Georgetown, King County
Our Georgetown relining price begins at $1,900 for stainless pipe dropped top to bottom in an easy, straight flue; a long run, an oval or offset flue, an insulation wrap or a clay-to-ceramic job moves it higher. The appliance below decides the diameter, not the opening in the brick, and the quote spells out diameter, length and parts.
Typical investment
From $1,900
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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.
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.
Georgetown's houses have rarely stayed as they were built. The city's 2014 survey update found that many late-Victorian dwellings from about 1900 were modernized in the years around the Second World War. HistoryLink and the same survey add another twist: the Duwamish Bend project, finished in 1943 for defense workers, later shed surplus houses, and a number of them appear to have been moved into Georgetown after the war. A flue that has lived through a remodel, a new heating appliance or a move on a truck bed is a flue we want to see on camera before quoting anything. Cracked or missing tile, or a flue mismatched to today's appliance, usually points to a new liner.
Every chimney relining we do in Georgetown includes:
Smoke coming back into the room, or a smell that won't go? Book the inspection first.
Book nowThe usual triggers here are a camera that shows broken or gapped tile, a switch from an open fireplace to a stove or insert, and a gas appliance venting into a brick flue never meant for it. Seattle's residential code is blunt on the first point: under R1003.11 a masonry chimney cannot be left unlined, and the acceptable linings run from clay meeting ASTM C315 to systems carrying a UL 1777 listing. A stainless liner belongs to the second group and slides down inside the existing brick.
Seattle's emergency managers describe the Seattle Fault as crossing the city east to west through its middle, and say deep quakes of magnitude 6 or greater come around every 30 to 50 years. SDCI gives an 86 percent chance that Seattle sees a damaging quake within 50 years. Georgetown adds its own risk on top: the city lists the Duwamish Valley among its liquefiable areas.
Shaking does not always topple a chimney. Often it works inside, where clay tiles stacked one on another slip apart at the joints and leave gaps that hot gas and creosote can reach. That is the damage a camera finds and a homeowner never sees. Because the city's code forbids an unlined masonry flue, a run with broken tile has to be relined or repaired before the next fire; a continuous stainless liner is one of the listed fixes, and it carries the smoke from the appliance to the cap in one piece.
We film the existing flue and record its inside dimensions, length and bends, then check the appliance's required outlet size.
Loose tile and debris that would snag the liner are broken out. On a tight flue, the quote names any extra work before we begin.
The liner goes down from the top, is joined to the stove, insert or fireplace below, and gets insulation where the code's clearance rules require it.
A top plate closes the flue opening around the liner, and a cap with a screen goes on.
A second camera run and photos confirm the liner is continuous and properly connected.
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 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 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.
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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.
Yes. A listed stainless system is one of the linings the 2021 residential code names, next to ASTM-grade clay and factory-built chimneys approved for that purpose.
SDCI's Tip 303A says wood stoves need their own furnace permit and must be certified to emission standards. We tell you at the quote stage which permit the job involves.
Often, if the brick shell around it is still sound. If the stack itself is cracked through, that has to be fixed first under the city's chimney rule.
It starts with a camera inspection at $99 plus tax. If you sign the relining quote that follows, we deduct the $99 from it.
A $99 on-site inspection, a written quote before any work, and photos of every item we touch.
