Phinney Ridge, King County
Air duct cleaning in a Phinney Ridge home has a $525 starting price. How many openings the system has, supply and return together, drives the figure most; reaching the ducts comes second. A compact single-story system with an accessible furnace stays close to the starting price. A larger house, ducts running through a tight crawl space, or a second system serving an upper floor each add to it. A fixed figure follows once the registers are counted and the furnace has been seen.
Typical investment
From $525
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What we do
The same crew, the same written quote — for Phinney Ridge 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.
Not every house on the ridge has ducts to clean. According to the census survey for 2020 to 2024, 56.7% of occupied homes in ZIP area 98103, the one Phinney Ridge lies in, rely chiefly on electricity for heat, and 39.6% on utility gas. Electric heat can mean baseboards or wall heaters with no ductwork at all, or a heat pump that does use ducts. Gas often means a forced-air furnace, though a boiler has none either. In houses built before central heating was standard, ducts were threaded in later through basements and wall cavities, and those retrofitted runs tend to have more joints and more places for dust to settle.
Every air duct cleaning we do in Phinney Ridge includes:
Smoke coming back into the room, or a smell that won't go? Book the inspection first.
Book nowSmoke season has given people here a new reason to think about what their ducts carry. In the words of the regional Clean Air Agency, wildfire smoke since 2015 has been unprecedented for this area, even though 2024 itself passed without a smoke episode. Its advice for smoky days is specific: a HEPA filter unit, or failing that a filter of MERV-13 grade fixed across an ordinary box fan; one room set aside and kept clean; fresh-air intakes shut. Duct cleaning is not on that list, and we do not sell it as smoke protection. What it does is remove settled dust and debris so that the system and its filter start clean.
We map supplies, returns and the furnace, and check whether the ducts are metal, flexible or lined.
A large vacuum is connected near the furnace so that loosened dust travels toward the collector and not into rooms.
Working register by register, brushes and air tools drive the debris to the vacuum.
The blower compartment and return are vacuumed, then the registers go back on.
You compare the before and after images and get a note on the filter to use.
What this work is quoted at for Phinney Ridge homes — the exact figure comes from the $99 on-site inspection, credited toward the work.
| Service | Price in Phinney Ridge | 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 Phinney Ridge. 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.
Phinney Ridge is a ridge-top neighborhood between Aurora Avenue N and 8th Avenue NW, named for Guy Phinney, with houses that followed the Phinney Avenue streetcar north between 1906 and 1909.
Phinney RidgeKing County, WA · 47.679, -122.355
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.
From $525. The final price follows the number of registers, the layout and the access we have to the ductwork.
Most of a morning or an afternoon for an average house. Systems with many returns or hard-to-reach trunks take longer.
We make no such promise. Clean ducts and a fresh filter let the blower move air as designed; savings depend on the furnace, the house and how leaky the ducts are.
No. In Seattle any furnace replacement or alteration needs a permit, and that is a separate trade. We clean the ducts and the blower compartment and tell you what we see.
A $99 on-site inspection, a written quote before any work, and photos of every item we touch.
