"TomR" wrote:
I own a property that has a badly damaged chimney. My guess is that the
only real option is to have a new chimney built to replace it. But, just
in case, I thought that I would post here to see if there is any
possibility of repairing this one rather than replacing it.

This is a side-by-side twin home, so this is actually two chimneys
instead of one -- one for each house. The height of the chimney is about
10 feet up from the roof line. Here are two photos:

http://tinypic.com/r/t8rtac/5



http://tinypic.com/r/9unmvb/5



Is there any chance that this chimney could be saved by removing the
existing stucco, then maybe doing a complete re-stucco (that included
filling in between the bricks, etc) using wire lath, and add a new cap?
If so, is there a special type of cement that would be used for this?

Or, if removing this chimney and building a new one is the only option,
do they make cement chimney blocks that are preformed for a double
chimney like this one? The only preformed cement chimney blocks that I
see are either square or rectangular, but only for one chimney not two
chimneys like this one.

Does anyone have a rough ballpark figure of what it might cost to have a
new double chimney built (about 10 feet high) to replace this one? This
is in southern New Jersey.

I would not go up there. I had a lot of success with a fiberglass
reinforced mixture. I would think the old stuff would have to come off,
depending how fit it is.

Greg