Wedgwood, King County
Chimney repair in Wedgwood begins at $425, the price of a small, well-defined fix such as resetting a few loose bricks at the top course. How much brick has to come down, how high the scaffold must go and whether the flue inside is involved are what carry a quote beyond that. We price from photographs taken on your roof, never from the sidewalk.
Typical investment
From $425
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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 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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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.
Wedgwood has had ground move under it within living memory. In 1952 a fire in the peat bog at what is now Dahl Playfield made the surface sink as much as five feet, and roughly 75,000 cubic yards of peat were dug out and replaced with fill. That episode concerns one site, not the whole neighborhood, but it is a reminder that a chimney is the heaviest thing a wood-framed house carries and the first to show when anything beneath it shifts.
Homes built before 1960 make up 48.7 percent of ZIP area 98115, the Census area Wedgwood falls in, and the Morningside Heights plat north of NE 90th Street dates to the 1920s and 1930s. Brick stacks of that age were not all built alike, and some were altered when an insert or a new furnace arrived. Before quoting a repair we establish what the chimney still does: vent an open fireplace, carry a liner for an appliance, or nothing at all.
The answer shapes the fix. A FEMA advisory on damaged masonry chimneys, written after a California earthquake and useful as general guidance, prefers two routes over rebuilding the same brick: close the chimney off with a cap where it meets the roof, if the fireplace is being given up, or take the brick down to the firebox and carry on upward with a metal flue enclosed in light wood framing, with an insert if wanted. It rates a full factory-built replacement highest. We lay those options beside a like-for-like repair so you can weigh them.
Every chimney repair we do in Wedgwood includes:
Smoke coming back into the room, or a smell that won't go? Book the inspection first.
Book nowCold does its share of the damage. At Sand Point, in northeast Seattle, the station's 1986-2012 record averages 24 days per year on which the low reached 32 degrees or less, and December, January and February hold most of them. Water that soaked into a cracked crown in November is still there when those nights arrive. The record does not count freeze-thaw cycles, so we will not quote one; the cracks we photograph each spring make the point well enough.
The chimney is examined from the roof and from inside. You receive the photos and a plain description of what failed and why.
The quote lists each task separately. Where a permit question arises, we check with SDCI before a start date is set.
Damaged courses are removed by hand to solid brick. Nothing loose is left under new work.
New brick and mortar go up, the crown is finished with a drip edge, and the cap goes back on.
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 Repair | From $425 | Masonry repair — brick and mortar, scoped after diagnosis |
| 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 Relining | From $1,900 | Full-length stainless liner, sized to the appliance |
| 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.
WedgwoodKing County, WA · 47.687, -122.290
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.
Treat it as one. Stop using the fireplace, keep people away from the ground beneath it and call. A top that moves by hand can come down in a windstorm.
The first visit is the $99 plus tax inspection, charged per chimney. Once you approve the repair quote, that amount is deducted from the repair bill.
It is one of the options. Capping a retired chimney at the roofline is a recognized approach, and we check with SDCI on what the project requires before any brick comes off.
A $99 on-site inspection, a written quote before any work, and photos of every item we touch.
