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Epping runs from brick and weatherboard homes with open fireplaces near the older centre to estate houses with wood heaters and gas fireplaces through Epping North and Wollert. FreshDuct sweeps the flue you have, the right way, with photos.
Not sure if your Epping flue is brick or steel? Tell us what the fireplace looks like and we bring the right gear.
Two very different flues sit within a short drive of each other in Epping. Around the older centre, brick and weatherboard homes keep their original open fireplaces, with unlined masonry flues that have been collecting soot for decades. Out through the estates of Epping North and Wollert, the fire is a freestanding or inbuilt wood heater, or a gas fireplace, venting through a steel flue that is far younger but by no means clean.
The older flue is swept from the fireplace: opening sealed, vacuum on, rods and a rotary brush sized to the brick run, and a camera afterwards because unlined masonry hides loose mortar and old nests as well as soot. The wood heater is swept through the firebox with the baffle plate lifted out, using a brush that matches the flue diameter, and the baffle itself is scraped clean before it goes back, because a heater damped down overnight leaves its creosote there first.
Gas fireplaces in the estates get the flue side checked for blockage and draw, and anything on the appliance itself goes to the licensed gas specialists we arrange. Whatever the flue, the visit ends the same way: the cowl or pot checked from the roof, before and after photos of the flue, and a plain word on whether anything else needs doing. If the pot or cowl needs attention, it is quoted separately, on the day.
A sweep fitted to the flue, from unlined brick near the old Epping centre to steel wood-heater flues in the estates, contained and photographed either way.
The original masonry flues near the older Epping centre have never had a liner, so soot, mortar grit and the odd nest all sit on bare brick. We sweep the full length and run the camera afterwards, because that is the only way to know what the brush left behind.
Estate wood heaters in Epping North and Wollert are often shut right down to burn through the night, and that slow burn lays creosote on the baffle and the first metre of flue. We lift the baffle, sweep through the firebox and clean the plate before it goes back.
An uncapped older flue in Epping fills with nesting material; a modern cowl in the estates chokes on leaves and cobwebs. Either one stops the flue drawing, so we clear the top as part of the sweep and photograph it, rather than sweeping up to a blockage and stopping.
Real photos from Melbourne jobs — not stock, not staged.
An open brick fireplace in an older Epping home and an inbuilt heater in a new build are swept with different brushes from different ends, but both get the opening sealed, the vacuum running and the flue on camera before we call it clean.
Before and after photos come with every sweep. If the baffle is warped, the cowl is choked or the old brick is losing mortar, you hear about it on the day with a photo, and a firm price if you want it fixed.
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. An inbuilt heater is swept through the firebox with the baffle plate lifted out, using a brush matched to the flue diameter and a contained vacuum. The baffle is cleaned before it goes back and the cowl checked from the roof. The unit stays where it is.
Have it swept and put a camera up it first. An older unlined Epping flue can hold years of creosote, loose mortar and a nest from the seasons it stood idle. We clear it, look at the brick on camera, and tell you plainly whether it is ready to light or needs work.
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 Epping. No call-out fee, before and after photos, and honest advice on what your chimney needs and what it does not.
