Chimney Repairs · Feltham TW13 & TW14
Chimney Repairs In Feltham
Are there birds nesting in your Feltham chimney again?
Caps, cowls, pointing and flashings for the semis and estate houses of TW13 and TW14
Most Feltham chimneys were built for coal and later reused for a gas fire or a back boiler. Then the boiler moved to the kitchen wall and the fire came out, and the stack was left with open pots and a flue nobody needed. Open pots let in rain and give jackdaws a place to nest, and with Hanworth Park, Bedfont Lakes and Crane Park nearby there are plenty of birds about. Meanwhile the pointing on stacks of the same age is wearing out across whole streets at once. We cap, guard, repoint and reflash Feltham chimneys, and we try to keep your stack looking like the rest of the road.
Chimney Repairs in Feltham - free survey
Pop your details in and we'll call you back to book the survey. It costs nothing, it obliges you to nothing, and if the honest verdict is that your roof needs no work, that verdict is exactly what you'll get.
Who runs Watertight
Feltham chimneys and a family-run firm
Feltham's interwar and postwar houses carry plenty of stacks that haven't had a fire lit in them for years. Watertight is the family business of John and Mark, two brothers who quote, run jobs and manage the team side by side.
Whether to repoint, cap or take a stack down is a decision they settle without fuss, because each trusts the other's eye. Customers often say having two owners who both know the job is refreshing.
10 years
Written workmanship guarantee
Free
Surveys, quotes and second opinions
Same day
Response aim for active leaks
TW5 based
Minutes from most of the patch
Same-age stacks, same-age problems
A Feltham estate street was often built in one go, so every chimney on it was laid by the same gang in the same year. Forty or seventy years on, they all need attention at roughly the same time. When one neighbour's stack starts dropping mortar, the others aren't far behind. That's useful: you can see what's coming, and sometimes neighbours share a scaffold to do several stacks in one visit.
Old flues are the other Feltham issue. A stack that used to vent a gas fire or back boiler may still have a metal liner, a fixed terminal or a broken cowl at the top. Once it's redundant we fit a vented cap so it stays dry and ventilated. If you've got a garage or porch roof that's due as well, our flat roof repairs in Feltham can be booked in the same visit.
How we handle Feltham chimneys
Bird guards that work
Mesh guards or vented caps sized to your pots, fitted so jackdaws can't push past them and the flue still breathes.
Redundant flues made safe
Old gas or boiler flues capped, and any loose liner or terminal removed or secured. We'll tell you if a flue is still in use before touching it.
Pointing matched to the street
We match mortar colour to the original as closely as we can, so your stack doesn't stand out from the identical ones next door.
Concrete-tile flashings
Feltham's interlocking concrete tiles need flashings dressed to their deeper profile. We form lead to fit them, not flat strips that leave gaps.
Neighbours welcome
If two or three houses want their stacks done, one scaffold can move along the row. We'll quote each house separately.
Removal only when sensible
We'll repair a sound stack rather than take it down. Removal on an estate leaves a gap in a matching roofline.
"When one stack on a Feltham estate road needs repointing, we usually find the neighbouring stacks are within a year or two of the same state."
Watertight Roof Repairs Hounslow - Feltham chimney repairs jobs
Your Feltham chimney, step by step
Tell us the symptom
Birds, damp, falling mortar or a loose pot. Let us know if a gas appliance has ever used the flue.
We inspect from the roof
Pots, cowls, flaunching, pointing and flashings checked, plus the loft for damp or debris from nesting.
One clear quote
Photos of each problem and a fixed price. If neighbours are interested, we'll show how shared access cuts the cost.
Capped, pointed, guarded
Work done in a day or two, any nest material cleared from the top of the flue, and photos of the finished stack sent over.
The guarantee is a document, not a phrase
"All work guaranteed" costs nothing to say, which is why every van in west London says it. What matters is whether anything gets written down. Work arranged through Watertight Roof Repairs Hounslow comes with a 10 year workmanship guarantee as an actual piece of paper - dated, signed, specific to your job - handed over alongside the completion photos. Materials carry their manufacturers' own cover on top, which varies by product, so your paperwork names what applies to yours instead of waving at a number.
A guarantee that long is only affordable if the repairs don't come back - so it shapes how the work is done. Failed material comes off rather than getting covered over. Replacement tiles and slates go on with fixings specified for a roof that lives under the Heathrow approach, not the minimum the 1930s got away with. Junctions get lead. And anything we find that we can't fix that day gets photographed and said out loud, because surprises kept from you now become our problem within 10 years.
Plainly: if water gets back in through work we've done, we return and put it right at no cost, for a decade. Ask any firm quoting against us to match that in writing - it's an interesting conversation to watch.
10 yrs
Workmanship, in writing
£0
Cost of a return visit under it
Insured
Public liability in place
Named
Manufacturer cover per job
Things to ask about a Feltham chimney job
Is the flue still live?
Never let anyone cap a flue without confirming nothing still vents through it. A gas appliance on a capped flue is dangerous.
What guard will they fit?
Cheap mesh rusts and tears within a few years. Ask what it's made of and how it's fixed to the pot.
Will the flashing suit concrete tiles?
Deep-profile concrete tiles need lead dressed into the troughs. Flat flashing on a profiled tile leaves gaps the wind drives rain through.
Bird guard or full cap for a Feltham chimney?
Both stop birds. Which one you need depends on whether the flue will ever be used again.
| Comparison point | Bird guard cowl | Ventilated cap |
|---|---|---|
| Suits | A flue you might use, or one serving an appliance. | A flue you'll never use again. |
| Rain | Keeps most out, with a hood over the mesh. | Keeps it all out. |
| Airflow | Full draught for a working fire or stove. | Just enough ventilation to keep the stack dry. |
| Birds | Mesh stops nesting if fitted tightly. | Nothing can get in at all. |
| Looks | Visible on top of the pot. | Low profile, barely seen from the street. |
Chimney prices across Feltham
Fitting a cap or bird guard is usually a low-hundreds job. A full repoint with new flashings sits in the mid to high hundreds with access. Here's what moves the price in Feltham.
Shared scaffold along a row
When neighbours on the same estate road book together, one scaffold moves between houses and each owner pays less for access.
Nest clearance
A flue packed with years of jackdaw nesting may need clearing from the top before it can be capped. We include it if we find it.
Old appliance hardware
Removing a redundant liner or terminal adds a little time. It's itemised so you know what you're paying for.
Around Feltham between jobs
Three of the green spaces that make Feltham a pleasant place to live.
Hanworth Park
Learn more about Hanworth Park on Google Maps
Bedfont Lakes Country Park
Learn more about Bedfont Lakes Country Park on Google Maps
Crane Park & the Shot Tower
Learn more about Crane Park & the Shot Tower on Google MapsFeltham, TW13 & TW14
about 10 minutes from base. Planning authority: London Borough of Hounslow.
Chimney Repairs in Feltham: your questions
How do I stop jackdaws nesting in my Feltham chimney?
Fit a bird guard or cap before the nesting season, which starts in spring. Feltham's open land around Hanworth Park and Bedfont Lakes means jackdaws are common, and they'll fill an open flue with sticks. Once nesting has started, it's best to wait until the young have left before the flue is cleared and capped.
My old gas fire was removed years ago. Should the chimney be capped?
Usually yes. An open, unused flue lets rain in and lets warm air out. We confirm nothing else uses the flue, remove any loose terminal or liner top, and fit a ventilated cap so the stack stays dry.
Do I need permission to repair or remove a chimney in Feltham?
Repairs need no permission. Feltham has little conservation constraint, and the London Borough of Hounslow treats repointing, capping and flashing as maintenance. Taking a stack down usually doesn't need planning permission either, but on a semi the stack is often shared, so the Party Wall Act may apply and the chimney breast below has to stay properly supported.
Why do all the chimneys on my road look worn at once?
Because they were built at the same time with the same materials. Mortar has a working life, and on a street laid out in one go it runs out across the whole row within a few years. Talk to the neighbours. Shared scaffold can bring everyone's cost down.
Is a cracked chimney pot dangerous?
It can be. A cracked pot can drop pieces onto the roof or into the garden, and a loose one can come off in a gale. Have it checked and either re-bedded, replaced or removed and capped.
What the patch says about us
Homeowners from Cranford to Hayes on how their jobs actually went.
"Woke up to tiles all over the front garden and not a breath of wind - couldn't work it out. They came the same morning, made it safe, and were the ones who told us it looked like vortex damage from the planes and that Heathrow has a scheme for exactly this. Helped us photograph everything properly for the claim. Could easily have just charged us for a repair and said nothing. That honesty is why I'm writing this."
"Our loft conversion started leaking around the dormer two winters after the conversion company vanished. Two roofers quoted big money to strip the whole dormer roof. These guys traced it to one badly-lapped flashing on the cheek, showed me the photo, fixed it in half a day. It's been through every storm since bone dry. The difference was they looked before they priced."
"Called them expecting to be told the roof needed doing - the house is 1936 and the ridge had been dropping mortar crumbs for a while. Survey verdict: re-bed the ridge, replace five tiles, and the rest is good for years yet. They even marked two tiles to keep an eye on. Quote was a fifth of what I'd braced for. When the roof does eventually need doing, they've earned that job."
"Water started coming through the back bedroom ceiling at 7am on a Sunday. Rang around - one lot quoted a £180 call-out before they'd even start. This firm answered, talked me through switching off the lights circuit and where to put the buckets, and was here by half nine. Told me the Sunday rate up front, made it dry, came back Tuesday and did the proper repair for a very fair price. Kept every promise they made on the phone."
"Had the fascias, soffits and gutters done on our terrace. What sold me was the survey - they pushed a screwdriver into the old boards to show me which were actually rotten and which were fine, then quoted to replace only what needed it. Other quotes were for capping over the lot, which they explained the problem with. Work was neat, gutters run properly for the first time in years, and the guarantee arrived as a proper document."
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Get your Feltham chimney sorted before nesting season
We'll check the stack and the flue, tell you what it needs and give you a fixed price - with a cheaper shared-scaffold option if your neighbours want in.