Greenwood, King County
Having a chimney cap installed in Greenwood costs anywhere from $265 to $850. The spread comes from the top of your chimney, not from the neighborhood: a single round or square flue takes a stock cap, a pair of flues side by side takes a larger one bolted to the crown, and an odd-sized or oversized top needs a cap built to order. We take the dimensions on the roof and price the options there.
Typical investment
$265–$850
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What we do
The same crew, the same written quote — for Greenwood 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.
Greenwood grew in two stages, and its rooftops show it. South of N 85th Street the lots were platted and built on in the streetcar years; HistoryLink dates the Greenwood Park Addition, laid out on former cemetery land, to 1907. North of that street the land stayed outside Seattle until 1954. Wikipedia notes that many residential streets up there still have no sidewalks, although residents had expected them to follow annexation. Chimney tops are no more uniform than the streets. Clay flue tile standing proud of a crown and a round metal chimney pipe take different caps, and only a look from the roof says which one a given house has.
Every chimney cap installation we do in Greenwood includes:
Smoke coming back into the room, or a smell that won't go? Book the inspection first.
Book nowA cap is a small part with a rule attached. For a cap with a spark arrestor, the screen is governed by Seattle's residential code at R1003.9.2. A ball 1/2 inch across has to be stopped. A ball 3/8 inch across has to pass. And the screen's total open area must come to four times the flue outlet at the least. Screens finer than that clog with soot; caps smaller than that choke the draft. Among the State Fire Marshal's recommendations for homes with a fireplace, a chimney cap is listed by name.
Greenwood began as a bog. HistoryLink says so in as many words, adding that the 1970s arrived with the neighborhood's storm drains still waiting to be improved. The sky adds its share: WeatherSpark's figures for Seattle give any day between October 10 and April 30 a better than 33% chance of being wet. There is no rain gauge record for Greenwood itself.
Leave the flue uncapped and all of that weather has a way in. Each wet day sends water down onto the smoke shelf and damper, and from there into the masonry around the firebox. In a house where the basement or crawl space is already humid, that extra water has nowhere to dry to. Nothing costs less than a cap for stopping it where it enters. We choose stainless because the cap itself will be wet for half the year; one Seattle company's published estimate is 15 to 20 years or more for stainless against 5 to 10 for galvanized.
The flue's outside dimensions and its height above the crown determine which caps can fit.
You are shown the suitable models and what each one costs, installed.
Whatever is there now is removed, and the flue top is cleaned so the new cap seats properly.
The cap is secured, checked for movement, and a draft test from the firebox confirms the flue breathes.
What this work is quoted at for Greenwood homes — the exact figure comes from the $99 on-site inspection, credited toward the work.
| Service | Price in Greenwood | 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 Greenwood. 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.
Greenwood is a neighborhood platted in 1907 on a former cemetery tract, on both sides of N 85th Street, with houses on either side of the old city limit, the blocks north of N 85th Street annexed only in 1954.
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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.
$265 to $850 fitted. The lower figures are for a stock cap over one flue; several flues under one cap, or a custom build, bring the upper ones.
A Seattle chimney company that publishes lifespans puts galvanized steel at only 5 to 10 years, stainless at 15 to 20 or longer and copper at 30 or longer. We fit stainless unless you ask for copper.
More than a used one. With no fire to dry it, a flue open to the sky collects rain all winter, and the water ends up in the firebox, the damper and the brick.
Only if you want the chimney inspected. That service is $99 plus tax; when a quote follows and you approve it, the $99 becomes a credit on the job.
A $99 on-site inspection, a written quote before any work, and photos of every item we touch.
