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The exposed stack on a 1950s or 60s Chadstone home has taken sixty-odd years of weather with no help. FreshDuct repoints the joints, refixes or replaces the flashing and rebuilds the crown, quoted firm after a photographed inspection.
Mortar dust in the gutter below a Chadstone chimney? That is the stack telling you it needs repointing, not the roof.
Chadstone chimneys were built quickly by good tradesmen, in the same cream or red brick as the house, and most are still plumb and sound. What lets them down is the part above the roofline. The top courses take sun, frost and rain from every side, the mortar joints there open up years before the joints inside the roof space do, and once water is in the joint the brick faces start to spall.
The flashing is the other weak point. Mid-century flashing was galvanised, dressed into a mortar chase and pointed over, and after this long the galvanising has gone and the pointing has cracked. Wind-driven rain gets behind it and runs down the outside of the stack into the ceiling, which is why a damp patch beside a Chadstone chimney breast is so often blamed on the roof tiles instead.
Our repair starts with photographs of the stack, crown, flashing and flue, and we quote only for what has actually failed. Repointing the top courses, cutting out and replacing a few spalled bricks, resealing or replacing the flashing and reforming a cracked crown are the usual jobs. Where a heater has been run hard in an unlined flue and the joints inside have opened, a stainless liner is quoted after the camera goes up.
The repairs a sixty-year-old brick stack actually needs, from the mortar at the top to the flashing at the roofline, with photos before and after.
The last metre of a Chadstone stack weathers hardest. We rake and repoint those joints with a mortar that suits the mid-century brick, so it sheds water again without being harder than the brick it holds.
Flashing dressed into a mortar chase and pointed over was the standard finish here, and the pointing is usually the first thing to crack. We reseal or replace it with a material that will not rust out a second time.
A slow-combustion heater runs a brick flue hotter than the open fire it replaced. When the camera shows joints opened inside the flue, we tell you plainly whether a liner or a repair is the answer and quote it firm.
Real photos from Melbourne jobs — not stock, not staged.
Most Chadstone stacks need a little of something rather than a lot of everything. We photograph what we find, explain which of mortar, crown or flashing is letting the water in, and quote for that alone.
Work is done from the roof with harness access where the pitch allows, and you get photos of the finished repair so you can see the joints and flashing without climbing a ladder.
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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Usually the chimney, and usually the flashing. On a mid-century home the galvanised flashing has often rusted through behind its pointing, so wind-driven rain runs down the outside of the stack. We inspect and photograph the flashing, crown and mortar before quoting, so you fix the real cause.
Yes. Cream and red mid-century bricks are still obtainable or salvageable, and we match size and colour as closely as we can before cutting anything out. Mortar is toned to suit the existing joints so the repaired section does not stand out from the street.
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 Chadstone. No call-out fee, before and after photos, and honest advice on what your chimney needs and what it does not.
