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Yarraville’s cottage and bungalow chimneys are small, old and built on soft mortar, and the damp they let in is often blamed on the gutter. FreshDuct repoints, replaces bricks, renews flashing and relines slim flues, after a photographed inspection that finds the real leak.
Damp patch beside a Yarraville fireplace? Before anyone touches the gutter, we check the flashing and crown on the stack above it.
The chimneys on Yarraville’s workers’ cottages were built lightly, with lime mortar, and they have stood up well considering. But lime mortar does not last forever in Melbourne weather, and once it starts to go the slim stack loses its stiffness, leans a little, and lets water into every open joint. The bungalows are more solidly built, but their mortar is of a similar age and going the same way, and the wider stack has more joints for the weather to work on.
On a low cottage roof the flashing is the other weak point. The stack sits where the rain runs hard off a small roof, and old flashing that has been patched more than once finally lets go. The stain appears on the chimney breast or the ceiling beside it and gets blamed on the gutter. We photograph the stack, crown and flashing from the roof and put a camera up the flue before quoting, so the repair is for the real cause and nothing else.
Cottage repairs are done in materials that suit the cottage. Joints are repointed in a lime-based mortar rather than hard cement that would crack the old brick, spalled or missing bricks are replaced with ones matched for colour and size, crowns are rebuilt to shed water, and flashing is renewed and sealed to the roof. A slim unlined flue that has cracked takes a small-diameter stainless liner, quoted after the camera has confirmed the bore.
Lime-mortar repointing, brick replacement, crown and flashing renewal and small-bore stainless relining for Yarraville cottage and bungalow chimneys, quoted firm after inspection.
Cottage stacks were laid in lime mortar, and repointing them in hard modern cement traps moisture and shears the old brick faces. We rake out the failed joints and repoint in a lime-based mix that moves with the brick, struck to match the original joint.
The join between a cottage stack and its low roof takes the full run of water off the tiles or iron, and patched flashing gives way there first. We renew the flashing properly and seal it, which ends most of the damp that gets blamed on the guttering.
A slim chimney whose mortar has gone tends to lean, and a leaning stack on a close block worries the neighbour too. We assess whether the top courses can be rebuilt on the original line or the stack needs taking down further, and show you the photos before quoting.
Real photos from Melbourne jobs — not stock, not staged.
Water beside a Yarraville fireplace has a short list of causes: failed flashing, a cracked crown, or open joints in a stack that has lost its mortar. We photograph all three from the roof before quoting and repair the one that is letting water in.
Every repair comes with photos from the roof of the work done, in materials matched to a cottage or bungalow so the chimney still belongs to the house afterwards rather than standing out from the street.
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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Not necessarily. A slight lean usually means the mortar in the upper courses has failed rather than the whole stack. We inspect and photograph it from the roof and, where the lower brickwork is sound, rebuild the top courses on the original line and repoint the rest.
Usually, yes. Small-diameter stainless liners suit slim cottage flues, and the camera inspection beforehand confirms the bore is clear and wide enough. The liner is fed from the top, connected at the hearth, and the fireplace is usable again without smoke leaking through the old joints.
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 Yarraville. No call-out fee, before and after photos, and honest advice on what your chimney needs and what it does not.
