Brighton, King County
A chimney inspection in Brighton is $99 plus tax per chimney. A technician climbs to the crown, kneels at the firebox and feeds a camera up the full length of the flue, then puts every finding in writing with a photo next to it. When something needs work, a quote comes with the report; approve it and the $99 is deducted from its total. When nothing does, the report itself is the product, useful to file away or to hand a buyer.
What we charge
$99 plus tax
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$99 plus tax, deducted when you approve the repair
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Pick what you're seeing at your Brighton home — we'll point you to the right fix.
What we do
The same crew, the same written quote — for Brighton homes.
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
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Starting photos: crown on top, then each side of the stack
Learn moreRanges shown for orientation — the exact figure is written up on-site, after the inspection.
Brighton's land has been divided and redivided for a long time. HistoryLink records the first settlement claims at Brighton Beach in 1853, a 350-acre purchase platted as Somerville in 1872, and 100 acres of the Graham farm bought by Judge Everett Smith in 1889. Houses went up on those pieces in many decades, and the closest census measure, for the 98118 ZIP area that Brighton shares with five other neighborhoods, gives a median build year of 1968. Next-door houses on a Brighton street can be a decade or two apart, each with a chimney built, altered or replaced on its own timeline.
HistoryLink's essay on ZIP code 98118 says the neighborhoods it covers, Brighton among them, were remade in the 1960s, crediting a building surge across the valley after the war along with the city's 1968 open housing ordinance. The census bears that out: 5,373 of the area's 20,459 housing units, about 26 percent, were built between 1950 and 1969, compared with under 16 percent for Seattle overall.
We cannot say what chimneys Brighton's postwar houses were given, and no source we trust says so either. What we can say is where a camera earns its fee on a house of that age: at the joints between flue tiles, where mortar has had decades of wet winters to wash out; at the point where a later insert or stove connector enters the flue; and in a stack that carries both a fireplace flue and a furnace flue, where a crack in the wall between them lets exhaust cross over.
Every chimney inspection we do in Brighton includes:
Smoke coming back into the room, or a smell that won't go? Book the inspection first.
Book nowThe yardstick is NFPA 211, a national fire code that the Chimney Safety Institute of America passes along to homeowners in plain terms: once a year, have each chimney, fireplace and vent checked to confirm the structure is sound, the flue is clean enough, and nothing combustible sits too close, even if the fireplace is hardly ever used. Idle is not the same as safe. Birds nest in unused flues, mortar weathers through Seattle's long wet season, and a cracked tile stays hidden until a camera passes it.
Crown, cap and flashing are looked at in daylight, with photos of anything open or loose.
The firebox walls, damper action and smoke chamber are inspected from below.
A camera travels the whole flue, recording joints, cracks and deposits.
The report lists each finding with a photo and, where work is needed, a written quote.
What this work is quoted at for Brighton homes — the exact figure comes from the $99 on-site inspection, credited toward the work.
| Service | Price in Brighton | What that covers |
|---|---|---|
| Chimney Inspection | $99 plus tax | Level 1 visual; Level 2 adds a full camera scan |
| Chimney Sweep | $189–$449 | Full flue swept, Level 1 inspection included |
| 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 |
| Chimney Cap Installation | $235–$850 | Stainless cap fitted; multi-flue and custom at the top |
Ranges are what these jobs are quoted at in Brighton. 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.
Brighton is a Rainier Valley neighborhood of Seattle settled in the 1880s and named after the English seaside town, with homes in a part of the valley whose postwar growth brought a junior high site in 1948 and Graham Hill School in 1960.
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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.
Per chimney. If your furnace vents through one stack and the fireplace through another, that is two inspections. Two flues running inside the same stack are covered in one.
We subtract it from the total of the quote you sign. Say no to the work, and you have still bought a complete inspection and a report that belongs to you.
Yes. Buyers and sellers in Brighton use the camera footage and the written report in their negotiations. Our report states findings and stays neutral on the sale.
A $99 on-site inspection, a written quote before any work, and photos of every item we touch.
