Wedgwood, King County
Flashing repair on a Wedgwood chimney is priced from $375 to $1,495. The small job is resealing sound metal where the caulk has let go. Cutting new counterflashing into the mortar on all four sides, or framing a cricket behind a wide chimney, is the large one. Roof pitch and roofing material decide how long either takes.
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 Wedgwood 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.
Historian Valarie Bunn gives a precise picture of the house Balch built here from 1941 to 1946: one story, wood frame, the long side facing the street and at least 40 feet wide, an attached garage, a setback matching the neighbors'. A long, low roof like that has a long ridge, and wherever a chimney comes through it there is a joint between two materials that expand at different rates.
The uphill side of a chimney has its own section in the Seattle Residential Code, R1003.20. Past a width of 30 inches along the ridge line, the code demands a cricket, and its height depends on the slope: half the chimney's width on a 12:12 roof, tapering to one-eighth on a 3:12 roof. It is written for new construction, but it tells you what the code's authors learned about water pooling behind brick.
It bears on Wedgwood because of how the houses sit. The one-story form described for the Balch years puts a lot of roof above a chimney placed low on the slope, and homes from the 1940s and 1950s account for 28.5 percent of the 98115 ZIP area in the Census count. Where we find a wide chimney with flat metal behind it and a history of leaks, a cricket is usually the lasting repair, and we price it next to a simple reflash so you can compare.
Every chimney flashing repair we do in Wedgwood includes:
Smoke coming back into the room, or a smell that won't go? Book the inspection first.
Book nowThat joint is tested often. At Sand Point, the closest long-running station, the 1986-2012 record shows something measurable falling roughly 158 days out of every 365. Half-inch days numbered only about 20 a year, and full-inch days about 4. Flashing in Wedgwood rarely fails in one dramatic storm. It fails by staying wet, day after day, until a pinhole or a lifted edge lets a slow drip reach the ceiling.
We look in the attic first, then on the roof, and wet one section after another with a hose until the entry point shows.
We lift the shingles next to the chimney and examine the old metal. Sound pieces stay, failed ones go.
Step pieces alternate with the shingle courses, the counterflashing goes into a slot sawn in the mortar joint, and the slot is sealed.
A hose test on the finished work and photos of each side close the job.
What this work is quoted at for Wedgwood homes — the exact figure comes from the $99 on-site inspection, credited toward the work.
| Service | Price in Wedgwood | 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 Wedgwood. 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.
Wedgwood is a neighborhood first platted by developer Albert Balch in 1941, between NE 75th and NE 95th streets, with one-story houses of the 1940s next to Craftsman homes of the 1920s and 1930s.
WedgwoodKing County, WA · 47.687, -122.290
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.
Often both: the leak is at the line where the two trades meet. We test that line with water and show you where it enters before proposing anything.
A cricket is a miniature roof, peaked like a tent, framed on the uphill side of a chimney so that runoff parts around it. The Seattle Residential Code makes one mandatory once a chimney spans over 30 inches as measured along the ridge.
Diagnosis falls under our $99 plus tax inspection. Accept the flashing quote afterward and those $99 are knocked off the repair.
A $99 on-site inspection, a written quote before any work, and photos of every item we touch.
