Ely's cathedral city character comes with a large stock of Victorian and Edwardian housing, and the Fenland climate — damp, exposed and prone to hard frosts — is particularly unforgiving on ageing chimney stacks.
The terraced streets off Broad Street and the older houses in the Annesdale and Back Hill areas of Ely contain some well-built but now significantly aged brickwork chimneys. Fenland winters push moisture into any crack in the flaunching or mortar joints, and once freeze-thaw action takes hold the deterioration accelerates. A stack that looks mildly rough in summer can be visibly failing by spring.
We travel to Ely regularly from our Mildenhall base — it's around 12 miles — and carry out full chimney rebuilds from the flaunching upwards or from the base where structural movement has occurred. We always use lime-based mortars on the older Ely stock and can advise on pot replacement and lead flashing at the same visit. Chimney rebuilds in Ely typically range from £900 to £2,200 depending on stack height and access.
No obligation · We usually respond within 2 hours
Storm damage, active leak, damaged ridge — we aim to be on-site within 24 hours.
