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Doreen's flues take more punishment than most in Melbourne: daily heaters in the estates, open fires on the acreage and wind straight off the paddocks at the roof. FreshDuct repairs the flue, the flashing and the brick after a camera inspection.
Heater been through a flue fire? Have the liner cameraed before the next season — heat damage hides inside the pipe.
Repairs in Doreen split along the same line as the housing. In the estates around Laurimar the flue is a twin-wall steel system through a new roof, and what fails is the flashing, the joints between sections and, on a hard-run heater, the inner liner itself. Out on the semi-rural blocks there are larger heaters and open fires, some of them on masonry chimneys, and there the work is mortar, crowns, flashing and the occasional stainless liner.
The damage we worry about most is heat. When tar in a flue ignites, the inner wall of a twin-wall pipe can distort, discolour or split, and a heater will keep burning afterwards as if nothing happened. The only way to know is a camera up the flue. Wind is the other force at work here; gusts across open paddocks load the terminal and top sections until fixings loosen and flashing lifts on the windward side of the roof.
Every repair starts with photographs of the flue, the roof penetration and, where there is one, the stack. Steel sections that have been cooked are replaced with matching stainless and the joints resecured; flashing is resealed or replaced so it sheds wind-driven rain; and masonry on the acreage chimneys is repointed, crowned and relined where the camera shows the need. The price is firm before any of it starts.
Steel flue, flashing, masonry and liner repairs for Doreen's daily-use heaters and acreage fireplaces, priced from photographs before a tool comes out.
A flue fire announces itself with a roar and then goes quiet, and the heater seems fine afterwards. Inside, the liner may have buckled. We camera the full length and replace damaged sections with matching stainless rather than guessing from the ground.
The older open fires on Doreen's larger blocks sit on masonry that has had weather from every direction. Repointing, a rebuilt crown and, where the flue is cracked, a stainless liner keep an acreage fireplace safe without rebuilding the stack.
With nothing between the paddocks and the roof, wind works at the top of a flue all winter. Top sections loosen, flashing lifts at its leading edge and rain follows. We refix the sections, replace the flashing and photograph the result.
Real photos from Melbourne jobs — not stock, not staged.
A distorted liner, a lifted flashing edge and a cracked crown all look like nothing from inside the house. The camera and the roof inspection find them, and the photographs come with the quote so you are not taking our word for it.
We fix what has failed and leave the rest alone. If a hard-run Doreen heater needs a new flue section and nothing more, that is all you are quoted for, and the photos afterwards show it fitted.
Documented end to end — every job, every suburb.
Camera and photo inspection of the stack, crown, flashing and flue.
We find the real cause — water, movement or heat — and explain it.
A firm price for only what is needed, before any work.
Masonry, crown, flashing or flue work done properly and safely.
Draw and weather-tightness confirmed.
Before and after photos and honest advice on what to watch.
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Yes, before it is lit again. A flue fire can buckle or split the inner liner of a twin-wall flue without any sign from below, and a damaged liner is a fire risk in a wall or roof space. We camera the whole length and replace only what the heat has ruined.
Almost always it is the flashing at the roof, lifted by wind across the open ground so that driven rain gets under it. We inspect from the roof, reseal or replace the flashing and check the top sections have not loosened at the same time.
White staining, crumbling mortar, loose or missing bricks, rust marks on the roof, water in the firebox after rain, or smoke seeping into rooms are the usual signs. A photographed inspection tells you what is cosmetic and what is not.
Yes — stainless steel liners for cracked or unlined flues on open fireplaces and wood heaters, quoted firm after a camera inspection. Gas flue work goes through the licensed gas specialists we arrange.
Often, with roof access and harness work. Taller or unstable stacks need scaffold, and we tell you before quoting rather than after.
Send your details and the office confirms a window for Doreen. No call-out fee, before and after photos, and honest advice on what your chimney needs and what it does not.
