Othello, King County
Expect $189 to $449 per flue for a chimney sweep in Othello. One open hearth, reached from a low roof you could almost step onto, is a bottom-of-range job. Climbing toward the top: a tall stack, a pitch we have to rope onto, or a stove whose body must be slid forward so rods can reach past it. We name the figure for your flue on site, before a single drop cloth is unrolled.
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 Othello 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.
Few parts of Seattle hold housing from so many decades in so few blocks. Holly Park, the wartime project that once covered this ground, was replaced by NewHolly, whose last phase was finished in 2005, and apartment buildings rose around the light-rail stop after it opened in 2009. The 98118 ZIP area (the Census lumps Othello in with Columbia City, Hillman City and Rainier Beach there) still shows a median construction year of 1968 in the Census figures. One street can therefore hold a sixty-year-old fireplace and a twenty-year-old one. We assume neither: the visit starts with a light, a camera and a tape measure.
Census figures for the 98118 ZIP area date about 26.3 percent of its homes to 1950 through 1969; for Seattle as a whole the share is 15.8 percent. HistoryLink's essay on that ZIP code credits the change in Southeast Seattle during the 1960s partly to a building surge after the war. Othello sits inside that ZIP area, next to a rebuilt project that is much younger, so the fireplace in front of us could belong to either period.
When the house dates from the Eisenhower or Kennedy years, three questions come before the brush: whether the original clay tile is still whole, whether an insert has since been set into the opening, and whether that insert has its own liner running to the top. A wire brush sized for a wide open flue is the wrong tool for a six-inch stainless liner, and an insert that must be pulled out and reset is one of the things that nudges a sweep toward the upper part of our range.
Every chimney sweep we do in Othello includes:
Smoke coming back into the room, or a smell that won't go? Book the inspection first.
Book nowCensus table B25040 finds roughly 29 households in ZIP 98118, among more than nineteen thousand occupied homes, naming wood as their primary heat; electricity and utility gas carry the winter. That fits what a sweep finds on the job: a fire for an evening, then a cold flue for weeks. Small, short fires never heat the flue enough to drive moisture off, and the deposit they leave is tacky rather than dusty. CSIA's trigger for brushing an open masonry hearth is soot one-eighth of an inch deep, earlier where any glazed patch shows; with a factory-built unit, it says not to wait past noticeable buildup.
From your front door to the hearth we lay cloth runners; plastic then seals the opening, leaving one gap for the vacuum hose.
We check flue size, lining and soot depth so the brush head matches the flue and you know why the price lands where it does.
Depending on pitch and rain, rods either climb through the damper or descend from the ridge; either way, smoke chamber to cap gets covered.
The cap screen is emptied, and while the ladder is up we photograph the crown and the flashing.
Photos of the swept flue reach you the same day, with anything worth watching written down.
What this work is quoted at for Othello homes — the exact figure comes from the $99 on-site inspection, credited toward the work.
| Service | Price in Othello | 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 Othello. 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.
Othello is a Seattle light-rail neighborhood beside the rebuilt NewHolly community, with NewHolly houses and townhomes finished by 2005 on the site of a 1943 wartime housing project.
OthelloKing County, WA · 47.538, -122.276
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.
$189 to $449 per flue. Roof height and pitch, the kind of appliance and how much deposit has built up decide the figure, and you hear it before work starts.
Not always brushing, but always a look. CSIA relays NFPA 211's position that every chimney deserves an annual inspection, idle ones included. Light use can still leave sticky deposit, and birds do not care how often you burn.
Yes, if it serves a wood-burning appliance or an open hearth. If what you have burns gas, book the gas fireplace visit instead; rods and brushes are the wrong tools for it.
Different visits. The $99 plus tax one exists to track down a fault and price the fix, and approving that price takes the $99 off it. Brushing a healthy flue is simply booked at the sweep rate above.
A $99 on-site inspection, a written quote before any work, and photos of every item we touch.
