Georgetown, King County
One chimney, one flat fee: an inspection in Georgetown is $99 plus tax. That buys a look at the firebox and damper, a filmed camera pass from smoke chamber to cap, a climb to the crown, a stop in the attic where the brick runs through, and a write-up with photos. Sign a quote that comes out of the report and the $99 is subtracted from it. If you choose not to go ahead, you keep the report.
What we charge
$99 plus tax
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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 Georgetown 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.
Georgetown has been studied house by house more than most of South Seattle. Field crews for the city's 2014 survey update looked at about 400 historic properties built before 1974, and they found that many late-Victorian houses from around 1900 had been remodeled before, during or after the Second World War, so that they now read as Minimal Traditional with modern materials. The survey also notes siding laid over the original walls: brick-pattern asphalt, aluminum, vinyl. A house that has been reworked that many times can hide an older chimney behind newer surfaces. Only the inspection reveals what really stands inside those walls.
Every chimney inspection we do in Georgetown includes:
Smoke coming back into the room, or a smell that won't go? Book the inspection first.
Book nowA purchase is a good moment to book one, and so is the first fire in a house that has been sitting cold. A change of appliance is another reason: putting a stove or a gas insert into an old opening changes what the flue has to carry. The yearly check that CSIA recommends, citing NFPA 211, looks at whether the chimney is sound, whether deposits are under control and whether combustibles are kept back. In a cottage with a short stack, the attic and the roof are the places we can actually see the masonry, so we always visit both.
On February 28, 2001, the ground next door to Georgetown failed. The EERI and University of Washington reconnaissance team found sand ejecta zones about 300 feet long along Boeing Field's eastern runway and settlement of up to 9 inches, and the runway was limited to light traffic afterward. Seattle's Office of Emergency Management names the Duwamish Valley, where Georgetown sits, among the parts of the city where liquefiable soil makes ground failure and strong shaking more likely.
No public study lists which Georgetown chimneys cracked that day, and we will not pretend otherwise. What the record does say is that chimneys were the most frequent damage to homes across the region. An inspection is where a hidden crack from 2001, or from any later shaking, gets found. We look for offset flue tiles on camera, open mortar joints in the attic, and a stack that no longer sits square on the roof, and we note each one with its location.
Who burned what, how often, and which repairs or remodels you know about. In a house that has changed this much over a century, those answers steer the rest of the visit.
Firebox, damper and smoke chamber under a work light, then the camera up the flue, filmed so you can watch it later.
Up there the crown, the cap, each face's joints and the metal step-work along the shingle line all get photographed.
In the attic or crawl space we check the brick for cracks, loose units and gaps to framing.
You get a dated report with photos and a clear split between what needs work, what can wait and what is fine.
What this work is quoted at for Georgetown homes — the exact figure comes from the $99 on-site inspection, credited toward the work.
| Service | Price in Georgetown | 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 Georgetown. 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.
Georgetown is a Duwamish valley neighborhood of Seattle that ran its own city government from 1904 to 1910, with small one-story workers' houses from the boom years of 1890 to 1916, many of them remodeled around World War II.
GeorgetownKing County, WA · 47.547, -122.320
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.
$99 plus tax, charged per chimney. Should the report turn into a quote you go ahead with, those $99 come back off the job total.
Yes. The photo report is written so a lender, an agent or the other party can read it without us in the room.
Usually from the roof and the attic, where the stack is exposed. If siding covers the brick on an exterior wall, the report notes it rather than guessing.
No. Two houses from the same year on the same block can have had very different lives. The camera and the roof tell us; the build date only tells us where to look harder.
A $99 on-site inspection, a written quote before any work, and photos of every item we touch.
