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Between the salt off the bay and the trees up the hill, a Frankston chimney cap has two ways to fail. FreshDuct fits corrosion-resistant caps, spark arrestors and cowls to wood heaters and open fires, from the roof, and photographs the finished terminal.
Heater flue near trees? A spark arrestor is the cap to fit, and it needs its mesh kept clear.
Frankston roofs carry every kind of terminal: clay pots on the post-war brick stacks near the water, steel flue tops on heaters in the estates, and open cowls on the hill homes under the trees. What they share is the weather. Salt air corrodes a standard galvanised cap in a few seasons, and the wooded streets add leaf litter that builds up on any mesh and birds that treat an uncapped flue as a ready-made hollow.
For a wood heater with trees around it, the cap we fit is a spark arrestor: a mesh terminal that keeps embers inside the flue while still letting the heater draw. The trade-off is that mesh collects soot and leaves, so we size the mesh for the heater, fit it in stainless or a coated finish, and show you how to tell when it needs clearing. Open fires get a rain cap with a bird guard.
Downdraught is the other job here. Bay winds push down on the flues nearest the water, and on the hill a stack sitting below a taller tree line can smoke in a southerly. An anti-downdraught cowl on the right flue usually settles it, and we test the draw with the cowl fitted. Rusted fixings are replaced with corrosion-resistant ones so the cap stays on the roof, not in the yard.
Spark arrestors, rain caps, bird guards and cowls for Frankston's wood heaters and open fires, in materials chosen for the bay.
A heater flue in Frankston's wooded streets needs a spark arrestor that keeps embers in without choking the draw. We size the mesh to the heater and fit it so it can be cleared when leaves and soot build up.
Galvanised caps and fixings near the bay rust at the fasteners first, and the cap ends up in the gutter. Stainless or coated caps with corrosion-resistant fixings are the difference on a Frankston roof.
Flues nearest the foreshore take a bay wind straight down, and the fire smokes into the room. An anti-downdraught cowl is the usual answer; we fit it to the right flue and test the draw rather than assume.
Real photos from Melbourne jobs — not stock, not staged.
We measure the flue or pot on site, choose the cap for the appliance and the setting, and fix it from the roof with harness work where the pitch or the hill calls for it.
The finished terminal is photographed from the roof, so you can see the spark arrestor or cowl sitting square and sealed on the flue without climbing up a ladder yourself to check.
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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If there are trees over or near the roof, yes. A spark arrestor keeps embers inside the flue and lets smoke out, and near the bay we fit one in a corrosion-resistant finish. Its mesh needs clearing when it clogs, which we do at each sweep.
Almost always the fixings. Galvanised screws and clamps rust through in salt air and the cap lets go in a gust. We refit the cap, or replace it if it is rusting too, with corrosion-resistant fixings sealed to the flue or pot.
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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