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Bundoora’s post-war brick homes have unlined flues carrying decades of creosote; its newer estates have modern flues and wood heaters that still need a yearly clean. FreshDuct sweeps both, with a photo report that suits owners, tenants and agents alike.
Managing a rental near the universities? A photographed sweep is the simplest proof the fireplace is safe to use.
Bundoora is where the older north meets the newer north. The post-war brick homes have open fireplaces on unlined masonry flues that have been in service for decades, and the estates and renovated houses around La Trobe and RMIT have modern flues, inbuilt wood heaters and a good share of rental tenants. A sweep here has to suit the flue in front of us and, often, the person who is not in the house when we do it.
In the mid-century homes the job is a full-length masonry sweep: drop sheets down, the opening sealed, rods and a rotary brush sized to the flue, and a contained vacuum running until the camera shows clean brick. These flues have no liner to protect, so the brush can work hard, and it usually needs to, because the deposit is the accumulation of every winter since the house was built.
In the newer builds the wood heater is cleaned as a system, with the baffle lifted and the flue brushed from the top, and the terminal and cap checked on the roof. For a rental, the before and after photos and a short written note on condition go to the owner or agent, so a tenant gets a safe fireplace and the landlord gets a record without a second visit.
A full masonry sweep for Bundoora’s post-war fireplaces, a system clean for newer wood heaters, and a photographed record that works for owners and agents.
The brick flues behind Bundoora’s mid-century fireplaces carry creosote directly on the masonry. We sweep the full length with a rotary brush, vacuum the smoke shelf that most sweeps ignore, and check the walls on camera before calling it clean.
A modern Bundoora wood heater needs the baffle out and the steel flue brushed from the top, not a brush waved up from the firebox. We clean heater, baffle and flue together and look at the cap while we are on the roof.
With so many rentals near the universities, a sweep in Bundoora is often for an owner who lives elsewhere. Every job comes with before and after photos and a plain note on the flue and cap, which is the record an agent asks for.
Real photos from Melbourne jobs — not stock, not staged.
A tenant in a Bundoora rental rarely knows when the fireplace was last swept, and the agent often does not either. So the first sweep of a tenancy includes a camera pass, and the condition note says whether the flue was clear, capped and sound before anyone lit it.
The before and after photos of the flue go to whoever booked the job, whether that is the person on the couch or an agent across town. If the flue was already clean or the cap is failing, the photos and the note say so plainly.
Documented end to end — every job, every suburb.
We look at the firebox, flue and cap and assess the build-up.
Drop sheets down and the fireplace opening sealed.
Rods and a rotary brush clear the full length of the flue.
Soot and debris captured with contained, high-power vacuuming.
Draw and the cap confirmed; we tell you what we found.
Before and after photos, and the hearth left clean.
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Yes. We sweep and inspect the flue, photograph it before and after, and send the photos with a short condition note to the owner or agent. The tenant only needs to be home to let us in, and there is no call-out fee.
Basic chimney cleaning is $169, with the inspection included, no call-out fee and payment after the job. That covers an older masonry flue or a newer wood-heater flue, the contained vacuuming and the photos. Anything beyond a clean is quoted firm first.
Fire authorities recommend an annual sweep before winter. If you burn most nights, burn unseasoned or soft wood, or run a heater on low for long periods, sooner.
Not with FreshDuct. We lay drop sheets, seal the fireplace opening and use contained, high-power vacuuming so the soot is captured rather than left in your living room.
A standard sweep clears regular soot and light creosote. A deep clean tackles heavy, baked-on or glazed creosote that a normal brush will not shift.
Send your details and the office confirms a window for Bundoora. No call-out fee, before and after photos, and honest advice on what your chimney needs and what it does not.
