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Two or four pots crowd the top of a Richmond terrace stack, and most of them have been open for years. FreshDuct fits caps and cowls that suit the slim pot, fix downdraught between close roofs and keep pigeons out of the flue.
Pigeons in the chimney of a Richmond terrace? A capped pot ends it, and we can identify which pot is yours.
On a Richmond boundary stack the chimney pots stand in a row, and it is not obvious which one serves your fireplace. That is the first job with a terrace cap: confirming the pot, with a camera from the hearth or a smoke test, so the cap goes on your flue and not the neighbour's. Pots on these stacks are slim and often original, so the cap has to be sized to the pot rather than assumed from a standard flue diameter.
The problems a Richmond cap solves are mostly urban. Pigeons treat an open terrace pot as a nest site and the debris ends up on the smoke shelf; a cap with a bird guard closes that off. Wind turning between close roofs and taller warehouse conversions drives down an open flue and pushes smoke into the front room, and an anti-downdraught cowl made for a pot rather than a steel flue is the usual fix. We test the draw before calling it solved.
Access is planned around the terrace. There is no side gap for a ladder, so caps are fitted from the roof with the pitch and the neighbour's roof taken into account, or the stack is surveyed by drone first to see what is up there. Cracked or leaning pots are noted before a cap is fixed to them, because a cap on a broken pot solves nothing. Every fitted cap is photographed from above so you can see it without going up.
Pot-sized caps, bird guards and anti-downdraught cowls for the slim shared stacks on Richmond's Victorian terraces, fitted from the roof and photographed.
An open pot on a Richmond terrace is a nesting site by spring, and the mess ends up on your smoke shelf. A cap with a bird guard sized to the slim pot keeps them out while leaving the flue free to draw, and we clear what was already there.
Terraces, lanes and taller conversions turn the wind in odd directions, and it pushes down open flues into the front room. An anti-downdraught cowl made for a chimney pot usually fixes it, and we confirm with a draw test rather than guessing.
Original terrace pots crack, lean and lose their mortar bed. We look at the pot before fitting anything and rebed or replace it where needed, so the cap has something sound to sit on and is sealed properly to it.
Real photos from Melbourne jobs — not stock, not staged.
We confirm which pot is yours, measure it, and match a cap or cowl to the pot and the problem: bird guard for pigeons, anti-downdraught for smoke-back, a rain cap for a flue that has been open for years.
It is fitted from the roof with the neighbouring terrace left alone, the draw is checked from your hearth with it on, and a photo of the finished cap comes with the job.
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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We confirm it from your fireplace with a camera or a smoke test before anything is fitted, so the cap goes on the pot serving your flue and the neighbour's is untouched. Where a fireplace has been bricked up we check the pot is genuinely redundant before closing it.
Usually. Wind funnelled between close roofs and taller buildings drives down an open pot, and an anti-downdraught cowl sized to the pot is the standard fix. We sweep and check the flue is clear first, fit the cowl and test the draw with it on.
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.
Send your details and the office confirms a window for Richmond. No call-out fee, before and after photos, and honest advice on what your chimney needs and what it does not.
