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Most Abbotsford terrace chimneys carry a row of clay pots, and few of them have ever been capped. FreshDuct fits rain caps, bird guards and cowls to the pot that serves your fireplace, from the roof, and photographs the result.
Rain in the grate after a wet week? An open terrace pot is the likely reason, and a cap is the simple fix.
Look along any Abbotsford terrace row and the stacks carry a line of clay pots, most of them open to the sky. That was fine when every fireplace burned daily and the flue stayed warm and dry. With most of those fireplaces now used a few nights a winter or not at all, the open pot lets in rain, leaves from the river trees and the occasional bird, and none of it can get back out.
The first job on a shared stack is working out which pot is yours. We trace the flue from the fireplace, confirm the pot from the roof and fit a cap sized to it, so a neighbour's working flue is not accidentally capped. Rain caps and bird guards suit an occasional fireplace; a decorative one that will never be lit can be capped closed to stop the drip and the cold draught.
Rain is the quieter problem. An open pot drops every shower onto the smoke shelf, where it soaks into brick that the river air already keeps damp, and the fireplace smells of wet soot for days afterwards. A rain cap on the working pot stops that at the top, and while we are up there we look at the cement around the pots, because a cracked flaunching lets water in beside the pot as readily as down it.
Rain caps, bird guards and anti-downdraught cowls fitted to the right pot on Abbotsford's shared terrace stacks.
A terrace stack can carry pots for two houses. We trace your flue from the fireplace to the roof before fitting anything, so the cap goes on your pot and the neighbour's fireplace keeps drawing as it should.
Trees along the Yarra shed into open pots and birds find a warm, dry flue a good nesting spot. A bird-guard cap keeps both out, which matters most on a fireplace lit only a few times a winter.
An open pot sends every shower down onto the smoke shelf, where it soaks into old soot and the front room smells of it for days. Near the river that damp never quite leaves. A rain cap on the working pot is the simplest fix a terrace chimney gets.
Real photos from Melbourne jobs — not stock, not staged.
Terrace pots are rarely a standard size, so we measure the one that serves your fireplace, match a cap or cowl to it and fix it from the roof with harness work where the parapet calls for it.
A photo of the cap in place comes with the job. If the flue turns out to be decorative and will never be lit, we can cap it closed instead and say so plainly.
Documented end to end — every job, every suburb.
Flue size, terminal type and roof access checked.
The right cap or cowl for the appliance and the problem.
Firm price before any work.
Fixed and sealed from the roof, safely.
Draw checked with the cap on.
A photo of the finished cap from the roof.
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On a shared stack it is not obvious from the ground. We trace the flue from the fireplace with a light or camera and confirm the pot from the roof before fitting a cap, so the right flue is capped and the neighbour's is left alone.
Yes, and near the river it is common. Birds nest in warm, dry flues and the nest blocks the draw or ends up in the grate. A bird-guard cap stops it; if a nest is already there we clear it during a sweep first.
An open flue lets rain, leaves and birds straight in. A cap keeps the flue dry, keeps nests out and, on a wood heater, a spark arrestor stops embers leaving the flue.
Usually a downdraught — wind pushing back down the flue. An anti-downdraught cowl is the normal fix; we confirm the draw with a test before and after.
Yes. If we are on the roof for a sweep and the flue needs a cap, we can quote it on the spot and fit it the same visit where we have the right size.
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