Brighton, King County
Sweeping one chimney in Brighton costs $189 to $449. The flue decides the number more than the house does. A short, straight run over an open firebox, reached from a low roof, is billed near $189; a two-story climb, a steep pitch, an insert we must slide out first, or soot left to gather for several winters moves the bill up. We quote after shining a light up the flue, never before. For one ordinary open fireplace, the Seattle market figure that Mad Hatter Chimney Sweep posts online is $149 to $249; we repeat it for comparison only, and it is not our quote.
Typical investment
$189–$449
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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 Brighton homes.
Level 1: every reachable component checked, with a Level 2 camera run added if something stays unclear
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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 grew in two clear spurts. English settlers of the 1880s named it Brighton Beach, after the resort on England's south coast, and the electric railway on Rainier Avenue served it from 1891 until 1937. The second spurt followed the war, and the school board left two dated markers of it here. Housing counts from the Census Bureau stop at the ZIP level, and 98118 lumps Brighton together with Columbia City, Hillman City and three other neighborhoods. So a sweep in Brighton can meet a flue of almost any age, and we treat each one as its own case rather than guess from the street.
Brighton's clearest record of postwar growth is its schools. HistoryLink notes that the board settled on a site for Sharples Junior High in 1948, and that Graham Hill School was put up in 1960. The Census survey for ZIP area 98118 shows the housing side of the same period: of its 20,459 units, 13.8 percent carry a 1950s build date and 12.5 percent a 1960s one, together well above the 15.8 percent counted for Seattle as a whole.
No record says what heater sits in a given Brighton living room of that era, so we find out at the hearth. On a house of that age a sweep checks more than soot: whether a stove or insert was later fitted into an opening built for an open fire, whether its connector reaches the flue or empties into the smoke chamber, and whether a furnace shares the stack. Each of those changes how the flue is reached and cleaned.
Every chimney sweep we do in Brighton includes:
Smoke coming back into the room, or a smell that won't go? Book the inspection first.
Book nowSoot depth sets the timing, not the calendar. For a masonry fireplace, CSIA, the national sweeps' institute, calls for brushing once the soot coat is about 3 millimeters thick, an eighth of an inch; a glossy, tar-like glaze is reason to act sooner. Wet firewood is how most flues reach that mark early. Ecology, the state agency, wants wood split, stored out of the rain through one full year and confirmed with a moisture meter before it is burned. Damp logs burn cool and smoky, and the vapor they give off clings to cold tile as creosote within a few fires.
We gauge the buildup and check for blockages with a light, adding a camera where the flue calls for it.
The opening is covered and the vacuum keeps air moving inward, so soot stays in the chimney.
Brushes sized to the flue clear the walls; the smoke chamber and shelf are scraped by hand.
You receive the measured soot depth, photos, and a short list of anything to fix before you light up again.
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 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 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.
When the soot layer nears one-eighth of an inch, by CSIA's measure. A fireplace lit on a handful of winter evenings takes longer to get there than one used nightly, so we measure the depth at each visit and write it down rather than sell you a fixed schedule.
Yes. A ban from Puget Sound Clean Air Agency limits burning, not maintenance. Bans tend to come in cold, still weather in fall and winter, and a flue swept during one is ready the day burning is allowed again.
The sweep comes with a visual check of the flue. A standalone camera inspection costs $99 plus tax per chimney, later deducted from any quote you approve.
A $99 on-site inspection, a written quote before any work, and photos of every item we touch.
