Ravenna, King County
A relined chimney in Ravenna costs $1,900 at minimum, and the bill for a tall or complicated flue can reach $5,900. Three measurements drive the quote: the length of liner, its diameter, and the hours needed to clear the old flue so the new one will pass. We take all three during the $99 plus tax inspection, which includes the camera survey, and that fee is absorbed into the relining total on a quote you approve.
Typical investment
From $1,900
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What we do
The same crew, the same written quote — for Ravenna 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.
Oil furnaces are still at work in this part of Seattle. Census fuel data for ZIP area 98115 put roughly 1,390 households across Ravenna, Wedgwood and Maple Leaf, or 5.8 percent, on fuel oil; the comparable figure for ZIP area 98103 to the west is 1.3 percent. Gas heats another 43.5 percent. Both fuels matter for relining because their appliances commonly exhaust into a masonry flue, and oil and gas exhaust carries acids and moisture that eat unprotected clay and mortar. When such an appliance is replaced with a more efficient one, the old flue is frequently too large for it, and a correctly sized liner is the remedy.
Every chimney relining we do in Ravenna includes:
Smoke coming back into the room, or a smell that won't go? Book the inspection first.
Book nowPaperwork deserves a straight answer, and here it is partly unknown. SDCI's permit guide places mechanical, gas, furnace and fireplace work among the projects that generally need a permit. The department's timeline for a standard mechanical permit is roughly 9 weeks counted from application. A simple job can instead get a permit of the subject-to-field-inspection kind inside 24 hours, applied for on the Seattle Services Portal. We found no city page that says in so many words how a liner alone is treated, so on each Ravenna job we put the question to SDCI before ordering materials.
Video from top to bottom establishes dimensions, bends and damage.
The appliance's installation manual gives the liner diameter and type; we follow it and show you the page.
Whatever blocks the path is removed, then the liner is fed down and insulated.
Top and bottom are finished, and a draft test with the appliance firing closes the job.
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 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 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.
Relining and earthquake repair overlap in one of FEMA's recommendations. Its advisory on masonry fireplace chimneys prefers, for a damaged stack, either closing the chimney off at roof level when nobody uses the fireplace any longer, or taking it down to the top of the firebox and continuing upward in metal flue pipe, boxed by light framing. A fireplace insert can be part of that second option, and the advisory rates full replacement with a factory-built unit highest of all.
Washington's state geological survey groups the region's earthquakes by where they start. Deep ones start more than 45 kilometers down. Shallow ones come from crustal faults that can reach magnitude 7.5. The third origin is the Cascadia megathrust: magnitude 9 is within its reach, and roughly 300 years have gone by since it last broke. For a Ravenna owner weighing a costly reline of a brick chimney that already leans or has cracked, the metal-flue route FEMA describes is worth pricing alongside it. We can lay out both.
Ravenna is a neighborhood beside the wooded Ravenna Park ravine, annexed to Seattle in 1907, with houses from before 1940 through the 1950s.
RavennaKing County, WA · 47.676, -122.301
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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.
Seattle's residential code says the lining must suit the appliance served. Whether an existing flue still does is a matter for the camera and the appliance's own instructions.
It depends on the appliance category and what the manufacturer permits. We specify from the listing, never by habit.
No. The liner sits inside the flue above the firebox. If the flue cross-section drops too far for an open fire, we tell you before proposing it.
A $99 on-site inspection, a written quote before any work, and photos of every item we touch.
