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Brunswick’s terraces and workers’ cottages have brick flues that often have not carried a fire in years, and whatever settled in them is still there. FreshDuct sweeps them contained, cameras anything with an unknown history and leaves photos.
Reopening a Brunswick fireplace that has been boarded up? Camera and sweep first — the flue decides, not the grate.
A Brunswick chimney comes in two sizes. The brick terraces carry tall stacks with a flue for each room; the weatherboard workers’ cottages carry a single short stack on an outside wall. The tall ones hold soot along their whole height. The short ones cool quickly, so the soot sits in the last metre below the pot, where a brush from the hearth runs out of rods. We sweep each with the rods and head it needs, not one setting for the street.
The other Brunswick habit is disuse. Homes here have been rented, sold, renovated and rented again, and a fireplace is often the one thing nobody touched. A flue that has sat cold for a decade holds dry creosote from the last owner, a nest or two from the years in between, and loose mortar that has dropped from the joints. None of it is a problem until the first fire goes up the flue.
So our sweep in Brunswick starts with a camera when the history is unknown. We look before we brush, add rods until the head shows at the pot, and take the deposit out through a sealed opening and a running vacuum. Basic chimney cleaning is $169, the camera look is part of the visit, and you see the flue on the screen before and after.
A contained sweep for a narrow party-wall flue, with a camera look first if the fireplace has been dormant, so a Brunswick cottage fire can be lit with confidence.
A Brunswick fireplace that last burned years ago has creosote that has dried and flaked but not gone anywhere. We sweep it out before it is heated again, because a hot flue is the wrong place to find out how much was in there.
A weatherboard cottage chimney is a single flue on an outside wall, short enough for the brush to reach the pot in a few rods. A short flue cools sooner and soots up at the top, so we work the last metre hardest and check the pot is clear.
An open, unused Brunswick pot is an invitation to nesting birds. We remove what has dropped onto the smoke shelf, confirm the flue is clear to the top on camera, and mention a bird guard if the pot has none.
Real photos from Melbourne jobs — not stock, not staged.
Polished boards and a cottage living room the size of a bedroom leave nowhere for dust to hide. The opening is sealed before the first rod goes in, the vacuum runs the whole time, and the hearth is wiped down before we pack up.
If the camera shows the flue does not need a sweep, we tell you that and charge nothing for the look. If it shows a crack in the brickwork, you get the photo and a straight answer on what it means.
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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Yes, and the top needs the most attention. A short external stack cools quickly, so creosote condenses in the last metre under the pot rather than lower down. We brush through to the pot, check it is clear of nests and photograph the flue so you can see the top as well as the throat.
Yes, and we camera it first. A flue closed for years usually holds old creosote, nest debris and dropped mortar. We sweep the full length, vacuum the smoke shelf and show you the before and after so you know it is clear before you light it.
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 Brunswick. No call-out fee, before and after photos, and honest advice on what your chimney needs and what it does not.
