Maple Leaf, King County
We charge one price to inspect a chimney in Maple Leaf: $99 plus tax per chimney. A tall stack on the hill and a short one near Northgate Way cost the same to look at. When the findings call for work and you accept our written quote, those $99 are credited against it, so the visit ends up costing nothing extra on a job that goes ahead.
What we charge
$99 plus tax
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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 Maple Leaf 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.
For most of its history half of Maple Leaf was not in Seattle. Until 1954 the city limit ran along 85th Street, and everything north of that line lay outside the city. A house built up the hill before that year has since passed through several owners, and any of them may have changed what its chimney vents.
Fuel oil has not left this ZIP area. The Census still finds it as the main heat in 5.8 percent of homes in 98115, about 1,390 households, a share exceeded in North Seattle only by 98117. A house that burned oil once and has since switched can be left with a chimney serving something it was not sized for, and that mismatch is among the first things an inspector checks.
The governing sentence is the Seattle Residential Code's R1003.11: whatever lines a masonry chimney must fit the kind of appliance hooked up to it. UL 1777 is the standard named for listed liner systems and ASTM C315 for clay flue tile. In a Maple Leaf basement that means following the vent connector from the furnace or water heater to the chimney, finding out what lines the flue beyond that point, and writing down whether the two match.
Every chimney inspection we do in Maple Leaf includes:
Smoke coming back into the room, or a smell that won't go? Book the inspection first.
Book nowThree homes in five (59.7 percent) across ZIP area 98115 are detached houses, and that is the Census area Maple Leaf sits in. In a detached house nobody but the owner is watching the chimney: there is no association, no building engineer, no shared maintenance schedule. Problems above the roofline go unseen from the yard for years, and they usually surface at the worst moment, in a buyer's report or as a stain on the ceiling.
We note what is connected to each flue: fireplace, insert, furnace, water heater, or nothing.
The camera records the lining joint by joint. Offsets, gaps and deposits are captured as still images.
From the roof, weather permitting, we check the top of the chimney and the seal where it meets the shingles.
Findings are sorted by urgency and discussed with you. Repair figures, if any, are written, itemized and optional.
A household that relies on a wood stove as its only real heat may hope that an inspection report lets it burn during a ban. It does not. The exemption is the Puget Sound Clean Air Agency's to give, on application, and it must be in hand before the ban. The agency's test is whether the home has an adequate heat source, defined as one that can maintain 70 degrees Fahrenheit in occupied rooms, with the reading taken three feet above floor level.
A working furnace does not become inadequate because it is expensive to run; the agency says so directly. What an inspection can do is make sure the stove and its flue are in good order, because the exemption is not a license to smoke. During a ban even an exempt household must show no visible smoke from the chimney, and a dirty or damaged flue makes that standard hard to meet.
What this work is quoted at for Maple Leaf homes — the exact figure comes from the $99 on-site inspection, credited toward the work.
| Service | Price in Maple Leaf | 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 Maple Leaf. 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.
Maple Leaf is a hilltop neighborhood that reaches 466 feet at 92nd Street and Roosevelt Way, with houses from before 1940 through the 1950s, on both sides of the old city limit at 85th Street.
Maple LeafKing County, WA · 47.696, -122.317
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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.
Often yes, because the same chimney may vent a furnace or water heater, and because an unused flue still takes in rain. CSIA points to NFPA 211, which wants every chimney and vent looked at once a year, used or not.
Yes. Tell us the closing date when you book. The report is written for a reader who was not on site, with photos labeled by location.
It does not include sweeping, repairs or opening walls. If part of the chimney is hidden and cannot be judged, the report says so plainly instead of guessing.
A $99 on-site inspection, a written quote before any work, and photos of every item we touch.
