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Salt air, wind-driven rain and a century of weather are hard on Brighton chimneys. FreshDuct repoints, repairs crowns and flashing, and relines failed flues on bayside period homes, with a photographed inspection first.
Water in the firebox after a bay storm? That is usually flashing or the crown, not the flue — we find which before quoting.
Brighton’s chimneys are mostly solid brick on substantial period homes, and the failures we see follow the weather. Salt in the air eats galvanised flashing and metal caps, wind-driven rain off the bay drives into eroded mortar joints, and the stack’s exposed face weathers faster than the sheltered one. The result is white staining, spalling brick faces, and water showing up in the firebox after a storm.
Every repair starts with a photographed inspection of the stack, crown, flashing and flue, because the visible symptom is rarely the cause. A damp patch on a chimney breast is more often lifted flashing or a cracked crown than anything wrong with the flue itself, and the fix for each is different in cost and scale.
We repoint and tuckpoint with mortar matched to the original, replace spalled bricks rather than rendering over them, reseal or replace flashing in a material that will not rust in the salt air, and rebuild crowns so water sheds away from the stack. Where an unlined flue has cracked, a stainless steel liner is quoted firm after a camera inspection, as a separate line you can accept or leave.
Masonry, crown, flashing and flue repairs for weathered bayside chimneys, quoted firm after a photographed inspection.
Galvanised flashing near the bay rusts and lifts, which is the most common source of a Brighton chimney leak. We replace it with a corrosion-resistant material and seal it properly to the roof.
The face of the stack that takes the bay wind erodes first. We repoint the weathered joints and can apply a breathable waterproofing so the brick sheds wind-driven rain without trapping moisture.
Brighton’s grand homes deserve repairs that do not show. Bricks are matched for colour and size and mortar joints are struck to match the original, so the repair reads as the same chimney.
Real photos from Melbourne jobs — not stock, not staged.
A leaking Brighton chimney has three usual suspects: flashing, crown or mortar. We inspect all three on camera and quote only what has failed, so a flashing reseal is not sold as a rebuild.
Photos of the fault come with the quote and photos of the repair with the invoice, so a resealed flashing or a rebuilt crown on a two-storey Brighton stack is something you can check from the footpath rather than take on trust.
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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Wind-driven bayside rain hits the stack sideways and finds lifted flashing, a cracked crown or eroded joints that vertical rain misses. A photographed inspection shows which one it is, and the fix is usually a repair rather than a rebuild.
Yes. We match brick colour and size and strike the mortar joints to suit the original, so a repointed or rebuilt section reads as the same chimney from the street.
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 Brighton. No call-out fee, before and after photos, and honest advice on what your chimney needs and what it does not.
