Brighton, King County
Air duct cleaning for a Brighton home starts at $525. That figure suits a single-story home whose forced-air system is small: one furnace, a few supply grilles, one or two returns. Extra grilles, a second level, a crawl space that is tight to work in, or a system that has never been cleaned adds hours and raises the quote, which we give after counting the registers and looking into the trunk lines. We do not quote a market comparison for this service, because no Seattle duct company we could find publishes a price.
Typical investment
From $525
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What we do
The same crew, the same written quote — for Brighton homes.
Level 1: every reachable component checked, with a Level 2 camera run added if something stays unclear
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Full-height brushing with a head chosen for clay tile or metal liner
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Photo assessment sorting surface wear from structural failure
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Video survey and flue measurements taken before ordering anything
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Flue-by-flue measurements, or the whole crown for a multi-flue hood
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Cleaning and testing of the burner, pilot assembly and igniter
Learn moreRanges shown for orientation — the exact figure is written up on-site, after the inspection.
Heat in Brighton's census area comes mostly from two sources. For ZIP area 98118, the Census Bureau's survey finds 54.2 percent of occupied homes heating mainly with electricity and 40.3 percent with utility gas. That table names the fuel, not the delivery, so it cannot tell a ducted heat pump from baseboard heaters, but a gas furnace almost always moves its heat through ducts. The same ZIP area has a median build year of 1968, and on a house from that period the ductwork may be original, extended during a remodel, or partly replaced, with dust in each section from a different decade.
Every air duct cleaning we do in Brighton includes:
Smoke coming back into the room, or a smell that won't go? Book the inspection first.
Book nowOutdoor air matters to indoor air. No wildfire smoke reached the region in 2024, the clean air agency reports; should smoke return, its guidance is a single shut room filtered by a HEPA unit or by a fan carrying a MERV-13-plus furnace filter. Clean ducts and a good filter in a forced-air system help in the same way. In winter the agency's concern is wood smoke during cold, calm spells, when a home's own system recirculates whatever gets inside. A duct cleaning is no substitute for a filter change, so we check the filter slot and the filter rating on every visit.
We locate the furnace, trunk lines and every register before anything is opened.
Registers are covered and the vacuum is connected so loosened dust is pulled toward it.
Brushes or air whips work through each branch from the register back to the trunk.
Washed registers are refitted, the filter checked, and the blower switched on to prove the airflow.
What this work is quoted at for Brighton homes — the exact figure comes from the $99 on-site inspection, credited toward the work.
| Service | Price in Brighton | What that covers |
|---|---|---|
| Air Duct Cleaning | From $525 | Whole HVAC system — trunks, branches and every register |
| Chimney Sweep | $189–$449 | Full flue swept, Level 1 inspection included |
| Chimney Inspection | $99 plus tax | Level 1 visual; Level 2 adds a full camera scan |
| Chimney Relining | From $1,900 | Full-length stainless liner, sized to the appliance |
| Chimney Repair | From $425 | Masonry repair — brick and mortar, scoped after diagnosis |
Ranges are what these jobs are quoted at in Brighton. The exact figure is set on site after a $99 inspection (credited toward the job if you go ahead), and you approve it before any work starts.
Brighton is a Rainier Valley neighborhood of Seattle settled in the 1880s and named after the English seaside town, with homes in a part of the valley whose postwar growth brought a junior high site in 1948 and Graham Hill School in 1960.
BrightonKing County, WA · 47.535, -122.279
Before and after
Illustrations of what each repair changes on a typical chimney — not photos of a specific job.
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Four steps, each one on paper — so you always know what happens next.
Choose a genuine opening on the crew's calendar. Confirmation is immediate.
Liner, crown, cap, flashing and masonry examined in order — each finding photographed.
One document, plain numbers, covering only the work your chimney genuinely needs.
The repair is completed, then handed over with before-and-after photos of every item.
Baseboard heaters have no ducts. If your Brighton home heats that way, a bathroom fan or a kitchen hood duct may still be worth a look, but whole-house duct cleaning would not apply.
Plan on several hours for a single-family home; we give you an estimate once the registers are counted. A house with a second floor or a hard-to-reach crawl space can take longer.
Yes, the same day if you like. Our chimney inspection runs $99 plus tax, money we subtract from a chimney quote you later sign.
A $99 on-site inspection, a written quote before any work, and photos of every item we touch.
