Wallingford, King County
One price applies to every chimney inspection we do in Wallingford: $99 plus tax. It is per chimney, not per house and not per hour, so a tall stack costs no more than a short one, and a house with two stacks is billed twice. The fee buys evidence: video of the flue from bottom to top, photographs taken at roof level, and a report that ranks what we found by urgency. When that report leads to a quote you accept, your $99 becomes a credit on the job.
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 Wallingford 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.
On December 9, 2022 the Wallingford-Meridian Streetcar Historic District entered the National Register of Historic Places. Inside its boundary: 570 houses built for one family each, plus 66 multifamily buildings. Two schools, Latona and Interlake, have been Seattle Landmarks since April 1981, and Interlake now houses shops and apartments as Wallingford Center. Those designations describe a neighborhood whose buildings are valued for their age. For a chimney, age cuts the other way: more winters, more owners, more undocumented changes. What listing does or does not require of a homeowner is a matter for the preservation office and SDCI, and we do not guess at it.
Wallingford's older blocks lie toward Lake Union, and they had a hard middle age. Veith's history for the city records that after 1930 the older part of south Wallingford near the lake showed noticeable residential blight, and a thesis written at the University of Washington in 1939 classed the housing there as substandard. The gas plant on the shore, built in 1907, operated until natural gas reached Seattle in 1956.
A house that went decades without money spent on it, and was then renovated, can hide a good deal: a flue abandoned behind a wall, a chimney shortened and capped under new roofing, brick repointed with whatever was cheap. The climate did its work in the meantime. Year after year from 1972 to 1998, the lake-side gauge at Portage Bay collected 37.92 inches on average. A camera and a roof visit are how the layers get separated: original construction, neglect, and repair.
Every chimney inspection we do in Wallingford includes:
Smoke coming back into the room, or a smell that won't go? Book the inspection first.
Book nowA buyer in Wallingford may inherit a fireplace with a story nobody can tell. Was the flue ever lined? Did a previous owner vent a furnace into it? Is the hearth extension original or a later tile job laid over wood? A general home inspector looks at a chimney from the ground and from the firebox, and typically defers to a specialist. Our inspection is the specialist's part: a camera up the full height, a walk on the roof where it can be done safely, and a look in the attic and basement wherever the stack is exposed.
A house finished during Wallingford's 1906-1915 boom has stood through three damaging deep earthquakes. Seattle's hazard profile lists 1949 (magnitude 7.1) and 1965 (magnitude 6.7) ahead of the 2001 Nisqually event, and puts the return period for a 6.0-or-larger deep quake at 30 to 50 years.
No record tells us what each of those did to a particular stack. The inspection looks for what they tend to leave: a horizontal crack at the roofline, a top section rotated slightly on the courses below, old strap iron or a patch of newer brick where someone rebuilt after a shake. Where a chimney cannot be strengthened, FEMA falls back on distance: limit the hours spent close to the stack, and move any bed that stands against it. We note in the report which bedrooms and outdoor seating areas lie in the fall line of a tall stack, so that advice can be applied.
We ask what you know: age of the house, past work, appliances, the reason for the call.
The lens travels the flue slowly enough to read every joint and every change of material.
The outside of the stack is followed wherever it can be reached.
Each finding gets a photo, a location and a level of urgency; quotes are separate and optional.
What this work is quoted at for Wallingford homes — the exact figure comes from the $99 on-site inspection, credited toward the work.
| Service | Price in Wallingford | 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 Wallingford. 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.
Wallingford is a hillside neighborhood north of Lake Union, annexed to Seattle in 1891, on Lake Union, with bungalows and box houses, most of them built between 1906 and the end of the 1920s.
WallingfordKing County, WA · 47.661, -122.334
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.
The inspection itself is identical. If the report recommends exterior work, check what the listing implies with the city before approving it; we supply photos and a description for that conversation.
Plan on a couple of hours for one chimney. Roof access and the number of flues inside the stack are what lengthen it.
Yes, along with the photos. They are yours whether or not you hire us for anything else.
A $99 on-site inspection, a written quote before any work, and photos of every item we touch.
