Ravenna, King County
Our price to inspect a Ravenna chimney is $99 plus tax, the same for a quick visual pass as for a camera run through the flue. One fee buys one chimney's worth of findings: photographs, a written description and, where something needs fixing, a quote. Say yes to that quote and the $99 you already paid counts as the first payment on the work. Decline it and you keep the report.
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 Ravenna home — we'll point you to the right fix.
What we do
The same crew, the same written quote — for Ravenna 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.
Ravenna's houses do not belong to one generation. ZIP area 98115, which also covers Wedgwood and Maple Leaf, counts 25,486 housing units, and the Census Bureau's survey divides the older ones almost evenly: 20.2 percent built by 1939, 14.2 percent in the 1940s, 14.3 percent in the 1950s. The median year of construction is 1962. A technician working here cannot assume anything from the street. One block may hold a house that predates the 1907 annexation and another finished after the Second World War, and their chimneys were built to different habits. That is the practical argument for looking inside each one.
Ravenna grew up around a wooded ravine. George and Oltilde Dorffel set the steep ground and its creek aside as parkland when they platted Ravenna Springs Park in 1887, and Charles Cowen added the upper ravine as Cowen Park in 1906. Trees and wind are a known pairing in Seattle: the city's emergency management office reports that a big Puget Sound windstorm means 60 to 70 mph of sustained wind with gusts reaching 90, and that trees coming down are behind much of the structural damage.
A chimney can be hurt by far less than a whole tree. A limb that glances off the stack may crack the crown, knock a cap askew or lift the flashing without leaving anything visible from the yard. So after a storm inspection in Ravenna we check those three points in that order, and we look down the flue for broken tile or debris before anyone lights a fire.
Every chimney inspection we do in Ravenna includes:
Smoke coming back into the room, or a smell that won't go? Book the inspection first.
Book nowFrost is part of the record nearby. The University of Washington weather station, which the Western Regional Climate Center lists for 1909 to 1983 and which stood just south of Ravenna, averaged 33.1 nights a year at or below freezing, 11.0 of them in January. Its coldest reading was 5°F on December 12, 1919. Moisture held in a mortar joint or in the crown expands when it freezes, and the damage shows as hairline cracks first. Those are easy to photograph during an inspection and cheap to deal with early.
You tell us how the fireplace behaves and what prompted the call.
We examine the firebox and flue, then follow the chimney upward through any accessible space.
From the roof we document the stack, its top and the joint with the roof.
The report arrives with labeled photos; any recommended work is priced in writing.
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 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 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.
The city's earthquake profile lists the deep events Seattle has felt in living memory: magnitude 7.1 in 1949, 6.7 in 1965, then Nisqually in 2001. Its expectation is another, at magnitude 6.0 or above, somewhere between 30 and 50 years after the last. A Ravenna chimney built in the first half of the last century has ridden out two or three of them, and any of those could have opened a crack that later rain widened.
During an inspection we record leaning, separation from the house wall, stepped cracking and loose upper courses. If a stack looks vulnerable and cannot be strengthened soon, FEMA's chimney advisory offers interim advice we pass on: limit the time people spend immediately beside it, and in particular keep beds away from it.
Ravenna is a neighborhood beside the wooded Ravenna Park ravine, annexed to Seattle in 1907, with houses from before 1940 through the 1950s.
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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.
You have paid for a documented inspection and you keep the report. The fee is deducted only from work you approve; it is not handed back otherwise.
The interior portion, yes. Roof work waits for a surface that is safe to walk, so in a wet week we may return for the exterior photos.
Yes. In ZIP area 98115 about 5.8 percent of homes still heat with fuel oil and 43.5 percent with gas, and those appliances often vent into a masonry flue that deserves the same look.
A $99 on-site inspection, a written quote before any work, and photos of every item we touch.
