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Clayton's 1950s and 60s brick homes were built with small open fireplaces, and most of their flues have never been lined. FreshDuct sweeps them through the narrow throat, vacuums the smoke shelf and hands over photos of the clean flue.
Renting out a Clayton house with a fireplace? A photographed sweep goes on file before the tenant lights it.
The fireplaces in Clayton's post-war brick homes were built for a modest evening fire, with a firebox opening that narrows sharply into the throat before the flue rises. That throat is where soot gathers first, and a quick brush from the hearth rarely gets through it cleanly. Above it sits an unlined flue that has taken whatever the house has burned since the 1950s, and in many of the rentals around Monash nobody knows what that was.
We size the rotary head to the flue rather than the opening, feed rods up through the throat and work the full height until the brush is at the pot. The smoke shelf behind the damper gets vacuumed out rather than left as a ledge of old soot, because on low, damp Clayton ground that ledge holds moisture and is where the sour smell on wet days comes from.
Some Clayton chimneys are a brick veneer around a metal flue rather than solid masonry, and the two sweep differently. We check which you have before the first rod goes in, use a brush that will not score a metal liner, and photograph the result either way. If the fire has been smoking, we also measure the opening against the flue so you know whether the firebox is simply being overloaded.
A full sweep for a post-war Clayton chimney, from the narrow throat to the pot, with the smoke shelf cleared and the flue photographed clean.
The narrow throat on a 1950s firebox traps soot before it reaches the flue, which is why a quick brush from the hearth leaves Clayton fireplaces smoking. We work the rotary head up through the throat and clear the smoke shelf behind it.
Ground moisture on Clayton's flat, low blocks keeps the base of a flue damp, so soot stays soft and smears instead of falling. It brushes out cleanly with the right head, and the dried-out flue draws better afterwards.
A brick veneer chimney with a metal flue inside needs a gentler brush than a solid masonry flue. We establish which you have in Clayton before sweeping, so the liner is cleaned rather than scored.
Real photos from Melbourne jobs — not stock, not staged.
A good share of Clayton's older houses are let to students and staff around the university, and a fireplace in a rental needs more than a sweep; it needs proof. Every job comes with before and after photos of the flue and a plain note of what we found.
For owner-occupiers the same photos show what sixty winters left in the flue and whether the firebox can take the fire you want. Basic chimney cleaning is $169, and if nothing else is needed we say so.
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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Just access. We sweep the flue through the throat, vacuum the smoke shelf, check the draw and send before and after photos with a short written note of the flue's condition, which is what most agents want on file before a tenant lights the first fire.
If soot in the throat or a blockage is the cause, yes, and we camera the flue to confirm. If the flue is clear, the firebox is probably being loaded beyond what its narrow post-war throat can carry, and we measure the opening against the flue to show you the limit.
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 Clayton. No call-out fee, before and after photos, and honest advice on what your chimney needs and what it does not.
