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Moorabbin’s post-war stacks are sixty-odd years into a life of sea breeze and steady heat, and the mortar on the exposed side shows it. FreshDuct repoints, rebuilds crowns, replaces corroded flashing and relines flues that a heater insert has cracked.
Rust streaks running down the tiles from a Moorabbin chimney? That is the flashing going, and it is a repair, not a rebuild.
A Moorabbin chimney is being worked on from two directions. Inside, a heater retrofitted into the old fireplace runs the brick flue hotter and drier than an open fire did, and the mortar joints in a flue built for gentle open-fire temperatures crack and dust out. Outside, the sea breeze that reaches the suburb rusts galvanised flashing and caps and gets into the joints on the side of the stack that faces the bay. Neither shows much in one year; both are unmistakable after sixty.
Signs show inside and out. A rust streak down the tiles from the base of the stack means the flashing is corroding. Mortar dust in the grate or a smell of smoke in a bedroom that shares the chimney wall means joints have opened inside the flue. A crown that has cracked lets rain into the top courses and the stack starts to shed brick faces on the weather side. Each has its own fix and price, and the inspection tells them apart.
We photograph the stack, crown and flashing from the roof and camera the flue from the fireplace. Repointing puts back the joints on a stack that is otherwise sound; a rebuilt crown stops water at the top; corroded flashing is replaced with a corrosion-resistant one. Where the flue joints have opened behind a heater, a stainless liner sized to the appliance gives it a sealed, correctly sized flue and is quoted firm after the camera has been through.
Repointing, crown rebuilds, corrosion-resistant flashing and stainless liners for the post-war brick chimneys of Moorabbin, quoted firm after a photographed inspection.
A retrofitted heater runs a mid-century flue hotter than it was built for and the joints crack. We camera the flue, repoint from inside where it is limited, and fit a stainless liner sized to the heater where it is not.
The original galvanised flashing on a Moorabbin stack rusts in the sea air and the streaks show up on the tiles. We replace it with a corrosion-resistant flashing dressed properly to the tiles, rather than sealing over the rust.
The mortar crown on a post-war stack cracks and lets water into the top courses. We rebuild it with a drip edge so rain sheds clear of the brick, and repoint the courses below it while we are there.
Real photos from Melbourne jobs — not stock, not staged.
A Moorabbin stack gets looked at twice: from the roof for the crown, flashing and weather-side mortar, and from the fireplace with a camera for the joints a heater has been cooking. Only then is it priced.
The quote lists what has actually failed. If it is flashing and a crown, that is the job. If the flue needs a liner, you see the cracked joints on camera before agreeing to it.
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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Galvanised flashing corroding in the bayside air. The rust washes down the tiles and the seal underneath is usually failing at the same time. It is a flashing replacement, not a chimney rebuild, and we photograph it from the roof before quoting so you can see the extent.
It can. A heater runs the old brick flue hotter and drier than an open fire, and the mortar joints crack over the years. A camera inspection shows whether the joints have opened, and the fix is either repointing from inside or a stainless liner sized to the heater.
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 Moorabbin. No call-out fee, before and after photos, and honest advice on what your chimney needs and what it does not.
