Dan Green wrote: > ** Be a Good Dobee and help the group, you must be counted to post . > ** Fill out the survey/skills inventory in the member's area. > > > Hi, > > I'm glad you brought this topic to the group. I too am desperately in > search of a mason that does chimney repair. I've contacted five by phone > and although three agreed to come out to estimate the work, none have come > through. I'm told this is not uncommon. Any referrals would be greatly > appreciated. Instead of looking for masons, try looking in your yellow pages for a chimney sweep. I'd recommend mine, but he's in North Adams. He fixed up my chimneys, which were in disrepair when I bought the house, and put metal caps on them for a very reasonable price. -- Mary Malmros malmros at verizon.net Some days you're the windshield, other days you're the bug.