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Springvale heats with wood heaters and slow-combustion fires that were retrofitted into 1950s and 60s homes and often run from morning to night. FreshDuct sweeps the steel flue, the appliance and the old chimney above it, and photographs the lot.
Heater burning ten hours a day? One sweep a year is not enough for that flue.
The fireplaces of older Melbourne are rare in Springvale. What the brick veneer and weatherboard homes here have instead is a wood heater or slow-combustion fire that was slotted into the house at some point in the last few decades, and in a multi-generational household it is often lit in the morning and still going at bedtime. That duty cycle is the whole story of sweeping in this suburb.
A heater run low and long produces cooler smoke, and cool smoke condenses on the flue wall as creosote rather than leaving out the top. So a Springvale sweep is a heater sweep done thoroughly: the baffle comes out, the firebox is cleaned and sealed, and the steel flue is brushed from the top with the right head for its diameter, with a contained vacuum catching everything below. We clean the appliance, the flue and the terminal as one system.
Where the heater sits in an old open fireplace, we also look at what is above it. The original masonry chimney is usually still there, unlined and unmaintained, gathering debris and damp around the flue pipe. We check that void on camera and clear it, because a blocked or wet cavity around a heater flue is a problem the appliance cannot show you.
A system clean for Springvale’s wood heaters and slow-combustion fires, with the baffle, flue, terminal and any old chimney above the heater all cleared and photographed.
Springvale households often keep the heater alight from breakfast to bedtime through winter. Run that way, a flue loads with creosote much faster than one lit for an evening, so we suggest a sweep before the season and a check partway through rather than a single yearly visit.
A heater damped down all day burns cool, and cool smoke leaves a hard glaze on the steel flue that a soft brush slides over. We use a head matched to the flue, work it from the top with the baffle out, and show you the result on camera.
When a heater was slotted into an old Springvale fireplace, the masonry chimney above was left as it was. We camera and clear that cavity as part of the sweep, because soot, debris and damp collect around the flue pipe where nobody can see them.
Real photos from Melbourne jobs — not stock, not staged.
A heater that runs all day sits in the room the whole family uses most. Drop sheets go down, the firebox is sealed while the flue is brushed from above, and a contained vacuum takes the soot, so the lounge is exactly as it was when we arrived.
Before and after photos of the flue come with every sweep, along with a straight answer on how often yours needs doing given how you run it. If the flue was cleaner than expected, we say so and suggest a longer interval.
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We look at the firebox, flue and cap and assess the build-up.
Drop sheets down and the fireplace opening sealed.
Rods and a rotary brush clear the full length of the flue.
Soot and debris captured with contained, high-power vacuuming.
Draw and the cap confirmed; we tell you what we found.
Before and after photos, and the hearth left clean.
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More than once a year. A heater burning all day, especially damped down, builds creosote much faster than an evening fire. We usually suggest a full sweep before winter and a check or second sweep partway through, and we adjust that after seeing how much the first sweep brings out.
A basic clean is $169. For a Springvale heater run all day the question is usually not the price of one sweep but how many a season needs, and we set that from what the first sweep brings out. Clearing the old masonry chimney above a heater, where there is one, is priced firm on site.
Fire authorities recommend an annual sweep before winter. If you burn most nights, burn unseasoned or soft wood, or run a heater on low for long periods, sooner.
Not with FreshDuct. We lay drop sheets, seal the fireplace opening and use contained, high-power vacuuming so the soot is captured rather than left in your living room.
A standard sweep clears regular soot and light creosote. A deep clean tackles heavy, baked-on or glazed creosote that a normal brush will not shift.
Send your details and the office confirms a window for Springvale. No call-out fee, before and after photos, and honest advice on what your chimney needs and what it does not.
