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On 8/11/05 18:43, in article ,
"Kate
Morgan" wrote:

Thank you Rusty a good idea and thank you Mike, I have never been up in
the roof, I am told it is very interesting up there, worth considering
:-)
kate

I really do hope you are NOT going to allow someone to chisel large holes,
or any holes, in the chimney of an old house like that, however. Sounds
very dangerous to me in terms of the fabric of the building and the future
use of the chimney. Jackdaw nests that have blocked your chimney cannot be
pulled out a stick at a time through a hole that will admit a pair of
hands,
either!
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Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
(remove the weeds to email me)


Oh dear :-(( ONCE AGIAN Sacha pokes her nose into something she knows sod
all about. This just happens to be a common practice and the fact that you
have not done it, does NOT mean it shouldn't be done.

Or are you a skilled builder and reconstruction and renovation specialist
now as well?

Kate ignore her and get your local builder in to have a look. Listen to him
because if he is LOCAL he would no doubt have done it before.
And no, huge great holes are NOT going to be made in the chimney breast in
the roof/loft space, they are large enough to get a hand holding a handbag
mirror in and then shining a torch light onto the mirror, the light is
reflected around to see where the nest is. THEN, possibly another small hole
is made in the vacinity of the nest.

Sacha. Shut up.

Will do Mike thanks again :-)