Seward Park, King County
Sweeping a Seward Park flue runs from $189 up to $449 with us. One fireplace on a low roof with one clear flue sits at the bottom. A second flue, a stack reached by ladder off a steep roof, or an insert we must slide out and reset moves it up. We give you the amount on the doorstep, before the drop cloths come out.
Typical investment
$189–$449
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$99 plus tax, deducted when you approve the repair
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Pick what you're seeing at your Seward Park home — we'll point you to the right fix.
What we do
The same crew, the same written quote — for Seward Park 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.
Seattle's emergency managers still cite the windstorm of 2006, when the lights went out for nearly one City Light account in two and the slowest repairs took a week. Seward Park is a neighborhood built around a peninsula of tall timber, and a storm that brings limbs down onto lines is the evening a long-idle fireplace suddenly becomes the only heat in the house. That is the wrong night to find out the flue is half closed with soot or with the twigs a bird carried in last spring. A sweep in early fall means the fireplace is ready whether it is lit for comfort or for an outage.
Every chimney sweep we do in Seward Park includes:
Smoke coming back into the room, or a smell that won't go? Book the inspection first.
Book nowHow often is enough? The Chimney Safety Institute of America ties sweeping to what is in the flue rather than to a calendar: a masonry fireplace is due once flue soot builds to an eighth of an inch, and right away if the deposit looks glazed. Its advice to homeowners cites NFPA 211, under which every chimney and vent gets an annual check whether it is used or idle. A flue that sees six fires a winter may need a brush only every second year. It still deserves the annual look, because what blocks a seldom-used chimney is more often debris than creosote.
The path through the house is covered and the fireplace opening is closed around the vacuum hose, so dust stays inside the flue.
A light and a quick camera pass show the liner and the amount of buildup, which decides the brush and the rods we use.
The flue is brushed end to end; debris on the smoke shelf is lifted out rather than left to fall back.
You get photos of the flue, the top of the chimney and anything we would watch, explained without jargon.
What this work is quoted at for Seward Park homes — the exact figure comes from the $99 on-site inspection, credited toward the work.
| Service | Price in Seward Park | 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 Seward Park. 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.
Wikipedia counts about 120 acres of surviving old growth on the Seward Park peninsula, with some trees past 250 years. The streets next to it share that canopy. Moss, in the view of Oregon State University Extension, grows from shade as much as from rain, and scrubbing it off does little unless the conditions that grew it change.
For a sweep the canopy matters at the top of the chimney. Needles, cones and moss mats build up on a cap screen until the flue cannot exhale properly, and an uncapped flue simply fills from above. When we are on the roof to brush, we clear the screen, note any moss creeping up the crown or into the flashing, and tell you whether it is cosmetic or holding water against the brick.
Seward Park is a Seattle neighborhood named for the 300-acre park on its peninsula, on the lakeshore, with homes in a ZIP code area (98118) where about six in ten housing units are detached houses and the median build year is 1968.
Seward ParkKing County, WA · 47.551, -122.258
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.
A look every year is, since a flue that sits idle collects nests and leaves. Brushing depends on what the look finds; we will not sweep a clean flue just to fill a visit.
Yes. Puget Sound Clean Air Agency bans restrict burning wood, not cleaning the chimney, so a ban week is a perfectly good week to have the flue brushed.
You see the photo before we leave. If it calls for a full inspection, we charge $99, tax extra, for each chimney looked at, and the fee is knocked off any repair you go on to sign for.
A $99 on-site inspection, a written quote before any work, and photos of every item we touch.
