep good enough track of what they were doing. Instead of anchoring the braces to the top edge of the roof, they put them to the side in the main body of the roof. Grrrr.
I'm working to get them up there as soon as possible with a tall ladder to get things rectified.
The top of the chimney with braces still attached.
What's left of the chimney sticking up above the roof.
The chimney up the side of the house was also wrenched.
We borrowed a neighbor's ladder, but it wasn't long enough to get up to the roof.
It was a 30 footer. Need a 36 footer at least.
It was a 30 footer. Need a 36 footer at least.
You can see the chimney supports are massively bent and were torn off at the base where they were mounted to the roof.
The chimney cap was slightly bent, but I was able to bend it back in to shape without too much trouble.
When the fireplace installation contractor showed up this spring to install the supports I didn't keep good enough track of what they were doing. Instead of anchoring the braces to the top edge of the roof, they put them to the side in the main body of the roof. Grrrr.
I'm working to get them up there as soon as possible with a tall ladder to get things rectified.
No comments:
Post a Comment