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Thornbury renovations tend to leave the chimney for last: a stack kept for looks after the fireplace went, an insert without a liner, mortar untouched for a century. FreshDuct repairs the brick, the crown, the flashing and the flue, quoted firm from photos.
Ceiling stain beside a chimney you no longer use? A stack with no fire under it still needs a crown and a cap, or it takes water.
Chimney repairs in Thornbury come in three kinds, and all three are products of the suburb being renovated so thoroughly. The first is the stack that stayed when the fireplace went: the breast was removed downstairs to open up the room, the chimney was kept on the roof for the streetscape, and nobody has looked at it since. Open at the top, with a cracked crown and a century-old flashing, it takes water into the wall below.
The second is the insert. A wood heater dropped into an Edwardian or bungalow opening without a correctly sized stainless liner leaves the old unlined brick carrying hotter, faster gases than it was built for, and the mortar and the flue face suffer. A camera inspection shows whether a liner is there and whether the brick behind it has cracked, and a liner is quoted firm if it is needed.
The third is ordinary age. Soft lime mortar, spalled bricks on the weather side and flashing patched into a tiled roof are the usual finds. We repoint and tuckpoint to match the house, cut out and replace failed bricks, rebuild crowns and reseal or replace flashing. Every repair starts with photographs of the stack, crown, flashing and flue so the quote covers the fault and not a guess.
Crown, cap, flashing, repointing and stainless relining for Thornbury’s period chimneys, including stacks kept after a fireplace was removed, quoted firm after a photographed inspection.
A chimney kept for the look of the house after the fireplace was taken out still stands in the weather. We rebuild the crown, cap the flue with a vented cap and reseal the flashing so it stops passing damp into the wall below.
An insert fitted straight into an unlined Edwardian flue runs the old brick harder than it was built for. We camera the flue, show you whether a liner is there, and quote a correctly sized stainless liner firm if it is not.
The lime mortar in a Thornbury Edwardian or bungalow stack has weathered since it was laid, and the joints on the weather side go first. We repoint or tuckpoint to match the original colour and profile rather than smearing modern grey over it.
Real photos from Melbourne jobs — not stock, not staged.
A chimney that has been through a renovation can have more than one thing wrong with it, and the symptom inside rarely points to the right one. We photograph the crown, flashing, mortar and flue, and the quote is for the part that has failed.
Where a flue has been reused by an insert we put the camera up and show you what the brick looks like behind the appliance. The repair photos come with the invoice so the work is visible from the ground.
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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Because the stack is still open to the weather with nothing looking after it. Rain goes down the flue and into the brick, the crown has usually cracked and the old flashing has let go. We cap it with a vented cap, rebuild the crown and reseal the flashing.
A camera inspection. We put the camera up behind the insert and photograph what is there: a stainless liner, or bare Edwardian brick carrying the heater’s exhaust. If there is no liner we quote one firm, sized to the insert, from the photos.
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 Thornbury. No call-out fee, before and after photos, and honest advice on what your chimney needs and what it does not.
