On 17/09/2011 22:13, tony sayer wrote:
In , Phil L
scribeth thus
F wrote:
Not too many years ago I would have taken a chimney down myself but I
think I'll give it a miss this time!

Anyone any idea on how much I might expect to pay to have a chimney (2
bricks x 2 bricks x 13 bricks high) removed and the resultant gap
tiled over?

2 men at £100 each, plus materials at about £75...say another £75 for profit
and getting rid of the bricks, so £350 ish.

They should have it done in about 5 hours....forget scaffold and all that
****e, it's totally unnecesary, the bloke on the roof will lower down 3 or 4
bricks in a bucket on a rope until it's all down, and this is the only use
of a second man - without him it would be probably a full day for one



Would you be allowed under H&S regs to do that without scaffold?..

Seems to be a grey area. If every loose slate required scaffolding,
nothing would ever get done, and roofers would be out of a job.