FreshDuct
Air Duct Cleaning in Fitzroy
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Renovated terraces, warehouse conversions and apartments above Brunswick Street: Fitzroy homes are tight on space and their ducts are often hard to reach. We clean them properly and photograph every outlet.
Old buildings, modern systems
Fitzroy is Melbourne’s oldest suburb. Its narrow streets are lined with Victorian terraces and workers’ cottages, former factories turned into lofts, and newer apartment buildings along Brunswick, Gertrude and Smith Streets.
None of those buildings were designed with ducted heating in mind. Where a home has a ducted system, it’s been fitted in later — squeezed into a low roof space, a bulkhead or a ceiling void. That makes the ducts harder to reach and easier to forget, and in a busy inner-city street, traffic dust and cooking smells from below find their way in.
A lot of Fitzroy homes are also workplaces — a studio at the back, an office upstairs, a shop downstairs. Where one ducted system serves both, the dust load comes from customers and staff as well as the household, and the return-air filter needs more attention than you’d expect.
Fitzroy VIC 3065 · City of Yarra
How Fitzroy homes are usually ducted
Renovated terraces
Ducted systems added during a renovation, often in a tight roof space or under the floor. We clean every outlet and the reachable runs.
Warehouse conversions
Large open spaces with long runs and high ceilings. Ducts may be exposed or in bulkheads, and they collect a lot of dust.
Apartments
Compact ducted reverse cycle systems in ceiling bulkheads. Short runs, but the return-air filter clogs quickly.
Three things we see a lot in Fitzroy
Street dust and traffic
Busy streets and tram routes put fine dust in the air. Return-air grilles in inner-city homes clog faster than in the suburbs.
Cooking smells from below
Homes above or beside cafes and restaurants pick up cooking odours that settle in the ducts and filter.
Systems fitted into tight spaces
Ducting squeezed into a terrace roof or bulkhead is easy to crush and hard to check. We look at what we can reach and photograph it.
Signs a Fitzroy home is due for a duct clean
- A black, clogged return-air grille Inner-city dust shows up on the return air first. If it’s dark, the ducts behind it are dusty too.
- Smells that come in with the heating Cooking or traffic odours that appear when the system runs are often held in the ducts.
- Dust settling on high shelves In lofts and warehouse spaces, dust blown out of overhead outlets lands on every high surface.
- A home you’ve just moved into Inner-city homes change hands often. Starting with clean ducts clears the last occupant’s dust.
Same duct. Same angle. One clean.
Drag the handle. These are real FreshDuct job photos — we photograph every job before and after, and the photos are yours to keep.
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Duct repair & replacement in Fitzroy
Ducting fitted into old buildings has to bend around beams, chimneys and party walls. Over time runs get squashed, joins loosen and outlets come away from their boots.
We photograph what we find while cleaning and quote any repair before we touch it. In tight spaces, a clear photo is the best way to show you exactly what’s wrong.
What we check and fix
- Crushed, torn or disconnected ducts found and photographed
- Repairs quoted before any work
- Whole runs replaced only when they’re past saving
- Outlet boots, grilles and return-air fittings refitted or replaced
Ducted heating cleaning before a Fitzroy winter
Old brick and weatherboard buildings lose heat quickly, so a ducted system in Fitzroy often runs for long hours in winter. Dust that settled in the ducts goes straight into the room.
A clean before the cold weather clears the ducts, outlets and filter so the system runs freely. Apartments with ducted reverse cycle benefit year-round.
See what comes out of a ducted system
Real FreshDuct jobs, filmed by our crews. Hit play — this is the difference a proper clean makes.
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A whole-system clean — not just the vent covers
In terraces and warehouse conversions access can be tight, so we check every outlet from the room side and clean the runs we can reach safely.
- Free inspection of your system before we start
- Every outlet and grille cleaned
- The full duct run cleaned
- Return-air duct, grille & filter cleaned
- Dust captured by negative-pressure vacuum collection
- Optional sanitise & deodorise
- Damaged or disconnected ducts photographed and explained
- Before & after photos of the work
What we actually find inside ducts
Real photos from FreshDuct duct cleans in Melbourne homes. Tap or hover to pause.
What our customers say about us
“We appreciate Manny’s job and all the cleaning that they did in our house. We had a bad problem with pet stains and bad smell in our carpet and the air duct but thanks to Freshduct air duct cleaning our house smell fresh and clean again.”
“The air in my home is really fresh and clean after they blew, vacuumed, and washed everything. I highly recommend them.”
“We have used other companies in the past and this is by far the most thorough cleanup that we’ve experienced to date. All vents were cleaned and sanitized (and any surrounding dirt that spilled over was picked up as well).”
How It Works?
Four simple steps from quote to clean air.
Fill the form
Tell us about your home in about a minute — or call 04 3191 8137.
Get estimate
A free, firm quote upfront. No call-out fee, no hidden costs.
Pick service time
Choose a time that suits you — we work 7 days a week.
Your pro arrives!
A police-checked, fully insured technician inspects, cleans and photographs everything. You pay after the job.
You will know us when you see us
Branded vans, uniformed technicians, professional equipment — the same documented FreshDuct standard on every job.
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No call-out fee
We come to you and quote for free — no fee just for turning up.
Pay after the job
You see the result and the photos first, then you pay.
100% satisfaction
Not happy with any part of the clean? We come back and re-clean it.
Before & after photos
Every job is photographed before and after, and the photos are yours to keep.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can you clean ducts in a terrace with tight roof access?
Yes. We clean through each outlet and reach as much of the run as we safely can. If part of a run can’t be reached, we tell you and photograph what we could see.
Do you clean apartment ducted systems?
Yes. We clean ducted reverse cycle systems in apartments, including the ceiling bulkhead outlets and the return-air filter. Let us know about building access and parking.
Our home is above a cafe and smells of cooking when the heating runs. Can you help?
Often, yes. Cooking odours get held in the ducts and on the filter. Cleaning removes the build-up; if air is coming in from somewhere else, we’ll point it out.
Do you also clean commercial ducts in Fitzroy?
Yes. This page covers homes, but we also clean ducted systems in offices, studios and shops. Tell us about the site in the form.
Our home and business share one ducted system. Can you clean it in one visit?
Yes. We clean the whole system in one go and can work around your opening hours. The quote covers both the home and work areas.
Do you clean evaporative and refrigerated cooling ducts too?
Yes. We clean ducted gas heating, evaporative cooling and refrigerated or reverse-cycle systems — the outlets, ductwork and return air — and quote each system upfront.
Do you clean commercial premises?
Yes — offices, clinics, shops and strata common areas. Tell us about the site in the form and we’ll arrange an inspection and quote.
When do I pay?
After the job is done and you’ve seen the before & after photos. Cash, card or bank transfer.
What if I’m not happy?
Tell us. If something isn’t right, we come back and re-clean — that’s our 100% satisfaction commitment.
Are your technicians insured and police-checked?
Yes. Police-checked technicians, NDIS Worker Screening checks, and full public liability and business insurance.
Duct cleaning around Fitzroy
We clean ducted systems in Fitzroy and across the inner north, 7 days a week. Fitzroy North, Carlton North, Clifton Hill, Collingwood, Carlton and Abbotsford are all close by — tell us your suburb in the form and we’ll find you a time.
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