A failed item is a repair list, not a ruling
Send us the item
Copy the failed item from your report into the form.
What the failed item means
No agency stamps a Level 2. The report is a list written by an inspector, and a failed item is one line on that list. A buyer or seller may reply with a request for repair, a credit or another inspection. The people in the deal and their agents settle it. Legal and contract advice is not something we offer.
The usual fixes
Start with the item in the report. These are repairs it can lead to.
- Smoke chamber
- Chase cover
- Gas insert
- Firebox
- Damper
- Flue liner
- Crown
- Leak repair
- Cricket and flashing
- Mortar and masonry
- Chimney cap
What each repair costs
Cap: $160 to $635. Leak repair: $530 to $3,150. Cricket: $420 to $950. Cricket plus full flashing replacement: $635 to $1,600. Gas insert: $2,650 to $5,300.
Everything else waits for a quote. That means the crown, the liner, a chase cover, the damper, mortar and masonry work, the smoke chamber and the firebox. A cracked crown and a failing liner are different jobs, so the photos decide the number.
A smoking fireplace and the report
If your fireplace smokes into the room, mention it. Draft trouble can tie to a damper, a cap or the flue itself, and the findings should be read with that in mind.
Repairs with posted prices
Five repairs have prices we can state today.
- Gas insert for an existing firebox
- $2,650 to $5,300
- Cap on the flue, installed
- $160 to $635
- New flashing and a cricket
- $635 to $1,600
- Chimney water repair
- $530 to $3,150
- Roof cricket behind the chimney
- $420 to $950
Where you fall within a range comes out in the quote.
After a failed item
Does failing mean I cannot sell?
That is for the people in the deal and their agents to decide. We report on conditions only, and legal advice is outside what we do.
Why is my liner not priced here?
The cost depends on the flue itself, and the camera view tells us more than a guess would. So we quote after an inspection.
Can I just use the fireplace anyway?
A failed item means repair comes first. Please wait for the repair before lighting it.
Walk through the report with us
Paste in the report's wording. We reply with the lines that have a price on this page and the lines that wait for a closer look.
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