Seward Park, King County
Masonry repair on a Seward Park chimney is $475 and up. For the entry figure we patch a crown or repoint a modest patch of joints. Casting a fresh crown that overhangs the brick, or cutting and refilling joints down three or four sides of a tall chimney, lands higher, and we price it from the area measured on the roof. The quote shows square footage and joint depth so you can see what the figure rests on.
Typical investment
From $475
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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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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.
Building near Seward Park is older than the park. A city context statement for neighboring Columbia City records an 1890 plat along the lakeshore east of it, the start of land speculation in this corner of Seattle, with a few houses already standing there in the late 1880s. The community club, which traces back to improvement clubs of 1910, built a clubhouse at 50th and Angeline in 1914, and that building still stands. No survey records what mortar or brick went into the chimneys of those early houses, but a stack of that age has been through more than a hundred wet winters, and its joints show it.
WeatherSpark finds a southerly wind dominant in Seattle through all but the summer months. The Western Regional Climate Center counts how little sun follows: in a lowland winter month, between four and eight days at most break clear or partly so. On a neighborhood bounded by the lake to the east and north, as Wikipedia describes this one, we do not have a local wind reading to quote, and we will not invent one.
What the two climate sources do tell a mason is which face to read first. The south and southwest sides of a stack take most of the driven rain and get the fewest hours to dry. That is where joints wash out first, and it is often where a repointing job turns out larger than it looked from the street.
Every masonry repair (crown / repointing) we do in Seward Park includes:
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Book nowWinter here is wet rather than hard. Frost-free weather in the lowlands around the Sound lasts, by the regional climate center's account, from the end of April until about the middle of October; the other six months, a crown full of rain can meet a night at the freezing mark. Water that sits in open joints expands and pushes them wider. On the permit side, SDCI lists chimney repointing among jobs exempt from permits as long as nothing structural is altered, and the city's chimney rule adds that any unreinforced brick left in place during a repair must be checked and tuckpointed where it has deteriorated.
We map which faces and courses need work and how deep the failed mortar runs.
You see square footage and the crown work as separate lines.
Grinder and chisel take the old mortar out; the new goes back in thin lifts, finished with a concave joint that throws water off.
The crown is repaired or recast once the joints below are sound, then left to cure under cover if rain threatens.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 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 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.
A crown under trees rarely dries. Oregon State University Extension links moss to shade as much as to rainfall, and the lots that border the park's old forest get plenty of both. A moss mat on a crown or along a ledge of brick behaves like a wet towel, holding water against the mortar for days after a storm.
We clear growth from the crown and joints before any repair, since new mortar will not bond to an organic film. OSU's guidance is to clean first and treat afterward; we follow that order, and we tell you when trimming a limb would do more for the masonry than any product.
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.
Because mortar should be the part that gives. A mix harder than the old brick forces stress into the brick faces, which then crack and flake instead of the joint.
It can, and summer is the better season for it. If joints are open now, a temporary seal at the crown keeps the worst of the winter water out.
By looking: on the roof, and up the flue with a camera. That visit is $99 plus tax a chimney, and if the masonry quote gets your go-ahead, we take it off the total.
A $99 on-site inspection, a written quote before any work, and photos of every item we touch.
