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Post-war brick stacks on Campbellfield's older streets have had decades of weather and, in many cases, decades without a fire beneath them. FreshDuct repoints, reflashes and relines them after a photographed inspection.
White streaks on a Campbellfield chimney breast? That is water coming down an open stack, and the fix is usually smaller than it looks.
Campbellfield's chimneys are plain post-war brick: a single exposed stack rising through the roof of a modest home, with the industrial estates not far off. They were built to be used, and for years they were. The failures we see now come from two directions at once — weathering on the outside, where mortar joints have worn back and galvanised flashing has rusted, and damp on the inside, where a flue left open after the fireplace was retired has been taking rain for decades.
The signs show up indoors first. White salt staining and bubbling paint on the chimney breast, a damp smell in a room where no fire has burned in years, rust marks running down the roof from the flashing. On the stack itself the top courses fret, the crown cracks and, on a flue with no liner, the inner brick face can spall where water has been wetting and drying it winter after winter.
We photograph the stack, crown, flashing and flue before quoting, so you see the same thing we do. Repointing the worn joints, cutting out spalled bricks, resealing or replacing the flashing and rebuilding a crown that sheds water are all straightforward on a stack this size. Where a fireplace is coming back into use or a wood heater is going in, a stainless liner is quoted on its own line after the camera has been up the flue.
Mortar, brick, crown, flashing and liner work for a weathered post-war chimney, priced firm from photographs rather than guessed from the ground.
An open flue over a retired fireplace has been a rain gauge for years. Water runs down the inside, salts come through the plaster as white streaks, and the mortar softens from within. We stop the water first, then repair what it has already damaged.
An exposed post-war stack takes everything the weather sends at its top. Joints hollow out, the crown cracks and the odd brick loses its face. We repoint the worn courses, replace the failed bricks and rebuild the crown so water sheds clear of the stack.
A Campbellfield flue with no liner was fine for the open fire it was built for. Before a wood heater is fitted into it, or a long-idle fireplace is lit again, we camera the flue and quote a stainless liner only if the brick is cracked.
Real photos from Melbourne jobs — not stock, not staged.
A post-war stack is not a grand piece of masonry, and the repair should not be priced as if it were. We photograph the fault, explain whether it is water, weather or heat that caused it, and quote for that alone.
Because the stacks are modest and the roofs are simple, most Campbellfield repairs are done from the roof with harness work, and you get before and after photos so the finished job can be checked from the kitchen.
Documented end to end — every job, every suburb.
Camera and photo inspection of the stack, crown, flashing and flue.
We find the real cause — water, movement or heat — and explain it.
A firm price for only what is needed, before any work.
Masonry, crown, flashing or flue work done properly and safely.
Draw and weather-tightness confirmed.
Before and after photos and honest advice on what to watch.
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Because the flue is open at the top and rain has been running down it. The water carries salts through the brick and plaster as it dries. A cap stops the source, and repointing or a crown repair deals with what the water has already loosened.
In most cases, yes. We camera the flue to confirm the brick is sound, then a stainless liner is fitted the full height and connected to the heater. It is quoted firm after the inspection, with photos of what the camera found.
White staining, crumbling mortar, loose or missing bricks, rust marks on the roof, water in the firebox after rain, or smoke seeping into rooms are the usual signs. A photographed inspection tells you what is cosmetic and what is not.
Yes — stainless steel liners for cracked or unlined flues on open fireplaces and wood heaters, quoted firm after a camera inspection. Gas flue work goes through the licensed gas specialists we arrange.
Often, with roof access and harness work. Taller or unstable stacks need scaffold, and we tell you before quoting rather than after.
Send your details and the office confirms a window for Campbellfield. No call-out fee, before and after photos, and honest advice on what your chimney needs and what it does not.
