Green Lake, King County
A new chimney cap in Green Lake costs $265 to $850 installed. At $265 you get a stainless cap that clamps onto one flue tile. The top of the range is for a wide lid sheltering several flues at once, or for a cap made to measure where the crown fits no standard size. Roof pitch and stack height decide where a job sits between the two. When a cap is quoted during our $99 plus tax inspection, the inspection fee counts toward the cap if you approve it.
Typical investment
$265–$850
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What we do
The same crew, the same written quote — for Green Lake 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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Glass removed, cleaned and checked for a sound gasket
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Crown and all four sides photographed before any work
Learn moreRanges shown for orientation — the exact figure is written up on-site, after the inspection.
Material is the first choice. One Seattle chimney company publishes the service lives it expects: stainless steel, 15-20 years and beyond; copper, upward of 30; galvanized steel, a mere 5-10. That gap is the reason we install stainless as standard. The cap also has to stay put. WeatherSpark's windier season for Seattle lasts about 6.3 months, from October 15 to April 24, peaking in December, when the hourly mean reaches 5.1 mph, and for most of the year, September 20 to July 3 by that source, it blows chiefly from the south. A cap on a Green Lake roof is therefore fastened mechanically, never left to sit by its own weight.
The screen on a cap is a compromise between stopping things and letting smoke out. On a cap that includes a spark arrestor, R1003.9.2 of the residential code in force in Seattle governs the mesh. A ball of half an inch has to be held back and a ball of three-eighths let through, while the screen's open area has to total at least four times the flue outlet. Go finer and the screen clogs; go coarser and it no longer does its job.
That balance is tested around Green Lake every autumn. Seattle's emergency management office describes major windstorms with sustained winds of 60 to 70 mph and gusts up to 90, and names falling trees as a leading cause of the structural damage. Long before a limb comes down, the same wind strips leaves and small branches and drops them on roofs. We size the cap so its mesh area exceeds the code minimum and mount it high enough above the flue that litter slides off instead of matting across the opening.
Every chimney cap installation we do in Green Lake includes:
Smoke coming back into the room, or a smell that won't go? Book the inspection first.
Book nowA cap adds height, and height is regulated. Section R1003.9 of the Seattle Residential Code wants the chimney top 3 feet clear of the roof where it emerges, and 2 feet clear of any roof or wall found inside a 10-foot radius. On older Green Lake houses with additions or dormers built after the chimney, the stack is sometimes shorter than that measure, which shows up as poor draft or smoke curling back toward an upstairs window. We measure the termination while we are up there and tell you what we find.
Each flue tile is measured on the outside, along with how far it projects from the crown; cracks in the crown are noted.
Single-flue, multi-flue or custom, picked from the measurements and from what the flue serves.
The cap is clamped to the tile or anchored into sound crown, with every fastener in stainless.
We confirm the mesh is clear of the flue opening and send you pictures from the roof.
What this work is quoted at for Green Lake homes — the exact figure comes from the $99 on-site inspection, credited toward the work.
| Service | Price in Green Lake | What that covers |
|---|---|---|
| Chimney Cap Installation | $265–$850 | Stainless cap fitted; multi-flue and custom at the top |
| 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 Green Lake. 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.
Green Lake is a neighborhood wrapped around a 323-acre lake park, part of Seattle since 1891, on Green Lake, with houses that went up after the streetcar circled the lake in 1902.
Green LakeKing County, WA · 47.679, -122.328
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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.
If it vents through a masonry chimney, rain and animals get in the same way they would with a wood fire, so yes. A direct-vent unit is different: its termination comes from the factory and nothing is added to it.
Published local figures give galvanized steel 5 to 10 years against 15 to 20 or more for stainless. In a wet climate the cheaper cap is usually bought twice.
Yes. A multi-flue cap anchors to the crown and covers every opening under one lid, which also shelters the crown itself.
A $99 on-site inspection, a written quote before any work, and photos of every item we touch.
