Georgetown, King County
Masonry repair on a Georgetown chimney starts at $475. The work divides into two families: the crown, which is the sloped cement top that sheds water away from the flue, and the mortar joints between the bricks, which we rake out and refill when they have eroded. A small crown patch or a few square feet of repointing sits at the low end; rebuilding a whole crown, or repointing all four faces on a two-story stack, lands higher, and the quote gives the square footage.
Typical investment
From $475
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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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Georgetown keeps more of its early buildings than one might expect for an area so close to industry. Between 1942 and 1975, the city's 2014 survey says, factories displaced parts of the residential neighborhood, and the 1956 Comprehensive Plan even proposed phasing out the old housing to free up industrial land. The homes that remained are now a century old or more in many cases; the survey dates the main building wave to 1890 through 1916. On brick and mortar of that age, what we check first is whether earlier repairs used a hard modern mortar that is stiffer than the old brick around it.
Every masonry repair (crown / repointing) we do in Georgetown includes:
Smoke coming back into the room, or a smell that won't go? Book the inspection first.
Book nowRain is the steady pressure. At Boeing Field the wet stretch reaches from early October to the first day of May, and winter offers few sunny breaks to dry anything out, so a cracked crown or open joint stays wet for long stretches. Water that gets into the masonry then works down into the stack. The other pressure is the ground, covered below.
SDCI's validation of its unreinforced masonry list counts 20 such buildings in Georgetown, one rated high risk and nineteen medium, and maps the neighborhood on its own sheet. The city's emergency managers explain what goes wrong in that kind of building when the ground shakes: parapets break off and fall, walls pull away from each other, and walls that were never properly tied to floors and roofs give way. A brick chimney is that problem in miniature: units held together by nothing but mortar.
That makes the joints more than a cosmetic issue. Seattle's chimney rule wants the old, unreinforced brick that stays behind after a repair checked over and its joints tuckpointed where they have failed, so a repointing job is also part of keeping a stack sound in the next quake. Repointing by itself is permit-free in Seattle, provided the structure stays untouched. If the joints turn out to be hiding a crack that runs through the stack, the job becomes a repair under the rule, and we say so before going further.
Every face of the stack is looked at and photographed, and the crown is checked for cracks and slope.
Failed mortar is cut back to sound material, with care not to chip the brick edges.
Joints are packed in layers with a mortar chosen to suit the brick, then tooled to shed water.
Where the crown has failed it is rebuilt with a pitch away from the flue and a lip that drops rain past the brick faces.
You get photos of each face and a note on curing time before any sealer goes on.
What this work is quoted at for Georgetown homes — the exact figure comes from the $99 on-site inspection, credited toward the work.
| Service | Price in Georgetown | What that covers |
|---|---|---|
| Masonry Repair (Crown / Repointing) | From $475 | Crown work, repointing and tuckpointing by surface area |
| 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 Georgetown. 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.
Georgetown is a Duwamish valley neighborhood of Seattle that ran its own city government from 1904 to 1910, with small one-story workers' houses from the boom years of 1890 to 1916, many of them remodeled around World War II.
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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.
No. Repointing with no structural change is permit-free in SDCI's guidance, and the 2021 residential code says the same.
Because old brick is softer than modern mortar. When the joint is harder than the brick, the brick cracks instead of the joint. We match the mix to what is already there.
A day for a small chimney, several for a big one. Fresh mortar needs dry hours to cure, so wet forecasts can stretch the schedule.
$99 plus tax for the on-site visit. Accept the masonry quote afterward and we take the $99 back off the job.
A $99 on-site inspection, a written quote before any work, and photos of every item we touch.
