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On a Coburg bungalow the chimney meets a tiled roof, and that junction is where most of the suburb's mystery damp begins. FreshDuct repairs flashing, crowns and mortar on period and interwar chimneys, matched to the house and photographed.
Had the gutters cleaned and the stain is still there? Look up at the chimney flashing next.
Coburg's chimneys are original to their houses: tall red-brick stacks on the Victorians and Edwardians, and the squatter, wider stacks of the California bungalows, all laid in lime mortar and topped with a cement wash. Decades of Melbourne weather have eroded the joints on the weather faces, and the tiled roofs around them have been re-bedded, patched and re-guttered, often leaving the chimney flashing as the one thing nobody touched.
The result is water where it should not be. Damp on the chimney breast, a stain on the ceiling beside the stack, or mortar dust in an unused firebox usually traces back to the crown or the flashing rather than the gutters people blame first. We photograph the stack from the roof, run a camera down the flue and show you which of the three it is before quoting a single repair.
The work is then matched to the house. Joints are raked out and repointed in a mortar that suits the soft period brick, with tuckpointing where the original had it; spalled bricks are cut out and replaced in a matching red; the crown is rebuilt with a fall so water sheds clear; and the flashing is renewed into the tile line rather than smeared over. A cracked unlined flue gets a stainless liner quoted separately.
Flashing, crown, repointing and relining for Coburg's period and bungalow chimneys, matched to the house and quoted firm from photos.
Where a chimney passes through terracotta or cement tiles, the flashing has to tuck under the tile course and up the brick. Patched-over flashing fails first in Coburg, so we renew it properly rather than add another layer of sealant.
Many Edwardian and bungalow chimneys here were tuckpointed originally. We repoint in a compatible mortar and re-strike the tuckpointing where it existed, so the repaired stack sits with the rest of the house rather than shouting about it.
Period Coburg brick spalls when hard cement pointing traps water in it. We cut out the failed bricks, replace them with a match, and use a mortar that lets the stack breathe and shed rain instead of holding it.
Real photos from Melbourne jobs — not stock, not staged.
A damp patch beside a Coburg chimney is blamed on the gutters more often than it should be. We inspect the crown, flashing and joints from the roof and on camera, and show you which one is letting water in.
The quote covers only that fault, with photos of it. When the job is done you get photos again, so a rebuilt crown or new flashing is something you have seen, not just paid for.
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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If the water is entering at the chimney, it is a chimney job: the flashing, the crown or the mortar. We inspect all three from the roof, photograph the fault and repair it, and we flash into the tile line properly so the roof stays sound too.
Yes. We rake out the failed joints, repoint in a mortar coloured and struck to suit the original, and re-tuckpoint where the chimney had it. Bricks that need replacing are matched for colour and size. From the street, the repair reads as the same chimney.
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 Coburg. No call-out fee, before and after photos, and honest advice on what your chimney needs and what it does not.
