Rainier Beach, King County
Relining in Rainier Beach is priced from $1,900, which covers a stainless liner run the full height of a simple, straight flue. Longer runs, an insulated liner, an oval or offset flue, or a stack that needs work at the top before the liner can go in all push the figure higher. We quote it from camera footage, never from the outside of the house.
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 Rainier Beach 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.
Rainier Beach Junior-Senior High School was finished in 1960, HistoryLink records, in the middle of a building boom that the same historians credit with reshaping the Rainier Valley through that decade. The census bears it out for the 98118 ZIP area, whose southern end is Rainier Beach: 26.3 percent of its homes were built between 1950 and 1969, against 15.8 percent across Seattle. If a house of that age kept its original flue, whatever lines it is sixty years old or more, and when we put a camera into one we look for three things in particular: cracked or shifted tiles, mortar gone from the joints between them, and a flue sized for a furnace or water heater that has since been replaced.
Every chimney relining we do in Rainier Beach includes:
Smoke coming back into the room, or a smell that won't go? Book the inspection first.
Book nowA brick chimney with nothing inside it fails Seattle's code outright. Section R1003.11 names what will do: ASTM C315 clay flue tile, a UL 1777 listed system such as a stainless liner, a factory-built chimney listed for the job, or another approved material. Oil is the other local thread: the census still finds 2.7 percent of occupied homes in the 98118 area heating mainly with fuel oil, and when an oil furnace is swapped for a heat pump the old flue can be left serving a gas water heater it was never sized for. The city's chimney rule asks the same question we do before anything is capped or removed: is any other appliance still venting up this chimney?
The camera tells us its true size, whether it bends and what is cracked. That footage is what the quote rests on.
The appliance listing, not the old tile, decides the liner's diameter and type.
The liner is lowered down the flue, insulated where required and joined to the appliance below.
A top plate seals the crown around the liner and the cap goes back on, fastened.
A smoke or draft test, a last camera pass, and the photos sent to you.
What this work is quoted at for Rainier Beach homes — the exact figure comes from the $99 on-site inspection, credited toward the work.
| Service | Price in Rainier Beach | 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 Rainier Beach. 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.
Rainier Beach is a neighborhood in the southeast corner of Seattle, just inside the city limits, on the lakeshore, with homes in a ZIP code area (98118) where roughly one unit in four was built between 1950 and 1969.
Rainier BeachKing County, WA · 47.523, -122.262
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.
Other Seattle companies publish $1,200 to $2,500 for an installed stainless liner and $2,000 to $4,000 for a cement liner cast in place (Mad Hatter Chimney Sweep's liner page, read October 4, 2026). Those are their figures, not our quote; ours starts at $1,900.
Often yes, when the furnace that used to share the flue is gone. A smaller appliance in an oversized flue can produce condensation that eats at mortar and tile. The camera and the appliance's listing decide it.
It depends on what else is involved, such as a new stove or work below the smoke chamber. We check with SDCI for the specific job and tell you before we start.
Most stainless liners go in within a day. A cast-in-place liner takes longer because the material has to cure.
A $99 on-site inspection, a written quote before any work, and photos of every item we touch.
