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Many of the chimneys on Campbellfield's older streets are open at the top, because the cap rusted off years ago or the fireplace went cold and nobody looked up again. FreshDuct fits caps, bird guards and cowls from the roof and photographs them in place.
Not planning to light the fireplace again? It still needs a cap — a vented one, so the flue can dry out.
Walk a Campbellfield street and look up, and a good number of the post-war stacks have nothing on top at all. The original cap rusted through and blew off, or the fireplace was retired when gas heating arrived and nobody thought about the flue again. Either way the stack has been open to the sky since, which on an exposed stack means rain straight down the brick and birds looking for a sheltered place to build.
What the right cap is depends on what the fireplace is for now. A fireplace being lit again wants a rain cap with a bird guard, sized so it keeps weather out without choking the draw. A fireplace that will never be used again still needs a cap, but a vented one, because sealing a flue shut traps moisture in the brick and the damp comes through the chimney breast instead. A heater fitted into the old opening needs a cowl matched to its pipe.
We measure the flue opening on the roof, fit the cap or cowl with fixings that will not rust away in a few winters, and seal it to the crown. On low stacks that sit close to the roofline, wind can push smoke back down; an anti-downdraught cowl deals with that, and we test the draw before we call it fixed. A photo from the roof shows you what was fitted and how.
Caps, bird guards and cowls for open post-war flues, whether the fireplace is being used again, fitted with a heater or retired for good.
A retired fireplace with an open flue is quiet, dry and undisturbed, which is exactly what a nesting bird wants. We clear what is there and fit a guarded cap so the next spring does not fill the flue again.
The original galvanised caps on these stacks have mostly gone, and the fixings with them. We fit a replacement with corrosion-resistant fasteners, sealed to the crown, so it is still up there the next time you look.
A post-war stack is short and exposed, so wind hits the terminal square on. Where a fireplace smokes back on a windy night, an anti-downdraught cowl is the usual answer, and we test the draw afterwards rather than assume it.
Real photos from Melbourne jobs — not stock, not staged.
We fit from the roof, not from a ladder at the eaves, so the cap is measured to the actual flue opening and sealed properly to the crown. A cap that is nearly the right size lets water in at the edges.
You get a photo of the fitted cap from above and, since we were on the roof anyway, a straight word on the state of the crown and flashing beside it, with no obligation attached.
Documented end to end — every job, every suburb.
Flue size, terminal type and roof access checked.
The right cap or cowl for the appliance and the problem.
Firm price before any work.
Fixed and sealed from the roof, safely.
Draw checked with the cap on.
A photo of the finished cap from the roof.
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It does, because the flue is still open to the weather. Rain runs down the brick, salts come through the chimney breast as white streaks and the mortar softens from inside, all above a fireplace nobody uses. A guarded cap stops the water and the birds; the flue is left able to breathe so the brick can dry.
Yes. We check the flue on camera, remove the nest or the animal's leavings through the vacuum, and fit a cap with a bird guard the same visit where the opening is a standard size. The photo shows you the guard in place.
An open flue lets rain, leaves and birds straight in. A cap keeps the flue dry, keeps nests out and, on a wood heater, a spark arrestor stops embers leaving the flue.
Usually a downdraught — wind pushing back down the flue. An anti-downdraught cowl is the normal fix; we confirm the draw with a test before and after.
Yes. If we are on the roof for a sweep and the flue needs a cap, we can quote it on the spot and fit it the same visit where we have the right size.
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.
