Wow. Today has been a great day. When I came home, the tuckpointers were finished with my chimney. They set up the scaffolding on Tuesday, took down the chimney brick by brick yesterday, and then rebuilt it today and the scaffolding was gone. You would never know that they were here unless you knew what the chimney looked like before. I love it when everything goes right.
Next up, get the same guy to replace some of the shingles that were blown off in a storm last summer and then fix the internal plaster damaged by the water leaking in through the chimney.