Chimney Services in Claremont

Original Fireplaces Under a Heavy Canopy

Claremont has held on to its fireplaces. Across the Federation and interwar houses between the railway and Freshwater Bay, original open fires and their brick stacks survived the eras when they were unfashionable, and most have been restored rather than removed during the extensive renovation the suburb has seen. On a winter evening this is a suburb where a lot of chimneys are genuinely in use.

The distinguishing local factor is what grows over them. Claremont’s mature canopy puts a great deal of vegetation above roof level, and that has three separate effects on a chimney. Leaf and twig debris falls directly into uncapped flues. Branches overhanging the stack disturb airflow across the chimney top, which upsets the draw and pushes smoke back into the room on still nights. And a sheltered, shaded flue makes an attractive nesting site, so an unused chimney can be substantially blocked by the time somebody lights the first fire of the year.

FreshDuct works these chimneys with the setting in mind. We camera the flue rather than assuming a sweep will clear it, remove nests and vegetation debris properly, check the draught behaviour with the surrounding trees in mind, and fit caps and cowls that keep the flue clear without choking it. Repointing and flashing repairs are matched to the original brickwork, and everything comes back as photographs.

Serving Claremont & Nearby

FreshDuct services Claremont 7 days a week — the streets around Bay View Terrace, the older homes down towards Freshwater Bay, and the school precinct through to Swanbourne.

We work the western suburbs constantly, with Cottesloe and Nedlands either side and Fremantle to the south, and we prioritise any chimney putting smoke back into a room.