Hillman City, King County
In Hillman City, getting the lint out of a dryer duct costs between $105 and $259. Laundry by an outside wall, duct a few feet long, nothing living in the hood: that is the $105 job. Longer jobs, and higher prices, come with ducts snaking across basement ceilings, upstairs laundries, roof exits and nests to remove. The machine gets pulled away from the wall either way, so we can reach the whole run.
Typical investment
$105–$259
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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 Hillman City 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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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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Houses in this neighborhood were built across more than a century, and the dryer duct follows wherever each one put its laundry. ZIP area 98118, which contains Hillman City, holds homes from before 1940 alongside a big run of recent ones: the census dates 11.3% of its units to 2000 through 2009, 13.0% to the 2010s and 3.8% to 2020 or later. In a house from the railway era the washer and dryer usually arrived decades after the framing, and the duct snakes around joists to find a wall. In a recent build it may climb two floors. We follow it from end to end before quoting.
Every dryer vent cleaning we do in Hillman City includes:
Smoke coming back into the room, or a smell that won't go? Book the inspection first.
Book nowLint burns easily, and the national numbers show it. The U.S. Fire Administration's count: around 2,900 residential fires begin at a clothes dryer each year nationwide, and in 34% of those the leading contributor was lint nobody had cleaned out. January is the worst month, with 11% of the yearly count, and fall and winter run above summer. Here, eight wet months mean towels go in the machine rather than out on a line, so the duct fills fastest in exactly that season.
Section M1502 of Seattle's residential code, which SDCI enforces on homes, duplexes and townhouses of three stories or fewer, covers dryer exhaust. It calls for smooth-bore metal, at least as thick as No. 28 gage, four inches in nominal diameter, with a hanger or strap every twelve feet or closer. Counting from the transition-hose connection out to the termination, 35 feet is the ceiling, and each fitting along the way is subtracted from that length.
It must discharge to the open air. Where the dryer's maker gives no other location, the termination needs three feet of clearance from doors, windows and similar ways into the house. When we clean a Hillman City vent we check these points with a tape and a light. A run that is over length, made of ribbed foil, or ending in the wrong spot will clog again quickly, and we put that in writing instead of only brushing it out.
With the dryer on, an anemometer at the exit records air speed so the improvement can be shown later.
It slides out from the wall, and the connector is checked for crushing, kinks or foil that should go.
Spinning brush sections work from the laundry side to the outdoor exit while the vacuum catches what falls.
After reconnection, a second air-speed reading at the exit shows what the cleaning changed.
What this work is quoted at for Hillman City homes — the exact figure comes from the $99 on-site inspection, credited toward the work.
| Service | Price in Hillman City | What that covers |
|---|---|---|
| Dryer Vent Cleaning | $105–$259 | Full run cleaned; roof or upper-floor terminations at the top |
| 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 |
Ranges are what these jobs are quoted at in Hillman City. 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.
Hillman City is a Rainier Valley neighborhood of Seattle platted in 1888 and renamed by its developer in 1902, with homes on streets laid out in the electric-railway era, in a ZIP code area (98118) where 18 percent of the housing predates 1940.
Hillman CityKing County, WA · 47.551, -122.287
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.
For most households, yes. Big families, pets and long ducts can need it sooner; a load that takes longer and longer to dry is the clearest warning.
We recommend a rigid or semi-rigid metal connector instead of foil or vinyl, and can swap it during the visit; the part is quoted before we fit it.
Sure. Our chimney inspection costs $99 plus tax and is credited back on a chimney job you approve. The vent cleaning stays its own line.
A $99 on-site inspection, a written quote before any work, and photos of every item we touch.
