Mount Baker, King County
Sweeping a chimney in Mount Baker runs $189 to $449 per flue. We land near $189 for one open fireplace, light soot, and a roof a ladder reaches from flat ground. Expect more for a stack that towers over the ridge line, a roof too steep to stand on, a stove insert that has to come out, or soot left to gather over many winters. You hear the figure at the door, before the drop cloths come out.
Typical investment
$189–$449
Book an inspection
Book your $99 inspection
$99 plus tax, deducted when you approve the repair
Not sure where to start
Pick what you're seeing at your Mount Baker home — we'll point you to the right fix.
What we do
The same crew, the same written quote — for Mount Baker homes.
Level 1: every reachable component checked, with a Level 2 camera run added if something stays unclear
Learn more
Photo assessment sorting surface wear from structural failure
Learn more
Video survey and flue measurements taken before ordering anything
Learn more
Flue-by-flue measurements, or the whole crown for a multi-flue hood
Learn more
Cleaning and testing of the burner, pilot assembly and igniter
Learn more
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.
Mount Baker was platted in 1907 as a residential park laid out to follow the ridge, and most of its older houses went up in two bursts, from 1905 to around 1920 and again through the 1920s, according to the historic context statement Seattle wrote for the neighborhood. Houses from those decades rarely keep their original heating plant. ZIP 98144 bundles Mount Baker with north Beacon Hill and blocks farther north; there, American Community Survey tables for 2020 through 2024 show utility gas as the main fuel in 32.7 percent of occupied homes, fuel oil in 2.2 percent, and wood in roughly 55 households. Those tables record one main fuel per home, so it says nothing about the fireplace that gets lit on a cold Sunday. That fireplace is the one we are usually called to sweep.
Every chimney sweep we do in Mount Baker includes:
Smoke coming back into the room, or a smell that won't go? Book the inspection first.
Book nowCSIA's rule of thumb: brush a masonry fireplace once its soot layer is an eighth-inch thick, or sooner if glazed, shiny creosote turns up. A flue that is fired only a handful of evenings a winter can still reach that line, because cool, slow fires deposit more than hot ones. Timing matters in this part of the city as well: Puget Sound Clean Air Agency calls its burn bans in fall and winter, and a ban can run from days to weeks. A fireplace swept in late summer or early autumn is ready for the evenings when burning is allowed, rather than waiting on a booking in the middle of the season.
At the damper, light and mirror reveal how deep the soot is and how the lowest tiles look, which sets our brush and the route in.
Runners cover your floor from front door to firebox; next, our vacuum gets clamped across the fireplace opening so dust stays in the flue.
Rods run the full height. Deposits on the smoke shelf are lifted out by hand; nothing is left piled behind the damper.
You get the photos and a plain-language note: what was removed, what looked sound, and anything worth a closer look.
What this work is quoted at for Mount Baker homes — the exact figure comes from the $99 on-site inspection, credited toward the work.
| Service | Price in Mount Baker | 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 Mount Baker. 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.
Mount Baker is a Seattle neighborhood laid out in 1907 as the Mount Baker Park Addition, on the lakeshore, with houses built mostly in two waves, 1905 to about 1920 and then 1920 to 1929, a good share of them designed by Seattle architects. We work every part of it — the Mount Baker Park Addition, the York Addition included.
Mount BakerKing County, WA · 47.579, -122.287
Before and after
Illustrations of what each repair changes on a typical chimney — not photos of a specific job.
Before
After
Before
After
Before
After
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.
Usually, yes. Tell us when you book so we plan for two flues. Each flue is priced on its own inside the same bracket, and we will say so before starting.
Look at it every year, as the NFPA 211 standard asks; brush it once the soot measures an eighth-inch or any glaze appears. Some fireplaces need it yearly, some every few years.
You see it on the photos first. Should the flue deserve a full camera inspection, we book it at $99 plus tax; approving the repair later knocks that $99 off the bill.
A $99 on-site inspection, a written quote before any work, and photos of every item we touch.
