Columbia City, King County
Chimney flashing repair in Columbia City costs $325 to $1,500. Resealing a counter flashing whose top edge has worked loose from the brick is the small job. Stripping the metal on all four sides, weaving new step flashing into the shingles and cutting fresh counter flashing into the brick is the large one. We find the leak before pricing it, with a hose if the weather has not obliged.
Typical investment
$325–$1,500
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$99 plus tax, deducted when you approve the repair
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What we do
The same crew, the same written quote — for Columbia City 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.
Henderson Ryan, the local architect behind the two-story brick Rainier Valley Investment Company building of 1913, also sold books of house, cottage and bungalow plans, the district's National Register file notes. Whatever plan a Columbia City house was built from, its chimney had to pass through the roof somewhere, and the metal at that joint is disturbed every time the roof covering is renewed. On an older house we look closely at how the last roofer treated it: new metal let into the brick, or old metal buried under a bead of tar.
Every chimney flashing repair we do in Columbia City includes:
Smoke coming back into the room, or a smell that won't go? Book the inspection first.
Book nowSeattle's emergency management office points out that nearly 90,000 homes in the city were built before 1939 and so predate modern wind standards. Wind matters to flashing because it pushes rain uphill, under laps that would shed a vertical shower. With the prevailing direction southerly for most of the year, per WeatherSpark, the up-slope side of a chimney on a north-facing roof plane and the side walls on a south-facing one get tested hardest. A stain that appears only after windy storms points to flashing, not to the crown.
One line of the 2021 Seattle Residential Code decides the shape of the roof behind a chimney. When a chimney is broader than 30 inches measured along the ridge and sits below it, R1003.20 wants a cricket on its uphill side, with the cricket-to-brick seam flashed and counterflashed too. We measure the stack before quoting, because a wide chimney with no cricket collects water and debris on its uphill side however good the metal is.
Permits are simpler. That code's R105.2 lets a reroof or a like-for-like replacement go without a permit, and SDCI's remodel guidance agrees so long as nothing structural changes. Flashing renewed as part of that work follows the roof.
In the Columbia City Landmark District, a separate approval exists for exterior changes: the Certificate of Approval. The city's district page does not discuss roofs or flashing. Replacing metal with like metal changes nothing a passer-by can see, but for a district address we check with the Department of Neighborhoods when the repair adds a cricket or changes the visible material.
Attic, decking and each side of the chimney are checked; a controlled hose test isolates the leak.
Shingles around the stack are lifted and the old flashing and sealant are taken out.
Base, step and counter flashing go in as separate overlapping pieces so the roof can move.
The joint is flooded with water and the attic is checked again before we leave.
What this work is quoted at for Columbia City homes — the exact figure comes from the $99 on-site inspection, credited toward the work.
| Service | Price in Columbia City | What that covers |
|---|---|---|
| Chimney Flashing Repair | $325–$1,500 | Reseal at the low end, full flashing replacement at the high |
| 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 Columbia City. 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.
Columbia City is a former streetcar town in Seattle's Rainier Valley, founded in 1891 and annexed in 1907, with vernacular houses on the side streets of a brick commercial core, in a district whose buildings mostly date from 1891 to 1937.
Columbia CityKing County, WA · 47.560, -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.
For a season, perhaps. Sealant cracks as roof and chimney move at different rates. Lapped metal let into the brick is the repair that lasts.
Yes, that is the right moment. Ask the roofer whether new counter flashing is in the bid; if it is not, we can coordinate and do the chimney while the shingles are off.
The diagnostic visit is our standard inspection, $99 plus tax; approve the flashing quote and that fee is deducted from it.
A $99 on-site inspection, a written quote before any work, and photos of every item we touch.
