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Coburg's bungalows and period homes are being renovated street by street, and the open fireplaces are coming back into use. FreshDuct sweeps and cameras the original unlined flue before the first fire of the season, and shows you the result.
Lighting a Coburg fireplace that sat idle through a renovation? Sweep and camera it first, not after the smoke.
Plenty of Coburg fireplaces are being lit for the first time in a generation. The California bungalows and Edwardian villas off Sydney Road were built for open fires, but many of those fires were bricked over, boarded up or simply left alone while a gas heater did the work. Now the boards are coming off, and the flue behind them is exactly as the last user left it, plus whatever has fallen in since.
That is the sweep we do most in Coburg. The opening is sealed, a contained vacuum runs the whole time, and rods with a rotary head go up until the brush reaches the top. On an unlined flue the creosote has had years to bake onto the brick, so we brush until the camera shows clean walls, then clear the smoke shelf where old soot, nesting material and mortar crumbs collect.
The camera pass is what tells you whether the fireplace is safe to use, not just clean. It shows a blockage from a nest, mortar missing from the joints inside the flue, or a damper rusted shut, and we photograph each so you can decide with the picture in front of you. If the flue is sound, you get the all-clear and the photos, and the hearth is left as we found it.
A full sweep and camera check for period and bungalow flues in Coburg, especially ones being brought back into use after years idle.
Years of use followed by years idle leave a Coburg flue with creosote that has set hard on bare brick. A rotary head and a patient full-length brush shift it; a token pass from the grate does not.
An unused chimney with an open top is a nesting site, and a bungalow that has sat empty through a renovation often has one. We check on camera before brushing so the nest comes out in the vacuum, not the grate.
Period fireplaces in Coburg often keep their original register grate or damper, and a seized damper blocks the sweep and the draw. We free it where we can and tell you if it needs replacing rather than forcing it.
Real photos from Melbourne jobs — not stock, not staged.
Renovations change fireplaces. A Coburg bungalow hearth that has been tiled over, a mantel that has been replaced or a damper wired shut all change how the sweep is done, so we look at what the renovation left before choosing where to seal and where to run the rods from.
You get photos of the flue before and after, and a straight answer on whether it is safe to use this winter or needs a liner or a repair first.
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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Often yes, but the camera decides. A sweep clears the soot; the camera check that comes with it shows whether the flue is intact, the damper works and nothing is blocking the top. If it passes, you get photos and the go-ahead the same visit.
After, ideally. Renovation dust and plaster settle down the flue onto the smoke shelf, and a fireplace that was boarded up during the work has whatever the years left in it as well. One sweep and camera check once the builders are out clears both, and you get photos of the flue before the first fire.
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 Coburg. No call-out fee, before and after photos, and honest advice on what your chimney needs and what it does not.
