Hi all - I'm new to this forum and was hoping that you could all educate me about spalling chimney bricks. I'm in the process of buying a SFH. The home inpsection that I had done stated "many spalled bricks on chimney. A licensed and insured professional chimney contractor should be called to fully evaluate the chimney and flue and the remaining chimney and fireplace components and make all repairs as needed -HEALTH AND SAFETY CONCERN."
I had given the sellers an addendum to the contract stating this, which the owners agreed to and signed. Since then, the oners had a specialist out and the specialist said the spalling of the bricks is cosmetic and no health and safetyconcernr is present. (They quoted a price of $2900 for the top 8 feet of the chimnety to be fixed.) Sine the specialist said that it's cosmetic, the owners are refusing to fix it. Are the spalling bricks really not a concern? Is that all there really is to it? They are using the "health & safety concern" as a loophole not to fix it. Thoughts? Comments?
Thanks in advance!
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