Fremont, King County
Our chimney inspection in Fremont is a flat $99 plus tax, charged per chimney. The price does not move with the height of the stack or the age of the house; a second chimney on the same roof is a second inspection. Should the findings call for work, and should you sign our quote for it, that job's invoice drops by $99. You come away with flue footage, rooftop photographs and a report naming each defect and each part found in good order.
What we charge
$99 plus tax
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$99 plus tax, deducted when you approve the repair
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Pick what you're seeing at your Fremont home — we'll point you to the right fix.
What we do
The same crew, the same written quote — for Fremont homes.
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
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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.
Fremont's housing is older than most of Seattle's. The city inventory compiled in 2010 lists houses dated from about 1895, at 950 N 43rd Street, to 1950, and names a 1910 Craftsman bungalow by Jud Yoho at 617 N 47th Street among its entries. The survey behind that inventory completed about 820 field forms and analyzed some 640 properties. None of that tells us what is inside a given flue. It tells us the houses are old enough that nothing about a flue should be assumed, and that an inspection here starts with finding out how the chimney was built at all.
The water at Fremont's foot has not always been calm. HistoryLink recounts that in 1914, while the Ship Canal was being dug, a dam at the Fremont mill gave way, the bridge washed out and Lake Union fell about 10 feet in a day, leaving houseboats aground. The canal has been stable since the Fremont Cut opened in 1916, but the neighborhood still sits beside a large body of water.
For masonry the relevant number is frost. The Portage Bay station, on the same lake, logged a freeze on 24.4 nights in an average year of its 1972-1998 run. Brick and mortar that are wet going into one of those nights are what an inspector looks for afterward: faces of brick popped off, joints recessed, a crown cracked across. We photograph each of these from the roof and say whether it is cosmetic or letting water in.
Every chimney inspection we do in Fremont includes:
Smoke coming back into the room, or a smell that won't go? Book the inspection first.
Book nowFour situations call for an inspection in a Fremont house. A sale is pending and the buyer's inspector has written "recommend evaluation by a chimney specialist." A gas appliance was connected to an old fireplace flue decades ago and nobody knows whether a liner went in. A stain has appeared on an upstairs ceiling beside the stack. Or the fireplace has simply sat unused since the house changed hands. NFPA 211, the standard CSIA points homeowners to, sets a twelve-month interval for looking at any chimney, fireplace or vent, lit often or never.
Better than five chances in six: that is how SDCI rates the likelihood of a damaging earthquake in Seattle within 50 years (86 percent, in the department's own figure). FEMA, for its part, is specific about which chimneys fare worst: old, unreinforced brick chimneys whose mortar has weakened with age.
An inspection cannot certify how a chimney will behave in a quake, and we do not pretend it can. It can record the things FEMA's description turns on: mortar that powders under a probe, a stack that leans or has separated from the wall, a tall unsupported section above the roof. Those observations go in the report in plain words, so you can decide whether to consult an engineer or ask us for repair options.
A sale, a smell and a leak each point the inspection toward different parts of the system.
We start at the firebox and work up, then examine the top of the stack and its flashing from the roof.
Every joint between liner sections is filmed; an unlined flue is filmed just the same, brick by brick.
The report separates safety defects from maintenance items and says which, if any, we would quote.
What this work is quoted at for Fremont homes — the exact figure comes from the $99 on-site inspection, credited toward the work.
| Service | Price in Fremont | What that covers |
|---|---|---|
| Chimney Inspection | $99 plus tax | Level 1 visual; Level 2 adds a full camera scan |
| Chimney Sweep | $209–$459 | Full flue swept, Level 1 inspection included |
| 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 |
| Chimney Cap Installation | $265–$850 | Stainless cap fitted; multi-flue and custom at the top |
Ranges are what these jobs are quoted at in Fremont. 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.
Fremont is a neighborhood platted in 1888 beside what became the Ship Canal and annexed to Seattle in 1891, on Lake Union, with houses built mostly between 1902 and the end of the 1920s.
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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.
Yes. You have bought a document: the footage and the report belong to you, and nothing stops you handing them to another contractor. The deduction exists only against work you approve with us.
No, and no public record can either. Nothing published sorts Fremont's chimneys by construction, so the camera is the only honest answer.
It documents the condition of the chimney on the day of the visit with dated photos. Whether a lender or buyer asks for more is their decision; we answer follow-up questions about our own findings.
A $99 on-site inspection, a written quote before any work, and photos of every item we touch.
