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A Coburg chimney that has been open to the sky since the fireplace was last used has been collecting rain, leaves and nests the whole time. FreshDuct fits rain caps, bird guards and cowls to period and bungalow stacks, from the roof, with a photo of the finished job.
Reopening the fireplace? A cap on the stack is the one thing that keeps it dry between fires.
Most Coburg chimneys were built with an open terracotta pot or a plain brick stack and no cap at all, because a fireplace in daily use kept the flue warm and the rain mostly evaporated on the way down. A fireplace that sits idle for months, or years, gives rain a cold flue to run down and a smoke shelf to pool on, and gives birds a dry, sheltered place to build.
For a fireplace being brought back into use, a rain cap with a bird guard is the usual first fit: it keeps water and nests out and lets smoke leave cleanly. We measure the pot or the stack opening, because interwar pots come in odd sizes, and choose a cap that fits the terminal rather than one that perches on it and lifts in the first strong wind.
Bungalow chimneys often sit low and wide beside the roof ridge, and that is where downdraught shows up in Coburg: wind rolls over the ridge and pushes smoke back into the lounge. An anti-downdraught cowl is the fix, tested with the fire alight rather than assumed. A flue that will stay decorative can be capped closed to stop the drip and the draught.
Rain caps, bird guards and anti-downdraught cowls for Coburg's period and bungalow stacks, sized to the pot and fitted from a tiled roof.
Bungalow and Edwardian pots in Coburg are rarely a modern standard size. We measure on site and fit a cap that clamps or seals to the actual pot, so it stays put through a windy winter instead of ending up in the gutter.
A chimney unused for years is a favourite nesting spot, and the nest is found when the fireplace is relit and the room fills with smoke. A bird-guard cap prevents the next one; a sweep clears the current one first.
A low bungalow stack close to the ridge takes the full push of the wind over the roof. An anti-downdraught cowl on that pot usually settles a lounge that smokes in wind, and we test the draw with it on.
Real photos from Melbourne jobs — not stock, not staged.
Tiled Coburg roofs are walked carefully and harnessed where the pitch calls for it. The cap is matched to the pot on site, fixed and sealed, and the draw is checked before we come down.
A photo of the cap on the stack comes with the job, so you can see it is square and sealed without borrowing a ladder or standing in the street craning your neck.
Documented end to end — every job, every suburb.
Flue size, terminal type and roof access checked.
The right cap or cowl for the appliance and the problem.
Firm price before any work.
Fixed and sealed from the roof, safely.
Draw checked with the cap on.
A photo of the finished cap from the roof.
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That is exactly when it needs one. A fireplace used rarely leaves a cold, open flue for rain and birds most of the year. A rain cap with a bird guard keeps the flue dry and clear, so the few fires you do light draw properly.
Yes. A heater vents through a steel pipe run up the old brick flue, so it needs a cowl sized to that pipe, not a cap on the pot. We check the pipe reaches the top of the stack, fit a cowl or spark arrestor to it and seal the brick around it so rain stays out of the gap.
An open flue lets rain, leaves and birds straight in. A cap keeps the flue dry, keeps nests out and, on a wood heater, a spark arrestor stops embers leaving the flue.
Usually a downdraught — wind pushing back down the flue. An anti-downdraught cowl is the normal fix; we confirm the draw with a test before and after.
Yes. If we are on the roof for a sweep and the flue needs a cap, we can quote it on the spot and fit it the same visit where we have the right size.
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