Seward Park, King County
On a Seward Park chimney, flashing work costs between $325 and $1,500. Near the bottom of that range: an hour on the roof to reseat one strip of counter flashing whose top edge has crept out of its groove. Near the top of the range: step flashing renewed on every side, or a new cricket framed behind a broad stack. The quote follows a look at both the metal and the roofing it laps, since one rarely fails alone.
Typical investment
$325–$1,500
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What we do
The same crew, the same written quote — for Seward Park 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.
Most homes in this part of Seattle stand on their own lot under their own roof. Census tables for the 98118 ZIP area, which includes Seward Park, count about 59 percent of housing units as detached single-family houses, against roughly 37 percent for the city as a whole. Each of those houses has its own chimney-to-roof joint to keep tight, and no shared building budget to fall back on. In a climate this wet, flashing is among the first places a chimney leak starts, and on a detached house it is usually the owner who finds the stain first.
Water borders this neighborhood on two of its edges: Wikipedia puts the lake to the east and the north, with South Kenyon Street closing the south side. Through the wet months, WeatherSpark's record has the wind coming chiefly from the south. Nobody has published how much stronger it blows at this shoreline than a mile inland, and we do not guess.
Flashing is where wind-driven rain finds its way in. A gust pushing water uphill under a lap that has lifted, or behind a strip of metal that has sprung away from the brick, is enough. When we rebuild, laps are set generously and the counter flashing is let into a sawn groove, so the joint does not depend on sealant facing the weather.
Every chimney flashing repair we do in Seward Park includes:
Smoke coming back into the room, or a smell that won't go? Book the inspection first.
Book nowSeattle's residential code has a specific line on chimneys that sit across a slope. Section R1003.20 deals with the broad ones. If the masonry spans more than 30 inches in the ridge's direction and stops short of the peak, the roof behind it gets a cricket, which roofers also call a saddle: a small peaked diverter built on the uphill side. The cricket's joint with the masonry is flashed and counterflashed like every other roof-chimney intersection. Without one, water and debris pile against the uphill face, and the flashing there is asked to hold back a pond.
We follow the stain back to its source, which may be flashing, a cracked crown or porous brick.
We lift the shingles along the chimney to expose and renew the step pieces below.
Step flashing is woven into each course, then counter flashing is let into the mortar and sealed.
Water is run over the finished joint while someone watches from the attic or the room below.
What this work is quoted at for Seward Park homes — the exact figure comes from the $99 on-site inspection, credited toward the work.
| Service | Price in Seward Park | 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 Seward Park. 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.
Close to the park's old-growth stand, roofs catch a steady fall of needles, and the back of a chimney is where it settles. Oregon State University Extension says moss on a roof is a matter of shade as well as rain, that it can lever up asphalt shingles, and that removing it is not a job for everyone. The step flashing beside a damp, moss-lifted course is the first metal to let water past.
We clear the uphill side before any flashing work, check whether moss has lifted the shingles over the step pieces, and replace those courses with the flashing rather than reusing them. If heavy debris keeps collecting there, a cricket usually solves it better than more frequent cleaning.
Seward Park is a Seattle neighborhood named for the 300-acre park on its peninsula, on the lakeshore, with homes in a ZIP code area (98118) where about six in ten housing units are detached houses and the median build year is 1968.
Seward ParkKing County, WA · 47.551, -122.258
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.
Briefly, at best. Sealant over a failed joint cracks within a season, and layers of it hide the real problem from the next person who looks.
Only the shingles that touch the chimney. If the field shingles look worn out, you will hear it from us, and pairing new flashing with the reroof usually saves a second trip.
Then start with an inspection, $99 plus tax for each chimney. It finds the source, and the fee is credited to the repair you choose to approve.
A $99 on-site inspection, a written quote before any work, and photos of every item we touch.
