Replacing a chimney pot and new crown mortar

[@vodaredhill1704]

Replacing beautiful King's pots with dull round ones .Mad.

[@davesalter]

Redundant chimney and can't easily cap the crown pots, customer preferred them in his garden with a plant pot in the top, where he can look at them. Seemed fair enough to me. I do what they want and get paid. 😄

[@zeez9053]

Great job 👍🇬🇧

[@tigercoatings7092]

Top job 👏

[@zaf9834]

Question, why did you put a gap between the base of the chimney pot and the chimney? Time line 4:50. Thanks.

[@davesalter]

The metal plate that holds the flue has clips on it that mean the pot won’t sit flat. I use a little piece of mortar to balance it level and then bedded mortar around to hold it. Metal plate visible at 4:43 I think. Usually pot would be flat but the plate meant I couldn’t do that. Thanks for your comment and watching.

[@johnf3326]

Mad cowl I put on my Son's I had to raise a bit to give ventilation. It was a snug fit (for up to 300mm pot and pot was 300). He was starting to get faint damp spots on his bedroom chimney breast

[@davesalter]

It should have an approx 1 inch gap from the pot to allow ventilation which I think I did mention in the video. Or I mentioned that in the video on how to fit the cowl.

[@bonwrentaylor2743]

Just needed a coat of masonry protection cream on the crown and stack to make it 'proper bad weather proof' !

[@Cheadlebiker]

You never said on the capping cowl if you left a gap or was it pushed down flush with the pot.

[@davesalter]

This is the vid on cowl fitting kzbin.info/www/bejne/hWHSmGOBqaqZepo

[@SamStrange-nj2qm]

Hi, you see the Americans leave an expansion gap around the pot, do roofers tend not to do that in the UK? I’m a DIY’er on mine tomorrow, so thank you for this video. 👍

[@davesalter]

Expansion gap is probably for a metal pot, we generally use clay pots and this isn’t done here. Local climate may also make a difference on that but in UK not an issue

[@tigercoatings7092]

Hi David do you add waterproofer to you mix 🤔

[@davesalter]

No i generally just use a plasticiser, makes it more workable and does give more durability and frost proof protection. This and a well-mixed concrete is very waterproof.

[@ronaldhilario1574]

Do you cover croydon

[@davesalter]

depends what for, but based in brum west midlands

[@TheNaaarfolkboys]

Nice, great vid, would of liked to of seen the flue go in just out of interest. I suppose it was already there

[@davesalter]

Thanks bud, yeah the flue was already in place mate,

[@jimmyjones1035]

How much did this cost?

[@davesalter]

I think I charged about £600 odd for both chimneys.

[@maxwheeler8387]

Turn the music off

[@davesalter]

Why do you say that out of interest? not like it, too loud? distracting?

[@carlmatischok2469]

Trowel work is awful

[@davesalter]

The birds sat there looking at it moan a lot about it too.