Rainier Beach, King County
In Rainier Beach, $525 is our starting price for duct cleaning on one forced-air system in a typical home. More registers, a second furnace or fan coil, or trunk lines buried in a low crawlspace raise it. The figure is confirmed on site, once the grilles are counted and the furnace has been looked at.
Typical investment
From $525
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What we do
The same crew, the same written quote — for Rainier Beach 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 homes in Rainier Beach have no ducts at all. Census figures exist only for ZIP 98118, which Rainier Beach shares with neighborhoods to its north: there, the 2020–2024 survey has about 54.2 percent of occupied homes heated chiefly by electricity, 40.3 percent by utility gas and 2.7 percent by fuel oil. Since electric heat may be ductless baseboards or a ducted heat pump, we start every call by asking how the house is heated. The housing stock spans a long period, with a median year of construction of 1968 for the ZIP area. On a duct system of that age we check the joints and the return side closely, because a leaking return draws dust from wherever it runs, the crawlspace or the attic, and spreads it through the house.
Every air duct cleaning we do in Rainier Beach includes:
Smoke coming back into the room, or a smell that won't go? Book the inspection first.
Book nowWinter air is part of the reason people call. Calm, clear weather in late fall and winter lets inversions trap pollution over the Puget Sound lowlands, as the Western Regional Climate Center describes it, and the Clean Air Agency's 2024 summary for King County recorded as many as four winter days when wood smoke lifted fine particles above the agency's stricter 25-microgram goal. Duct cleaning will not change outdoor air, and we do not claim it treats illness. What it does is remove the dust and debris that has settled inside the system, so the filter and blower have less to fight. For smoke episodes, the agency suggests one shut 'clean room' with a HEPA unit running, or a homemade version: a box fan with a MERV-13 (or higher) furnace filter fastened on.
We identify the equipment, count the registers and look into a few runs with a camera to see what is there.
Registers are covered, and the vacuum unit is attached to the main trunk so the system stays under negative pressure.
Each run is worked from its register toward the trunk, so dislodged dust is pulled away rather than blown into rooms.
Cleaned grilles are reinstalled, the blower cabinet is wiped down, your spare filter goes in if there is one, and the photos are sent.
What this work is quoted at for Rainier Beach homes — the exact figure comes from the $99 on-site inspection, credited toward the work.
| Service | Price in Rainier Beach | 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 Rainier Beach. 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.
Rainier Beach is a neighborhood in the southeast corner of Seattle, just inside the city limits, on the lakeshore, with homes in a ZIP code area (98118) where roughly one unit in four was built between 1950 and 1969.
Rainier BeachKing County, WA · 47.523, -122.262
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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.
There is no fixed schedule. After renovation work, a move into a house whose history you do not know, or visible debris in the runs, it is worth doing. Otherwise a good filter changed on time does most of the work.
No Seattle company we found publishes a price for this service, so we do not quote a market range for it. Our own price is set after we count the runs.
Yes. It uses different tools and is priced on its own line, but one trip covers both.
If there are no ducts, no. A ducted bath or kitchen fan is a different, smaller job; ask us about it when you book.
A $99 on-site inspection, a written quote before any work, and photos of every item we touch.
