Wedgwood, King County
Relining a chimney in Wedgwood starts at $1,900. Three things decide how far above that starting point a job lands: how tall the flue is, what diameter the appliance needs, and whether old clay tile has to come out first. The written quote names the liner, its size and its length, so two bids can be compared line by line.
Typical investment
From $1,900
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What we do
The same crew, the same written quote — for Wedgwood 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.
Five hundred homes on forty acres: that is the tally HistoryLink gives for Albert Balch and Maury Setzer, his partner, in Wedgwood. They went up fast, for war workers whose loans came through the National Housing Act's Title VI and, once the war ended, for veterans using GI loans. Houses built that quickly and that long ago have usually changed heating equipment at least once since, and every change puts a different exhaust into the same flue.
Seattle Residential Code R1003.11 is short and practical. A masonry chimney must carry a lining suited to what it vents, and three routes are accepted: clay flue tile that meets ASTM C315, a listed lining system that meets UL 1777, or, third, any approved material shown to withstand corrosion along with 1,800 degrees Fahrenheit. A stainless liner sold as a listed system falls under the second route, which is why the listing paperwork is part of our file on every job.
For a wood insert there is a second text. Chapter 9 of the Seattle Mechanical Code requires inserts to be listed to UL 1482 and installed following the manufacturer's instructions, and section 905.2 sends anyone connecting a solid-fuel appliance to a fireplace flue back to the code's connection rules in sections 801.7 and 801.10. In a Wedgwood house from the 1940s or 1950s, a period that accounts for more than a quarter of the homes in the 98115 ZIP area, the liner is what makes an old flue fit a newer appliance.
Every chimney relining we do in Wedgwood includes:
Smoke coming back into the room, or a smell that won't go? Book the inspection first.
Book nowSome furnaces here still run on oil. In ZIP area 98115, where Wedgwood is counted along with Maple Leaf and Ravenna, fuel oil remains the main heat for roughly 1,390 households, 5.8 percent by the Census count, against 1.3 percent in ZIP area 98103. A flue that carried oil exhaust for decades and now serves a gas furnace, or a fireplace flue that now holds a wood insert, is the usual reason a liner gets replaced.
The flue is filmed from end to end and measured. We note offsets, the tile condition and the exact appliance the liner will serve.
Before the job is scheduled we put the scope to SDCI, the city's construction and inspections department, ask what it requires for your address, and build that answer into the quote.
Loose tile and debris come out. Where the old lining blocks the new one, it is removed in sections from the top.
The liner is lowered, connected at the bottom, sealed at the top and capped. The job closes with a draft test and one more run of the camera.
A liner is often ordered together with an insert, so the air rules belong in the same conversation. Washington allows a solid-fuel heater to be sold only if it meets the state's emission limits under WAC 173-433-100: 2.5 grams of particulate per hour for a catalytic stove, 4.5 grams for any other. Selling or even giving away an uncertified device is illegal.
That certification is what separates the two burn-ban stages for an insert owner. Under Stage 1, Puget Sound Clean Air Agency bars wood fireplaces and uncertified stoves and inserts, with the sole-heat exemption as the one way out. Under Stage 2 the certified units go quiet too. If you are relining for an old insert that came with the house, ask us to read its label first; the agency runs a recycling program for uncertified stoves and inserts, and its page gives the current terms.
What this work is quoted at for Wedgwood homes — the exact figure comes from the $99 on-site inspection, credited toward the work.
| Service | Price in Wedgwood | 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 Wedgwood. 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.
Wedgwood is a neighborhood first platted by developer Albert Balch in 1941, between NE 75th and NE 95th streets, with one-story houses of the 1940s next to Craftsman homes of the 1920s and 1930s.
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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.
We do not give a blanket answer. SDCI's permit guide names fireplace, furnace, gas and mechanical work among the projects that generally need one once you are past its list of exemptions, but it publishes no page specific to liners. We ask SDCI about your project before work starts.
From pictures, not from a sales pitch. The visit is $99 plus tax per chimney, the camera footage is yours to keep, and the fee is taken off the relining price when you accept the quote.
Usually. Most of the work happens from the chimney top and at the appliance. Heavy rain or ice on the roof can push the roof portion to a drier day.
A $99 on-site inspection, a written quote before any work, and photos of every item we touch.
