Ravenna, King County
Repairing chimney flashing in Ravenna costs $375 at the least and $1,495 at the most. The cheaper jobs are reseals, where sound metal has simply come unstuck from the brick. The dearer ones replace the metal entirely, which means lifting roofing around all four sides of the stack. Which one you need is settled by an inspection ($99 plus tax); the fee is subtracted from the flashing quote you approve.
Typical investment
$375–$1,495
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$99 plus tax, deducted when you approve the repair
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What we do
The same crew, the same written quote — for Ravenna 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.
Flashing is tested by the worst day, not the average one. In the Sand Point record for northeast Seattle, no day was wetter than December 3, 2007: 4.15 inches. The driest year there, 2002, brought 28.42 inches and the wettest, 2006, brought 45.05. A joint between metal and brick that copes with drizzle can still be overwhelmed when several inches arrive in twenty-four hours and water backs up behind the stack. Leaks that appear only once or twice a winter in a Ravenna house usually trace to exactly those days.
Step flashing depends on the shingles that overlap it lying flat. Oregon State University Extension describes how moss undoes that: the mat collects soil and debris, the roofing beneath stays wet for longer, wood decays sooner and asphalt shingles are raised so that water finds its way under them. The strip of roof immediately beside a chimney is a favored spot, because the stack shades it and slows runoff.
A streetcar reached Ravenna Park in 1891 and houses have stood near its trees ever since; litter gathers wherever a roof plane meets brick. When we repair flashing here, we clear the moss and compacted needles from the uphill pocket and both side channels first. Quite often the metal underneath is intact and the leak was caused by shingles propped up by growth. In those cases the honest repair is cleaning, relaying a few shingles and a reseal, not new flashing.
Every chimney flashing repair we do in Ravenna includes:
Smoke coming back into the room, or a smell that won't go? Book the inspection first.
Book nowWind drives the water sideways. New structures, Seattle's hazard profile notes, must be built to take an 85 mph gust lasting three seconds. It then observes that the city's pre-1939 homes, close to 90,000 of them, went up well ahead of any such wind-load rule. Roofs of that generation, and the flashing detailed along with them, were not designed to today's figures. On an older Ravenna roof we therefore check how the flashing is fastened as well as how it is sealed, since metal that flutters in a gale works its sealant loose.
We reproduce the leak with a hose, section by section, or read the stains in the attic.
Roofing next to the stack is lifted carefully to show the hidden metal.
Defective pieces are replaced, overlaps corrected and the top edge set into the masonry.
A second hose test confirms the repair before the roofing is finally sealed down.
What this work is quoted at for Ravenna homes — the exact figure comes from the $99 on-site inspection, credited toward the work.
| Service | Price in Ravenna | 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 Ravenna. 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.
Ravenna is a neighborhood beside the wooded Ravenna Park ravine, annexed to Seattle in 1907, with houses from before 1940 through the 1950s.
RavennaKing County, WA · 47.676, -122.301
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.
Both are possible and they look alike indoors. Testing the flashing separately from the brick and crown is how we tell them apart.
Usually prefinished steel or aluminum matched to the roof; copper or lead-coated copper where the existing work calls for it. We discuss the choice before ordering.
For a house or duplex, the city exempts roof replacement that leaves the building envelope as it was and is of equal quality. Ask your roofer how the chimney flashing will be handled; it is often reused.
A $99 on-site inspection, a written quote before any work, and photos of every item we touch.
