North Seattle, WA
Chimney cap installation in North Seattle puts a screened stainless steel cover on the flue outlet, shutting out rain, leaves, birds and embers.
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$265–$850
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$99 plus tax, deducted when you approve the repair
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What we do
Sweeping, inspection, relining and masonry — one local crew for the whole chimney.
A chimney inspection in North Seattle records the condition of liner, crown, cap, flashing and firebox in photographs, so decisions about the fireplace rest on what was seen.
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A chimney sweep in North Seattle clears out what a winter of fires deposits in the flue, soot first and creosote with it, and finishes with photos that show the liner as it really is.
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Chimney repair in North Seattle is the structural side of the trade: replacing broken brick, relaying courses that have moved, and rebuilding a stack from the roofline when repair no longer holds.
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Chimney relining in North Seattle gives a flue with cracked tiles, or one too wide for a new appliance, a continuous stainless steel liner sized to what burns below.
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Chimney cap installation in North Seattle puts a screened stainless steel cover on the flue outlet, shutting out rain, leaves, birds and embers.
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Gas fireplace service in North Seattle covers burner, pilot, glass and vent, each cleaned and tested, so the appliance lights on demand and its exhaust leaves the house.
Learn moreRanges shown for orientation — the exact figure is written up on-site, after the inspection.
November is the month an open flue pays for being open. WeatherSpark gives Seattle about 7.5 inches of rain that month, spread over 16.7 wet days. Without a cap, all of it that lands in the opening runs onto the damper and the smoke shelf. Among the State Fire Marshal's fireplace recommendations is a chimney cap, beside a screen or glass doors and working alarms. We measure the flue tile or the full crown, select a stainless cap suited to both opening and appliance, fix it firmly and take a picture once it is on.
Street trees are part of the job in some places. The flame ash trees along 35th Avenue NE, from NE 85th Street in Wedgwood northward, date from the city's first arterial street-tree program in 1970 to 1972. Seattle's windstorm profile attributes much storm damage to falling trees and limbs, and WeatherSpark's windier season runs from October 15 to April 24. After a hard blow, look at the cap from the ground; a dented lid or a tilted screen means it took a hit.
An uncovered flue admits two things, water and animals. Water corrodes the damper and saturates the liner. A nest blocks the draft, and above a gas appliance a blocked outlet sends exhaust, carbon monoxide included, back into the room.
A screen has to stop embers without choking the flue. The Seattle Residential Code handles both in R1003.9.2: where a spark arrestor is fitted, its mesh must block a sphere half an inch across yet let one of three-eighths of an inch through, and the open area has to equal four flue outlets or more. An undersized cap, or mesh clogged with soot, breaks that ratio and the fireplace begins to smoke. On a factory-built system we use the termination its listing specifies.
How it works
Tile size, flue count and crown condition set the options.
Single-flue, multi-flue, or the termination a factory-built system was listed with.
Fixed so that Seattle's windier months do not move it.
Licensed& insured Washington chimney contractor
10 neighborhoodsNorth Seattle, from Ballard to Wedgwood
$99 plus taxInspection, credited toward an approved quote
Every jobDocumented with before-and-after photos
If any of these sound familiar, book the $99 plus tax inspection — credited toward the work if you approve the quote:
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The 10 North Seattle communities we serve. Pick yours for local scheduling and the chimney issues we see there.
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.
Before you let anyone in
Every fact below is one you can check yourself before we ever set foot on your roof.
The on-site inspection is $99 plus tax, and it is credited toward the work when you approve the written quote. Booking online asks for no card.
You get the price in writing, for the work your chimney actually needs, and nothing starts until you have approved it.
Each item we inspect or repair is photographed before and after, so the condition of your chimney is on record.
Call (206) 429-6308 — a local North Seattle number, the same one on every page of this site.
Licensed& insured Washington chimney contractor
10 neighborhoodsNorth Seattle, from Ballard to Wedgwood
$99 plus taxInspection, credited toward an approved quote
Every jobDocumented with before-and-after photos
Serving ten North Seattle neighborhoods
$265–$850 installed. One ordinary flue sits toward the bottom of that range; several flues under one lid, or a made-to-order size, sit toward the top.
A correctly sized one will not. The code's ratio, open screen area four times the flue outlet, exists to protect the draft. Smoking after a cap is fitted points to undersizing, or to mesh that needs cleaning.
R1003.9.1 requires the masonry itself to be finished with a concrete, stone or metal cap that has a drip edge. Spark arrestors and rain caps are regulated only when fitted. In its home heating guidance the State Fire Marshal advises having a cap.
It needs the right termination, kept clear. Rain and nesting birds affect a gas vent as readily as a wood flue, and when a gas vent is obstructed, carbon monoxide can stay indoors.
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Chimney repair in North Seattle is the structural side of the trade: replacing broken brick, relaying courses that have moved, and rebuilding a stack from the roofline when repair no longer holds.
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Masonry repair in North Seattle restores what rain defeats first on a brick chimney: its crown, then the mortar joints underneath.
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Chimney flashing repair in North Seattle reseals or replaces the metal bridging chimney and roof, the seam where most chimney leaks begin.
Learn more| Service | Price in North Seattle | What that covers |
|---|---|---|
| Chimney Cap Installation | $265–$850 | Stainless cap fitted; multi-flue and custom at the top |
| Chimney Repair | From $425 | Masonry repair — brick and mortar, scoped after diagnosis |
| Masonry Repair (Crown / Repointing) | From $475 | Crown work, repointing and tuckpointing by surface area |
| Chimney Flashing Repair | $375–$1,495 | Reseal at the low end, full flashing replacement at the high |
Ranges are what these jobs are quoted at in North Seattle. 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.
Licensed local crews, a $99 on-site inspection credited toward repairs, and a written quote before any work. Book a real open slot on our calendar.
