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Richmond terrace flues are slim, tall and often kinked around a party wall shared with next door. FreshDuct sweeps them with rods and a brush sized to the narrow flue, confirms on camera which flue is yours, and photographs the result.
Terrace fireplace off Bridge Road or Swan Street? A narrow shared flue needs a sweep before the first fire, not after.
The fireplaces in Richmond's Victorian terraces and workers' cottages were built small and their flues were built to match. A slim brick flue that rises two storeys, often jogging sideways where it climbs a party wall, gives creosote less room to spread and more corners to catch in. Regular use through a Richmond winter can close down a narrow flue faster than owners expect, and the first sign is usually smoke drifting back into the room on a still night.
Sweeping one properly means starting with the right rods and a brush that fits the narrow bore rather than a standard head that skips the walls. We seal the fireplace opening, run the contained vacuum from the first rod to the last and work the brush through every kink to the top. Where a stack on the boundary carries flues for two houses, the camera goes up first to confirm which flue serves your fireplace, so we are not sweeping the neighbour's.
Access is the other Richmond reality. With almost no side setback between terraces, most of the work is done from the hearth, and where the top needs checking we get to it safely from the roof or with a drone rather than a ladder wedged between two houses. The flue is photographed before and after, and if the camera shows a cross-leak or failed mortar high on the party wall, we tell you plainly rather than letting a sweep turn into a surprise.
A contained sweep of the slim, kinked flues in Richmond's Victorian terraces and cottages, with the right flue identified where the stack is shared.
A standard sweep head skates through a narrow Richmond flue without touching the walls. We size the rotary brush to the bore and work it through each kink, and the camera afterwards confirms the brick is clean rather than just dusted.
A boundary stack in Richmond can carry flues for two homes. Before the rods go up we camera the run so the flue we sweep is the one serving your fireplace, and we note any sign of soot or smoke crossing between the two.
Terraces with no side gap make roof access awkward, so the sweep is done from the hearth with the opening sealed. Where the top of the flue needs checking we use safe roof access or a drone rather than balancing between two houses.
Real photos from Melbourne jobs — not stock, not staged.
Richmond front rooms are small and close to the fireplace, so containment matters more than usual. Drop sheets go down, the opening is sealed and the vacuum runs the whole time, so a hard sweep of an old flue leaves nothing on the floorboards.
You get before and after photos of the flue and a plain word on whether the smoke shelf, mortar or the shared stack needs anything more. If they do not, we say so and leave.
Documented end to end — every job, every suburb.
We look at the firebox, flue and cap and assess the build-up.
Drop sheets down and the fireplace opening sealed.
Rods and a rotary brush clear the full length of the flue.
Soot and debris captured with contained, high-power vacuuming.
Draw and the cap confirmed; we tell you what we found.
Before and after photos, and the hearth left clean.
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Often, yes. A narrow terrace flue partly closed with creosote or debris cannot draw properly, and clearing it restores the pull. If the flue is clean and the smoke persists, the cause is usually at the terminal or a downdraught, and we tell you which. The basic clean is $169.
Yes. We camera the run first to confirm which flue in the shared stack serves your fireplace, then sweep that one from your hearth with the opening sealed. Nothing is done on the neighbour's side, and we note any cross-leak the camera picks up.
Fire authorities recommend an annual sweep before winter. If you burn most nights, burn unseasoned or soft wood, or run a heater on low for long periods, sooner.
Not with FreshDuct. We lay drop sheets, seal the fireplace opening and use contained, high-power vacuuming so the soot is captured rather than left in your living room.
A standard sweep clears regular soot and light creosote. A deep clean tackles heavy, baked-on or glazed creosote that a normal brush will not shift.
Send your details and the office confirms a window for Richmond. No call-out fee, before and after photos, and honest advice on what your chimney needs and what it does not.
