Chimney scaffolding
Safe access to the stack for repointing, rebuilds, lead flashing, flue liners and storm repairs. A boarded platform at stack level with guard rails all round. Prices from around £600, with a free site visit and a written quote.
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25 yearsof scaffolding experience
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CISRStrained scaffolders
TG20:21 / SG4:22every scaffold, every time
Accredited and insured
What we do
Chimney work happens at the highest and most exposed point of a house, so a proper scaffold rather than a ladder is the safe way to do it. We build chimney scaffolds with a working platform at stack level, safe access up through the lifts and edge protection around the work area, all erected to TG20:21 and SG4:22.
Chimney scaffolding starts from around £600. The final price depends on the height of the house, where the stack sits on the roof and what the job involves, and we confirm it in writing after a free site visit. We work for homeowners, roofers, bricklayers and builders across Cambridgeshire, Suffolk, Norfolk, Hertfordshire and Essex.
Free site visit and a written quote. Mon to Fri, 7:00am to 8:00pm.
About Priority Scaffolding
Priority Scaffolding (Cambridge) Ltd is a family-run scaffolding company based on Peverel Road in Cambridge. The same team handles the survey, the design, the erect and the strike, from a single domestic tower to a multi-site commercial programme.
CHAS and SafeContractor accredited through SSIP, Constructionline Gold, £5m public liability cover, CISRS trained scaffolders, and every scaffold erected to TG20:21 and SG4:22 with the drawings, calculations and RAMS supplied for your site file.
Why Priority
Building the company from the ground up means you deal with people who have actually erected the scaffold, not a call centre.
Design drawings, calculations and RAMS supplied for the site file, so your start date is never held up by admin.
CHAS and SafeContractor accredited through SSIP, £5m public liability and CISRS trained scaffolders.
On time, tidy, and off site when the job is done. That is why most of our work comes from repeat customers.
In detail
Mortar joints on a chimney stack take the worst of the weather and wear out faster than the rest of the house. Repointing a stack properly takes time at the top of the roof, so the platform goes in at stack level with room for the bricklayer, the mortar and the tools.
Where a stack is beyond repointing it has to come down to a sound course and be rebuilt, or come off altogether and the roof made good. Either way bricks and debris have to come down safely, so the scaffold is planned around the work rather than just the height. If the roof is opened up, we can add a temporary roof to keep the house dry.
Failed lead flashing and soakers are one of the most common causes of damp around a chimney breast. Replacing them means working right where the stack meets the roof, so the platform is set to give the roofer safe access around the stack. If you need the chimney work done as well, our domestic roofing team rebuilds and repoints stacks with the scaffold included.
Stove and fire installations need work at the very top of the flue: liners dropped down the stack, new pots, cowls and bird guards. A chimney scaffold gives the installer a stable platform at the pot instead of a ladder on the roof.
After high winds a loose pot or a leaning stack is a danger to the house and anyone underneath it. We look at the stack, build access so it can be made safe and repaired, and set the hire period around your roofer’s repair. For other work on the house, see our domestic scaffolding page.
Our work
Straight answers
In almost all cases yes. Work on a chimney is work at height on a sloping, fragile surface, and the safe way to do it is from a boarded platform with guard rails rather than off a ladder. Most roofers and bricklayers will not quote the job without a scaffold in place.
Chimney scaffolding starts from around £600. The price goes up with the height of the house, where the stack sits on the roof, whether the scaffold has to be built out over the roof, access down the side of the property, whether a neighbour’s land or a footpath is involved, and how long the scaffold is needed. We quote free and in writing after a site visit.
Most chimney scaffolds on a two storey house go up in a day. Bigger or more awkward properties can take longer, and we will tell you which yours is at the site visit.
Yes. The access route and whether the platform crosses a neighbouring roof line both need agreeing first, so we look at it on the site visit and tell you what permissions you need.
It should not. Where the scaffold has to reach a stack away from the wall, it is built off its own structure rather than bearing on the tiles, and we use protection where anything sits close to the roof covering.
That follows your bricklayer or roofer rather than us. Repointing is often a few days, a rebuild longer. Tell us the planned duration and we will set the hire period to match, and extend it if the work runs on.
We are based in Cambridge and cover Cambridgeshire, Suffolk, Norfolk, Hertfordshire and Essex, including Ely, Huntingdon, St Ives, Newmarket, Bury St Edmunds and Peterborough. Call 01223 411 377 with your postcode.
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Get a price
Tell us the site postcode and what you are doing and we will come back with a price and a realistic start date. No obligation, and no pressure if the timing is not right.
Need to send drawings or photos? Use the full contact form.
Areas we cover
CambridgeElySohamChatterisMarchSt NeotsSt IvesHuntingdonPeterboroughWisbechBury St EdmundsStowmarketHaverhillNewmarketMildenhallBishops StortfordHitchinRoystonThetfordDownham MarketHarlowStanstedSaffron Walden
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