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Hampton has original open fires in its Edwardian homes and bungalows, gas inserts in many of the others, and modern flues in the rebuilds. FreshDuct sweeps and cleans the ones that burn wood and cameras the ones that no longer do.
Fireplace converted to gas? The flue above it still needs a camera check — we handle the flue side.
Walk a Hampton street and you pass three different chimneys. The Edwardian homes and California bungalows on the established blocks still have their original open fireplaces sitting in unlined brick flues. A large share of those fireplaces have since had a gas insert dropped into them. And the high-end rebuilds between them run modern flues for inbuilt heaters. Each is swept, or checked, in a different way.
An open fire in a period Hampton home is a straightforward sweep, done properly. The opening is sealed, a contained vacuum runs the whole time, and rods with a rotary brush go the full length of the flue until the brick is bare. Decades of coastal weather have softened the mortar in these flues, so the camera pass afterwards is as much about the joints as the soot, and you get the photos either way.
A converted fireplace is the one people forget. The gas insert makes little soot, but the oversized masonry flue above it runs cool and collects condensation, grit and whatever the salt air has loosened from the mortar. We camera and clear the flue side and leave the appliance itself to the licensed gas specialists we arrange, so both halves of the pairing get looked at.
A sealed, contained sweep for Hampton’s open fires, and a camera check of the flue above a converted fireplace, with photos of both.
The period flues in Hampton are unlined brick that has been breathing salt air for a long time. Soot bonds to the softened mortar, so we brush the full length with a rotary head and confirm on camera that the walls are clean.
A gas fire barely warms the full-size flue it vents into, so the flue gathers condensation and fallen grit instead of soot. We camera and clear that flue and coordinate any appliance work through the licensed gas specialists we arrange.
The inbuilt heaters in Hampton’s rebuilds run twin-wall steel flues, swept with a brush matched to the bore and the baffle lifted out. While we are at the top we check the cowl, because salt air takes the fixings on a factory cowl within a few seasons.
Real photos from Melbourne jobs — not stock, not staged.
Hampton homes have usually had money spent on the rooms around the fireplace. We lay drop sheets, seal the opening with a purpose-made cover and keep the vacuum running from the first rod to the last, so the sweep leaves nothing behind but a clean flue.
Every sweep comes with before and after photos of the flue. If the camera shows a converted flue running wet, we say so and explain the options without turning a sweep into something bigger on the spot.
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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Not a sweep in the traditional sense, but a camera check of the flue above it. That flue is far larger than the insert needs, runs cool, and collects condensation and fallen mortar grit. We inspect and clear the flue side; anything on the appliance goes through the licensed gas specialists we arrange.
Not the sweep itself; that follows how much you burn. What the salt changes is what we look for while we are there: softened mortar in the flue and rust at the cap and flashing. Those are photographed on every sweep so a small problem is caught before the next winter.
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 Hampton. No call-out fee, before and after photos, and honest advice on what your chimney needs and what it does not.
