Originally Posted By: Wolf359
Originally Posted By: SeaJay
We had a leak in the chimney seal on our 15 year old roof. My contractor got a roofing guy to fix it for $1,500. The contractor probably kept $500 and gave the roofer $1,000. Our contractor (who has done quite a bit of other work on our house) looks out for us on these things so that we do not overpay for repairs not needed. He earns his money.
No more leaks since it was done 5 years ago & no more repairs on the roof. In two more years, we'll sell.
Last time I reflashed a chimney, it cost me around $250. It was about $100 for the lead and the guy who did it just did it for $150. Only took him a few hours but he had some swearing about it because he did it in the hot sun. Someone else had quoted me $200 for labor so he bid $150 to undercut him. I think it probably would have been around $350. Most of the time I hear it's in the $500-$1000 range depending on the area and how difficult it is to access. Mine was easy as there was a roof hatch so all he had to was walk out the hatch, no ladder needed.
Forgot to mention, needed some new bricks plus pointing the rest of the chimney on a 3 story very steep pitched roof on a small plot of land.