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Damp on a chimney breast, mortar on the roof tiles, a stack that looks tired from the street: Malvern's Edwardian and interwar chimneys show their age at the top first. FreshDuct repoints, reflashes and relines them so the repair suits the house.
Roofer says the roof is fine but the stain keeps coming back? Look at the chimney — we do, with a camera.
On a Malvern chimney the damage is at the top and the evidence is inside. The mortar in the upper courses has taken decades of weather and eventually drops out; the flashing where the stack meets the roof lifts as the joints around it fail; and rain that gets in tracks down through the solid brick until it appears as a stain on the chimney breast. By then it is often blamed on the roof, and a roof repair does nothing.
Because Malvern's streets are full of character homes, many under heritage controls, the repair has to look right as well as work. We photograph the stack from the roof, put a camera up the flue, and quote firm for the fault we found. On the stack that means raking out only the failed joints and repointing with mortar matched in colour and struck to the original profile; on the roofline it means flashing that is properly let into the brickwork, not smeared with sealant.
Inside the flue, an original Malvern chimney is unlined and its mortar is soft, so the camera often finds joints that have been eaten back by decades of fires. Where that has gone far enough for smoke or heat to reach the surrounding structure, a stainless liner is the honest fix: it closes the flue off from the brick and lets the fireplace keep being used. Where the joints are only tired, a sweep and a watching brief is enough, and we say which.
Repointing, flashing, crown and flue repairs for Edwardian and interwar Malvern chimneys, matched to the original and quoted firm after a photographed inspection.
Much of Malvern sits under heritage or character controls, and a chimney is the most visible brickwork on the house. We match brick, mortar colour and joint profile so a repointed stack reads as original from the footpath.
Damp on a Malvern chimney breast is usually water coming through failed joints high on the stack or under lifted flashing. We trace it from the top down with photos, and fix the chimney rather than sending you back to the roofer.
An unlined Edwardian flue has had decades of fires on bare mortar, and the camera often shows joints eaten well back. If the flue can no longer be trusted to contain smoke and heat, a stainless liner is the repair we recommend.
Real photos from Melbourne jobs — not stock, not staged.
A period stack is not improved by being repointed end to end. We rake out and refill the joints that have failed, leave sound original mortar where it is, and rebuild the crown or reflash the roofline only where the photos show water getting in.
The quote comes with photos of the fault and the invoice with photos of the repair, so you can see exactly what changed on a stack you cannot easily inspect yourself.
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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It should not. We match the brick where any is replaced, colour the mortar to the original and strike the joints to the same profile, and only the failed joints are touched. A rebuilt crown follows the original shape. From the footpath the stack should look as it always did.
Flashing or the joints just above it, most often. Water gets in high on the stack, tracks down through the brick and shows on the plaster a floor or two below. We photograph the stack from the roof and camera the flue, then quote for whichever has actually failed.
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 Malvern. No call-out fee, before and after photos, and honest advice on what your chimney needs and what it does not.
