South Seattle, WA
Chimney cap installation in South Seattle puts a screened stainless steel hood over each flue, shutting out rain, leaves, birds, raccoons and the odd spark.
Our price
$235–$850
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$99 plus tax, deducted when you approve the repair
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What we do
Sweeping, inspection, relining and masonry — one local crew for the whole chimney.
Chimney inspection in South Seattle means a written checklist for flue, liner, crown, cap and flashing, a photograph attached to each finding, and a clear picture before the next fire is lit.
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Chimney sweeping in South Seattle: we scrub the soot and loose creosote off your flue walls, then hand you pictures of the bare liner so the last season's residue is no longer a guess.
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Chimney repair in South Seattle handles what holds the stack up: new brick where old units broke, loose courses relaid, and stacks rebuilt or taken down under the city's chimney rule.
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Chimney relining in South Seattle slides one continuous stainless steel liner into a flue whose clay tiles have split, or whose size no longer matches the appliance venting through it.
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Chimney cap installation in South Seattle puts a screened stainless steel hood over each flue, shutting out rain, leaves, birds, raccoons and the odd spark.
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Gas fireplace service in South Seattle: burner, pilot, glass and vent on your gas fireplace, insert or log set get cleaned and tested ahead of the heating months.
Learn moreRanges shown for orientation — the exact figure is written up on-site, after the inspection.
Without a cap, a flue is a pipe pointed straight up into roughly 7.5 inches of November rain, which is Seattle's average for that month. Anything falling in lands on the smoke shelf or the damper plate, rusting steel, soaking mortar and feeding musty smells. A cap solves that at the source. We measure the flue, or the full crown if several flues share it, choose a stainless cap whose mesh and dimensions suit the opening as well as the appliance below it, bolt it down and photograph the result.
Seward Park carries the heaviest tree cover in our area: of its 300-acre peninsula, about 120 acres are old-growth forest, with some trees older than 250 years. Houses shaded by that kind of canopy gather needles and twigs in every season, and the city's emergency managers point out that falling trees cause the most expensive windstorm damage to buildings. Under big trees, a cap keeps the flue clear between visits, and after any storm it is worth a look from the yard to make sure a branch has not knocked it askew.
An open flue lets in both weather and wildlife. Rainwater rusts the damper and soaks the liner, and a nest built across the top chokes the draft, which over a gas appliance can steer exhaust back into the house.
Spark arrestors have their own paragraph in Seattle's residential code, R1003.9.2, and its numbers trade ember control against draft. Measure the gaps in the screen, add them up, and the total must come to at least quadruple the flue opening. On durability, 19-gage galvanized and 24-gage stainless are the floor the code names for the wire. As for the holes, a ball half an inch across must not get through, while one three-eighths of an inch across must. Undersized caps and soot-clogged mesh fail that test, and the smoke ends up in the room. A prefabricated system takes only the termination its listing specifies.
How it works
Tile dimensions, the number of flues and the crown's condition narrow down what will fit.
One flue, several flues, or a prefabricated chimney with its own listed termination: each takes a different hood.
Fixed so firmly that a winter windstorm leaves it exactly where it was installed.
Licensed& insured Washington chimney contractor
10 neighborhoodsSouth Seattle, from Beacon Hill and Georgetown to Rainier Beach
$99 plus taxOn-site inspection, taken off the quote you approve
Every visitPhotographed before and after the work
If any of these sound familiar, book the $99 plus tax inspection — credited toward the work if you approve the quote:
By town
The 10 South Seattle communities we serve. Pick yours for local scheduling and the chimney issues we see there.
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.
Before you let anyone in
Every fact below is one you can check yourself before we ever set foot on your roof.
The on-site inspection is $99 plus tax, and it is credited toward the work when you approve the written quote. Booking online asks for no card.
You get the price in writing, for the work your chimney actually needs, and nothing starts until you have approved it.
Each item we inspect or repair is photographed before and after, so the condition of your chimney is on record.
Call (206) 984-4736 — a local South Seattle number, the same one on every page of this site.
Licensed& insured Washington chimney contractor
10 neighborhoodsSouth Seattle, from Beacon Hill and Georgetown to Rainier Beach
$99 plus taxOn-site inspection, taken off the quote you approve
Every visitPhotographed before and after the work
Serving Beacon Hill, Georgetown, the Rainier Valley & the lakeshore
$235–$850, with installation included. The lower figure covers a standard single-flue cap; a multi-flue or custom-sized hood lands at the upper one.
Not if it is the right size. The code requires four times the flue outlet's area to stay open, and at that ratio the draft is not affected. Smoke after a new cap almost always means an undersized hood or mesh clogged with soot.
Seattle's code wants each masonry chimney finished with a sloping concrete, metal or stone top, what the trade calls the crown, and it regulates spark arrestors when someone installs one. A separate metal hood over the flue opening is not listed as mandatory in the sections we reviewed; we recommend one anyway.
Yes, and the city chimney rule flags that very risk. A gas water heater, for example, may still share the flue, and the rule says to rule that out before any capping or removal. We trace every connection first.
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Chimney repair in South Seattle handles what holds the stack up: new brick where old units broke, loose courses relaid, and stacks rebuilt or taken down under the city's chimney rule.
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Masonry repair in South Seattle rebuilds the crown and the mortar joints of a brick chimney, since those are the first places rain gets into a stack.
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Chimney flashing repair in South Seattle reseals or renews the sheet metal tying the chimney into the roof, which is where most leaks beside a chimney actually begin.
Learn more| Service | Price in South Seattle | What that covers |
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| Chimney Cap Installation | $235–$850 | Stainless cap fitted; multi-flue and custom at the top |
| Chimney Repair | From $425 | Masonry repair — brick and mortar, scoped after diagnosis |
| Masonry Repair (Crown / Repointing) | From $475 | Crown work, repointing and tuckpointing by surface area |
| Chimney Flashing Repair | $325–$1,500 | Reseal at the low end, full flashing replacement at the high |
Ranges are what these jobs are quoted at in South Seattle. 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.
Licensed local crews, a $99 on-site inspection credited toward repairs, and a written quote before any work. Book a real open slot on our calendar.
