Mount Baker, King County
Air duct cleaning in Mount Baker starts at $525 for a modest forced-air system with a handful of supply registers and one return. Larger houses, more registers, a second furnace or long basement trunk lines raise the figure, and the quote lists the register count it is based on. A truck- or cart-mounted collector keeps the ductwork under suction the whole time, while brushes and air whips knock debris loose and toward it, which is how the dust ends up in our bag rather than on your bookshelves.
Typical investment
From $525
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What we do
The same crew, the same written quote — for Mount Baker 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.
Some Mount Baker houses have no ducts at all, and we tell you that before you book. Heating fuel in ZIP 98144, the census area that covers Mount Baker and also north Beacon Hill, splits three ways in the 2020–2024 American Community Survey: electricity 62.6 percent, gas 32.7, oil 2.2. Electric heat can mean a ducted heat pump or a forced-air furnace, but it can also mean electric baseboards along the walls and not a single duct in the house. In a house built during the neighborhood's 1905 to 1929 building years, ducts may also have been added or rerouted more than once. A quick description or a few photos of your registers and furnace tell us which situation we are dealing with.
Every air duct cleaning we do in Mount Baker includes:
Smoke coming back into the room, or a smell that won't go? Book the inspection first.
Book nowIndoor air is where duct work and the local air agency meet. Puget Sound Clean Air Agency recorded no wildfire smoke impacts in the region in 2024. For the smoky days that do come, the agency's advice is to shut yourself into one room and run filtration there: a HEPA unit, or a homemade version built from a box fan and a MERV-13 furnace filter. The Western Regional Climate Center notes that pollution gathers in the lowlands during calm, clear late-fall and winter spells with inversions. A system with clean ducts and a good filter makes a better job of either situation, though we do not promise health effects from cleaning alone.
From your photos or a quick look, we confirm the house has ducts and count the registers and returns.
The collection unit attaches to the main trunk and the registers are sealed so the whole system stays under negative pressure.
Brush heads and whips travel each branch in turn, pushing what they free back toward the main trunk and the collector.
We clean the blower cabinet, fit a new filter and send the photos.
What this work is quoted at for Mount Baker homes — the exact figure comes from the $99 on-site inspection, credited toward the work.
| Service | Price in Mount Baker | 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 Mount Baker. 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.
Mount Baker is a Seattle neighborhood laid out in 1907 as the Mount Baker Park Addition, on the lakeshore, with houses built mostly in two waves, 1905 to about 1920 and then 1920 to 1929, a good share of them designed by Seattle architects. We work every part of it — the Mount Baker Park Addition, the York Addition included.
Mount BakerKing County, WA · 47.579, -122.287
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.
Probably not, if there are no ducts. Baseboard and wall heaters have none. We would rather tell you that than book an empty visit.
Most single-family systems take a few hours. A house with two furnaces or long basement trunks can take most of a day.
Yes, if it vents into a chimney. We look at the connector and the base of the flue, and a full chimney inspection can be added for $99 plus tax, taken off any chimney quote you approve.
A $99 on-site inspection, a written quote before any work, and photos of every item we touch.
