Ballard, King County
Air duct cleaning in Ballard is priced from $525. What raises it: more registers, a second heating system, ducts in a crawl space too low to work in comfortably. You get the exact figure at the house, before the vacuum is hooked up. The job takes in supply and return runs, the trunk lines and the blower compartment.
Typical investment
From $525
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What we do
The same crew, the same written quote — for Ballard homes.
A Level 1 review of everything reachable, raised to a Level 2 camera scan when a question stays open
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The whole flue brushed, using heads picked for the liner's size and shape
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A photo assessment that distinguishes surface wear from structural damage
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Camera survey and measurements taken before any liner is chosen
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Measurement of each flue, or of the crown when a single cap will span several
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Glass removed, cleaned and checked for a sound gasket
Learn moreRanges shown for orientation — the exact figure is written up on-site, after the inspection.
Ballard was platted in 1888 under the name Gilman Park, and an electric trolley was running down Ballard Avenue by 1890. In ZIP area 98117 more than a third of the housing is older than 1940. Where a house of that age has ducts, they were threaded through a structure framed long before anyone planned for them: long horizontal runs, tight turns, joints that have had decades to open. Nearer the canal the buildings are newer, and there the first thing we look for is construction dust shut into the system the day it was closed up.
Ducts exist where a furnace or heat pump pushes air. The Census Bureau's 2020-2024 survey of ZIP area 98117 has gas as the main heat in 48.5% of occupied homes and fuel oil in 7.9%. Electricity accounts for 41.7% there and for 69.9% in ZIP area 98107, and the survey does not say whether that means a ducted heat pump or baseboards with no ducts at all.
So we ask before we quote. An oil-heated house (the survey estimates roughly 1,190 of them in 98117) has a furnace or a boiler, and only the first comes with ducts, which may be as old as the heating system itself. Replacing that furnace is a separate matter with its own rule: any furnace replacement or alteration in Seattle needs a permit, one a homeowner may pull personally. A duct cleaning is a good moment to photograph the old equipment before that decision is made.
Every air duct cleaning we do in Ballard includes:
Smoke coming back into the room, or a smell that won't go? Book the inspection first.
Book nowDust in ducts comes from the house itself, from remodeling, from pets and from outdoors. Wildfire smoke has reached the region on a scale without precedent since 2015, the regional clean air agency writes, although 2024 went by without an episode. When smoke does arrive, its advice is to shut fresh-air intakes and filter indoor air, with a HEPA unit or, more cheaply, a MERV-13 filter on an ordinary Ballard box fan. A furnace fan that ran through a smoky week has drawn fine particles into the return side, and what settled there stays until someone removes it.
A camera goes into a few runs. If the ducts turn out clean, we say so and leave it there.
We tie a truck-sized vacuum into the trunk line; from then on every branch draws toward it.
Each run is worked with air whips or brushes from its register back to the trunk, the other registers being covered meanwhile.
Return plenum and blower compartment are vacuumed and wiped down.
Openings are closed with sheet-metal patches, registers go back, and the photo pairs are sent to you.
What this work is quoted at for Ballard homes — the exact figure comes from the $99 on-site inspection, credited toward the work.
| Service | Price in Ballard | What that covers |
|---|---|---|
| Air Duct Cleaning | From $525 | Whole HVAC system — trunks, branches and every register |
| Chimney Sweep | $209–$459 | 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 Ballard. 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.
Ballard is a former mill town that joined Seattle in 1907 and runs from the Ship Canal north to NW 85th Street, on Shilshole Bay and Salmon Bay, with houses from before 1950 north and west of the old town and many newer buildings near the canal. We work every part of it — Loyal Heights, Whittier Heights, West Woodland, Adams included.
BallardKing County, WA · 47.668, -122.384
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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.
From $525, with the exact price given at the house. More registers, a second system or awkward crawl-space access raise it.
No ducts, no duct cleaning. In that case the vents worth checking are the dryer's and the bath fans'.
We make no general claim about that. What we can do is show you the inside of your own ducts on camera before you decide.
Count on half a day for a house with one system, longer with two.
A $99 on-site inspection, a written quote before any work, and photos of every item we touch.
