Greenwood, King County
Chimney flashing repair in Greenwood is priced between $375 and $1,495. If the metal is intact and only the seal along the brick has failed, the bill stays near $375. If the step flashing under the shingles has rusted through, everything comes out and is replaced, and the bill moves toward the top figure, further still within the range when a cricket has to be framed and covered behind the chimney. The roofing type matters too: metal is refitted faster on composition shingles than on cedar or tile.
Typical investment
$375–$1,495
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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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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.
A leak at the chimney is often blamed on the chimney. It is usually the joint. Flashing is the strip of metal that bridges two materials that move differently, a wood roof deck and a masonry stack, and it is hidden under shingles on one side and tucked into mortar on the other. In Greenwood the roofs over that joint span more than a century of building. Lots platted by 1900, in HistoryLink's account of the area, sit a few blocks from streets that only entered Seattle in 1954, and the 1950 opening of Northgate, the city's commercial survey notes, shifted trade and building toward a newer, car-oriented pattern. A roofer or a sweep meets both generations of house in a single day's work.
Every chimney flashing repair we do in Greenwood includes:
Smoke coming back into the room, or a smell that won't go? Book the inspection first.
Book nowSeattle's code has one specific requirement for the uphill side. Take a tape to the chimney along the line of the ridge: past 30 inches, section R1003.20 of the Residential Code wants a cricket on the upslope side. Where a stack that wide was built without one, every re-roof since has left the same flat pocket behind it. Re-roofing itself is exempt from permit on a Seattle house or duplex if the envelope does not change and the new work is as good as the old. That exemption is one reason flashing is so often reused past its life: nobody is required to look.
No rain gauge reports from Greenwood, so we use Seattle's averages. WeatherSpark counts 16.7 wet days in November, the wettest month, and shows a southerly wind prevailing between late September and the first days of July. In the big regional windstorms, adds the Seattle Office of Emergency Management, the wind holds at 60 to 70 mph.
For a flashing joint, that means months in which it never fully dries and several storms a year that push water sideways. A sound joint handles both because every layer overlaps the one below and the top edge is buried in the mortar. A joint that depends on caulk fails gradually: the bead cracks in summer, opens in fall and leaks by midwinter. In Greenwood's central blocks, where HistoryLink says storm drainage came late, a house may already have moisture to manage at ground level, and a slow roof leak only adds to it, so we treat even a small stain as worth tracing.
Stains are traced from inside the attic to the roof so we repair the right thing.
Old metal and sealant are removed and the wood beneath is checked for rot.
Underlayment, step flashing and shingles go back in sequence, then counterflashing is set into the brick.
Water is run over the joint where conditions allow and the attic is checked again.
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 Flashing Repair | $375–$1,495 | Reseal at the low end, full flashing replacement at the high |
| 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.
GreenwoodKing County, WA · 47.691, -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.
$375 to $1,495. Resealing sound metal is the least; full replacement with a cricket is the most.
We only know once the old flashing is off. If we find soft wood, you see it in photos and we agree on the fix before closing anything up.
By inspection: $99 plus tax buys the attic check, the roof check and the report, and the amount is deducted when you approve the flashing quote that comes with it.
Replace it then; that is the right moment. Ask your roofer what is planned at the chimney, or have us do the chimney joint in coordination with the roofing crew.
A $99 on-site inspection, a written quote before any work, and photos of every item we touch.
