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Frost, hard burning and age work on Gisborne chimneys from both sides. FreshDuct repoints and rebuilds the older masonry stacks around town, repairs flashing and crowns, and relines flues that decades of ranges winters have cracked.
Mortar dropping out of the stack after a frosty spell? That is the joint failing from the inside, and it is fixable.
The older homes near Gisborne's centre, and the period properties on the blocks around it, carry brick chimneys that have stood through many cold, wet winters. Weather gets at them from outside: rain soaks a mortar joint, a frosty night freezes it, and the joint opens a little more. Heat gets at them from inside: an open fire or a heater run hard for months keeps an unlined flue hot for longer than it was ever built for, and the brick and mortar crack.
The signs are familiar to anyone who has lived in the ranges: mortar crumbs on the roof or in the grate, a white bloom on the brick, a cap that has split, and water at the back of the firebox after a wet week. Left alone, an open joint high on the stack lets water into the core of the chimney, and a cracked unlined flue lets heat into the timber framing of a weatherboard house, which is the one that matters most.
We inspect from the roof and with a camera in the flue, photograph everything and quote firm for the fault we found. Repointing uses a mortar mix suited to an older, softer brick so the repair does not spall the face around it, replacement bricks are matched to the original, and crowns and caps are rebuilt to shed water. For a cracked flue behind a hard-working fire, a stainless liner is the repair that makes the chimney safe again.
Repointing, brick replacement, crown and flashing repair and stainless relining for older Gisborne chimneys worn by ranges winters and hard burning.
Ranges frosts turn a damp mortar joint into an opening one, a little wider each cold night. We rake out the failed joints, repoint with a mix suited to the old brick and reshape the crown so water stops getting in at the top.
An unlined flue behind a fire that runs all winter cracks from the heat, and in a weatherboard home that puts hot gas close to timber. A camera shows the cracks; a stainless liner closes them off properly.
Period Gisborne chimneys were laid in a softer mortar than a modern mix. Repointing with something too hard makes the brick fail instead of the joint, so we match the mortar to the stack as well as the colour.
Real photos from Melbourne jobs — not stock, not staged.
A chimney on a lifestyle block outside Gisborne is no harder to repair than one in town, but we plan the access before we quote. Roof pitch, stack height and what is around the house decide whether it is harness work or scaffold, and we say which up front.
Photos of the fault come with the quote and photos of the finished repair with the invoice, so the work at the top of the stack is not something you have to take on trust.
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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Because ranges frosts work on it. Water soaks into a weathered joint, freezes overnight and pushes the joint open a little further, and each thaw lets more water in. Repointing the failed joints and fixing the crown that is letting water in stops the cycle.
If the flue is unlined and the camera shows cracks, yes. Heat through a cracked flue reaches the timber framing around the chimney, and a stainless liner is the repair that closes that off. If the flue is sound, we tell you so and you keep the money.
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 Gisborne. No call-out fee, before and after photos, and honest advice on what your chimney needs and what it does not.
