Finally, a NO TAR chimney job!

BUT................ :blink:

Would it be possible to just get rid of the whole chimney idea and just get a flashing for the flue pipe?

I believe this is the fault of the estimator/sales guy that did the measuring and preparing for the job. The client told me that if they had just mentioned to her that the siding was this bad that she would have been more than happy to pay more to have the chimney resided at the time the roof was installed.

Yes, the roofers could have said something to the owner of the company ( maybe they did and he told them to do this who knows ). My point is that "someone" should have informed the client of the issue and in my opinion it's the job of the person looking at the roof in the very beginning of the process. Nearly all companies around here subcontract and rarely inspect the work so when something like this is overlooked the last opportunity sits with a sub who knows that nobody is watching.

ARRRRRRR...WELL SHIVER ME TIMBERLINES, WE SAYSIES, WE DOESSS...SOME UV OLE JACKS FINER WORKS THERE WE SAYS. WE JUST FERGOTED AN LEF OUR SPRAY PAINT AT THA DOCK THAT DAY...OR WAS IT OUR 12 PACK...ARRRRRRR...ME MEMORY FAILS ME THER IT DOES FER SHURRRRRRE. YO HO HO AN AH BUCKET'AH BLACK MAMY...ARGH!!!! :woohoo:

Information is great.

The funny thing about our job is that it's hard work no matter what pace your going at or how good the workmanship. I tell my guys that we can't get away from doing the hardest part of the job, which is very physically draining, you might as well take a bit more time and do it the right way.

...and the apex pieces. I looked at one today that was not as "workmanlike" as this one. It made my head spin to witness the conclusions and courses of action those dudes arrived at. Somewhere back down the line, it was mentioned here on this board that some people are just hard-working and ignorant and ought not be faulted for trying and sure enough, when you look closely at this shot you realize that someone(s) took serious care executing a plan. Just didn't expand the scope of what is actually needed enough to illuminate the range of what might be possible and necessary to achieve it. "Oh, no, don't open up the siding. That's beyond the scope of work."

As my long-deceased high school algebra teacher once dryly remarked to a student who had gotten an answer almost right and wanted partial credit for it, "Miss the moon by a mile..."

Maybe they thought it was a brick chimney and just forgot the counter flashing? :huh: