Brighton, King County
Our chimney relining work in Brighton starts at $1,900. That floor pays for stainless pipe from the appliance up to the crown of a short flue with no bends, finished with its top plate and cap. Extra height, an offset or two, a wider diameter, or an insulation wrap that the liner's listing demands all add to the price, which we fix only after filming and measuring the flue. Other Seattle companies publish their own figures: Mad Hatter Chimney Sweep lists $1,200 to $2,500 for stainless relining, a typical Seattle range in their telling and not our quote.
Typical investment
From $1,900
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What we do
The same crew, the same written quote — for Brighton 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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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.
Fuel is what usually brings a Brighton relining job to us. Across ZIP code 98118, a census unit Brighton shares with Othello, Rainier Beach and three more neighborhoods, the survey finds two homes in five using piped utility gas as their main heat, and 2.7 percent still burning fuel oil. Every swap since a house was built, oil burner to gas furnace, open hearth to insert, tank water heater to a newer model, can leave a flue mismatched to the appliance now feeding it. Too big, and the exhaust cools and condenses before it clears the top; too small, and it spills back.
Roughly one home in four around Brighton comes from the two postwar decades: census tables for ZIP area 98118 put 26.3 percent of all units in the years 1950 through 1969. In Brighton the school board marked that era twice, by reserving land for Sharples Junior High in 1948 and by putting up Graham Hill School twelve years later.
A house of that age has usually seen at least one heating change, and the flue was sized for whatever burned in it first. On such a house we compare the flue's inside dimensions with the outlet of the appliance now connected, look for a second appliance sharing the same flue, and check the tile joints where heat and condensation have worked longest. When an insert is going into an old fireplace, the liner is what gives it a flue of its own size instead of the wide throat of an open hearth.
Every chimney relining we do in Brighton includes:
Smoke coming back into the room, or a smell that won't go? Book the inspection first.
Book nowSeattle's 2021 Residential Code requires a lining in every masonry chimney. Its section R1003.11 names the acceptable kinds, among them clay tile made to the ASTM C315 standard and systems tested and listed under UL 1777. Our stainless liners belong to the second group, and the listing sheet goes in your file. When the clay tile in an older flue is cracked or missing, or when the appliance has changed, a listed stainless liner is usually the most direct way back to a flue the code recognizes.
Length, shape and offsets are recorded on camera so the liner arrives the right size.
The flue is swept, and protruding tile edges are knocked off so the pipe slides past.
Working from the roof, we lower the pipe, then clamp it at the top plate and couple it to the appliance below.
With the appliance running, draft is measured and the crown seal is checked.
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 Relining | From $1,900 | Full-length stainless liner, sized to the appliance |
| 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 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.
BrightonKing County, WA · 47.535, -122.279
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.
Possibly. A gas furnace often vents cooler and wetter than the oil burner the flue was built around, and the result can be condensation inside the chimney. A camera inspection shows whether the existing flue is coping or breaking down.
A flexible stainless liner follows moderate offsets. A sharp bend or a collapsed section can make the job slower or need an opening in the chimney wall; we tell you before you agree to anything.
The camera survey is billed as our $99 plus tax inspection. If you approve the relining quote, that $99 is deducted from it.
A $99 on-site inspection, a written quote before any work, and photos of every item we touch.
