Maple Leaf, King County
Our floor price for relining a Maple Leaf chimney is $1,900. That buys a straight, accessible flue of moderate height lined in stainless steel. Bends in the flue, a stack that needs staging to reach, insulation around the liner or the removal of broken tile each add cost, and each appears as its own line in the quote.
Typical investment
From $1,900
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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.
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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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.
Two projects framed the growth of Maple Leaf after the war. Northgate, immediately northwest of the hill, opened for business in 1950, and the mid-1960s brought Interstate 5 down the neighborhood's western side. Houses that went up in those years are now sixty to seventy-six years old. In ZIP area 98115, the Census unit that contains Maple Leaf, the 1950s alone account for 14.3 percent of all homes.
For a masonry chimney, relining means inserting a new lining inside the old shell. The Seattle Residential Code's R1003.11 lists what qualifies: a listed liner system under UL 1777, clay tile under ASTM C315, or another approved material that withstands 1,800 degrees Fahrenheit and corrosion. The code ties the choice to the appliance served, which is why we ask what you plan to burn before we measure anything.
A factory-built chimney is a different object. Under R1005 it must be listed and labeled, and if the appliance below burns solid fuel in a house, the chimney has to be Type HT, tested to UL 103, with offsets no steeper than 30 degrees from vertical and no more than four elbows. It is not relined; damaged sections are replaced with parts from the same listed system. With nearly half of the homes in this ZIP area built before 1960 and the rest after, either kind may be found here, and telling them apart is the first step of the visit.
Every chimney relining we do in Maple Leaf includes:
Smoke coming back into the room, or a smell that won't go? Book the inspection first.
Book nowA flue liner is the part of a chimney nobody sees and everything depends on. Tile sections shift and their joints open; heat and acidic condensate do the rest. The owner learns about it when a camera goes up, usually because a furnace is being replaced or a sale is under way. Relining at that point is cheaper than rebuilding later, and far cheaper than what an unlined flue can do to the framing beside it.
Length, cross-section, bends and tile condition are filmed and measured.
The liner's diameter comes from the appliance maker's requirements. The quote names the product and its listing.
The city publishes no liner-specific guidance, so we put your project's scope to SDCI and proceed on its answer.
The liner is installed from the top, joined to the appliance, sealed at the crown and checked with a draft reading and a final video.
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 Relining | From $1,900 | Full-length stainless liner, sized to the appliance |
| 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 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
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.
No, but it is the most common one for an existing chimney. The right material depends on the fuel and the appliance, and we explain why a given liner is proposed for your flue.
Sometimes. If the flue is too large for an insert or stove, a correctly sized liner often cures the draft. If the cause is elsewhere, the inspection will show it.
A camera inspection of that chimney, at $99 plus tax. We deduct it from the relining invoice once you have approved the written quote.
A $99 on-site inspection, a written quote before any work, and photos of every item we touch.
