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Collingwood's Victorian terraces and workers' cottages have tall, narrow flues that have drawn fires for more than a century, and the warehouse conversions beside them have flues nobody can vouch for. FreshDuct sweeps both properly and cameras what it cannot see.
Terrace flue not used in years? A camera check before the first fire tells you what is in there.
A Collingwood terrace flue is a different shape from a suburban chimney. It rises two storeys inside a party wall, often with a kink where it dodges a neighbouring flue in the same stack, and it is narrow enough that a century of creosote leaves it narrower still. Sweeping it from the hearth with a short set of rods clears the bottom metre and leaves the rest.
So we do not stop short. Flexible rods and a brush sized to the flue go up through the kink until the head shows at the pot, and the camera goes up afterwards to confirm the walls are clean and the run is clear of nests. The fireplace opening is sealed and the vacuum runs throughout, because a terrace living room has nowhere for soot to hide.
The warehouse and factory conversions are the other half of Collingwood, and their flues come with no history at all. A masonry flue in a converted industrial building may have vented a boiler or nothing at all for decades, so we camera it before anything else, then sweep and advise on whether it is fit to serve a fireplace or a heater at all.
A full-height sweep for narrow terrace flues and unknown conversion flues, with the camera confirming what the brush has done.
Terrace flues bend around their neighbour's flue inside the shared stack, and a rigid rod stops at the bend. We use flexible rods and a brush cut to the flue so the sweep reaches the pot, not just the first bend.
Open pots on Collingwood terraces make good nesting spots, and a nest two storeys up is the reason a flue that looks clean at the hearth still smokes. The camera finds it and the sweep removes it, with photos of both.
In a converted warehouse the flue behind the new fireplace may never have served one. We camera the full run before it is used, so you know whether it is sound, lined, blocked or shared with another part of the building.
Real photos from Melbourne jobs — not stock, not staged.
Terrace rooms are small and the neighbours are close, so containment is not optional. The opening is sealed, the floor is sheeted to the door and the vacuum runs the entire time, which matters when the flue beside yours belongs to the house next door.
You get camera stills of the flue before and after, and a straight answer on whether the terrace flue is fit for regular use, needs a liner, or should stay decorative until it is repaired.
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. Each fireplace in a shared stack has its own flue, so we sweep yours from your hearth without involving the neighbour. The camera confirms the run is separate and intact; if it has broken through into the flue next door, we tell you before it becomes their problem too.
A sweep plus a camera inspection. Years of disuse usually means a nest or fallen mortar somewhere in the run and possibly cracks in the unlined brick. We sweep it, camera it and tell you whether it is fit to light or needs work 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 Collingwood. No call-out fee, before and after photos, and honest advice on what your chimney needs and what it does not.
