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The flue installs on Springvale’s 1950s and 60s homes are often decades old, with perished flashing, rusted terminals and clearances set before current rules. FreshDuct inspects, photographs and repairs the flue, the roof seal and the masonry the heater sits in.
Heater installed in the 1980s or 90s? We measure what is there and tell you what would bring it up to standard.
Chimney repairs in Springvale are rarely about a grand brick stack. They are about a steel flue that was fitted through a brick veneer or weatherboard roof twenty or thirty years ago and has been left alone since. The rubber or lead seal at the flashing has perished, the terminal has rusted through, and the flue sections themselves may have corroded where condensate has sat. Rain gets in at the roof and runs down the outside of the pipe into the ceiling.
A good number of these heaters went in before current clearance and flue standards. We do not condemn an older install on sight. We measure the flue run, the distance to combustible framing and the state of every section, photograph it all, and set out plainly what already meets the rules and what would need changing to bring it up to standard, with a firm price for the work.
Where the heater sits in an original open fireplace, the masonry chimney above is part of the repair. That void is usually unlined and damp, its crown cracked and its mortar loose, and it needs closing off and weatherproofing so it stops feeding water down around the flue. We replace failed flue sections and terminals, renew the flashing and seal, repoint and cap the old masonry, and photograph the finished work from the roof.
Flashing and seal renewal, rusted terminal and flue section replacement, clearance corrections and repairs to the old masonry above a retrofitted heater, all quoted firm after a photographed inspection.
The flashing seal around a Springvale flue pipe ages in the sun until it cracks and lets rain run down the pipe into the ceiling. We strip the failed flashing, renew the seal and collar, and photograph the finished penetration from the roof.
A heater fitted in the 1980s or 90s was set to the standards of its day. We measure the clearances and flue run that are actually there, tell you honestly what complies and what does not, and quote the specific changes that would bring the install up to standard.
In homes that have housed several generations, the heater has often been replaced once or twice and the flue extended or patched with whatever matched at the time. Mixed sections leak at the joins; we camera the run and replace the odd sections so it is one flue again.
Real photos from Melbourne jobs — not stock, not staged.
Plenty of Springvale heaters that predate current rules are perfectly serviceable once the flue and clearances are put right. We measure and photograph what is there before writing a price, so the quote lists the specific changes and leaves out anything that already meets the standard.
Photos of the finished repair come with the invoice, showing the renewed flashing, the replaced terminal or the closed-off masonry from the roof. You can see the work was done without climbing up to check.
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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Almost always the flashing seal at the roof, which perishes with age, sometimes with a rusted terminal letting water straight down the pipe. We inspect and photograph the penetration and the flue, renew the flashing and seal, and replace the terminal if it has gone.
Usually, yes. We measure the flue run and the clearances to framing, photograph what is there, and quote the specific changes, which are often a section of flue, a shield or a corrected clearance rather than a new install. If it already complies, we tell you that instead.
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 Springvale. No call-out fee, before and after photos, and honest advice on what your chimney needs and what it does not.
