Rainier Beach, King County
Cleaning a dryer vent in Rainier Beach costs $105 to $259. When the duct only crosses one exterior wall beside the machine, expect the bottom of that range. A duct that climbs through the house to a roof exit, one with several elbows, or one packed solid by a bird's nest at the hood is the high one. We measure airflow at the hood when we arrive and before we leave, so the improvement is a figure.
Typical investment
$105–$259
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$99 plus tax, deducted when you approve the repair
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Pick what you're seeing at your Rainier Beach home — we'll point you to the right fix.
What we do
The same crew, the same written quote — for Rainier Beach 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
Learn moreRanges shown for orientation — the exact figure is written up on-site, after the inspection.
Most homes around here have a dryer vent that belongs to the owner and no one else. The Census Bureau's 2020–2024 survey finds detached single-family houses making up 59.2 percent of the 98118 ZIP area, which reaches from Rainier Beach up the valley, compared with 36.8 percent across Seattle; no building manager schedules the cleaning. The housing is not all old, either. HistoryLink notes that a public-private partnership in 1997 transformed housing in Rainier Beach, and a newer floor plan can send the duct through interior walls or up to the roof, longer runs that collect lint faster and are harder to check from the laundry room.
Every dryer vent cleaning we do in Rainier Beach includes:
Smoke coming back into the room, or a smell that won't go? Book the inspection first.
Book nowM1502 in the city's residential code asks for a dryer duct of smooth-walled metal no thinner than 0.0157 inch, with a 4-inch nominal diameter, held up at least every 12 feet, vented to the outside, with a 35-foot cap on the run from the dryer's transition piece to the outlet, with length taken off for every fitting. Ribbed foil or vinyl inside a wall does not meet it. The national numbers explain why this matters in winter here: the U.S. Fire Administration counts about 2,900 home dryer fires a year, and in a third of them (34 percent) nobody had cleaned the dryer or its duct, and the count rises through fall to a January high of 11 percent of the year's total.
An anemometer at the outside hood gives a number to compare against after the job.
The dryer comes forward, the transition piece is checked for kinks, and the lint trap housing is vacuumed.
A rotary brush on flexible rods works from inside and outside, with compressed air pushing the lint out the hood.
We tell you what the duct is made of, how long it runs, and whether anything should be replaced, with the before and after readings.
What this work is quoted at for Rainier Beach homes — the exact figure comes from the $99 on-site inspection, credited toward the work.
| Service | Price in Rainier Beach | 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 Rainier Beach. 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.
Rainier Beach is a neighborhood in the southeast corner of Seattle, just inside the city limits, on the lakeshore, with homes in a ZIP code area (98118) where roughly one unit in four was built between 1950 and 1969.
Rainier BeachKing County, WA · 47.523, -122.262
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 Seattle duct company, StarDucts, publishes $125 to $225 per vent, and other Seattle companies offer about $89 to $149 when it is added to a chimney visit (figures read October 4, 2026, not our quote).
Yes, and it saves a trip. Tell us when you book so we bring the dryer vent tools.
Not by itself, but roof exits clog faster because lint has to climb, and the hood is easy to forget. We reach it from the roof when needed.
We will tell you if it should be replaced and quote it separately. This visit is the cleaning and the measurements.
A $99 on-site inspection, a written quote before any work, and photos of every item we touch.
