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Brunswick’s Victorian stacks were built in soft lime mortar and have had a century of weather and a few careless patches since. FreshDuct repoints, replaces spalled brick and relines cracked terrace flues, with a photographed inspection first.
Grey cement patches on a Brunswick chimney? They crack the softer brick around them — we repoint in a mortar that matches.
The masonry on a Brunswick chimney was laid in lime mortar that was meant to be softer than the brick around it. That is how the stack has survived: the joints give and the bricks do not. The trouble starts when a past owner patched the top courses in hard grey cement, which does not give at all, and the brick faces next to those patches begin to crack and shed. Often the worst damage on a Brunswick stack is where the last repair was.
Below the roofline the problems are quieter. Terrace flues are separated from the neighbour’s by a single skin of brick, and where the mortar in that skin has washed out, smoke, damp and smell cross the party wall. A cracked flue in an unlined stack can also let heat reach timber that was never meant to see it. From inside the room you see a stain on the chimney breast; the cause is inside the flue.
Every Brunswick repair starts with a camera up the flue and photos of the stack from the roof. We repoint in a lime-based mortar matched to the original, cut out and replace bricks that have lost their face, rebuild crowns so the top of the stack sheds water, and reseal flashing where the stack meets an iron roof. Where the flue itself has cracked, a stainless liner is quoted firm after the camera has been through.
Repointing, brick replacement, crown and flashing work and stainless relining for Brunswick’s Victorian terrace and cottage stacks, quoted after a photographed inspection.
Victorian brick needs a mortar that stays softer than it is. We repoint Brunswick stacks in a lime-based mix matched to the original colour and joint, so the repair moves with the chimney instead of cracking the brick around it.
The brick between your flue and the neighbour’s is a single skin. Where its joints have gone, smoke and damp cross over. A camera inspection finds the failed section and a liner or repointing from inside puts the separation back.
Where a Brunswick cottage has a corrugated iron roof, the flashing where the stack meets the sheet has usually been patched with sealant more than once. We replace it with a proper stepped and soaker flashing rather than adding another bead of silicone.
Real photos from Melbourne jobs — not stock, not staged.
A stained chimney breast in a Brunswick front room can be lifted flashing, a washed-out crown or a cracked flue, and each is a different price. We put a camera up the flue and photograph the roof before anyone talks about cost.
If it is a repoint, it is quoted as a repoint. If the flue needs a liner, you see the crack on camera before you decide. Photos of the finished repair come with the invoice.
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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Most likely the brick skin between the two flues has lost its mortar and smoke is crossing the party wall. We camera your flue to find the section, then either repoint it from inside or fit a stainless liner that seals your flue from the shared brickwork completely.
Ours, if the water is entering at the chimney. Flashing into corrugated iron needs a stepped flashing up the brick and a soaker dressed over the sheet ridges, and most of the leaks we see are sealant smeared over the top of a flashing that was never dressed properly. We replace it and photograph the join.
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 Brunswick. No call-out fee, before and after photos, and honest advice on what your chimney needs and what it does not.
