Fremont, King County
Sweeping one flue in Fremont is billed between $209 and $459. The $209 visit is the plain case: an open hearth, no bends in the flue, a roof gentle enough to stand on. Each complication adds to it. Pitch too sharp to walk. A chimney two stories high on the low side of a hillside lot. An insert we must slide out before a rod can pass. Deposits left to thicken over many winters. Once the brushes are out, we look over the firebox, the damper plate and the smoke chamber and tell you what we saw there.
Typical investment
$209–$459
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What we do
The same crew, the same written quote — for Fremont homes.
A Level 1 review of everything reachable, raised to a Level 2 camera scan when a question stays open
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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.
Fremont was platted in 1888 and has been inside Seattle since 1891. The city's 2010 survey of the neighborhood's residential buildings places the busiest stretch of house building after 1902, with a second strong wave through the 1920s. A fireplace laid up in those decades has had roughly a century of fires behind it, plus whatever alterations each owner made along the way: a gas log set, an insert, a damper that was replaced or removed. Sweeping is the moment those layers become visible.
Fremont's south edge is water. A narrow stream out of Lake Union was dug into a log ditch in 1885, and the Fremont Cut of the Ship Canal was finished in 1916. The closest long weather record on this side of the lake, kept at Portage Bay from 1972 to 1998, logged measurable precipitation on about 151 days a year.
That count explains the commonest complaint we hear before a sweep. Soot is acidic and absorbs moisture. When rain or damp air reaches it through an uncapped or poorly capped flue, the deposit gives off the campfire-and-vinegar odor that drifts into the living room each time the weather turns. Removing the soot removes the smell at its source, and while we are on the roof we check whether the cap is doing its share.
Every chimney sweep we do in Fremont includes:
Smoke coming back into the room, or a smell that won't go? Book the inspection first.
Book nowFew Fremont households rely on the fireplace for warmth. In ZIP area 98103, which Fremont shares with four other North Seattle neighborhoods, the Census survey counts roughly 130 households whose primary heat is wood, half of one percent. A hearth that is lit a dozen evenings a winter still gathers soot, and it gathers something else: long idle months when damp air sits in a cold flue. CSIA's rule for a masonry fireplace is short: an eighth of an inch of soot means it is time, and glazed creosote means it is time sooner.
We check the firebox and look up the flue with a light, so an obstruction or a broken tile is found before rods go in.
The opening is sheeted and a filtered vacuum runs the whole time; rugs and furniture stay as they were.
Brushes matched to the flue remove loose soot and flaky creosote, then the shelf and damper are emptied.
You get photos and a plain account: clean and usable, or a defect that deserves a closer look.
What this work is quoted at for Fremont homes — the exact figure comes from the $99 on-site inspection, credited toward the work.
| Service | Price in Fremont | What that covers |
|---|---|---|
| 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 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 Fremont. 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.
Fremont is a neighborhood platted in 1888 beside what became the Ship Canal and annexed to Seattle in 1891, on Lake Union, with houses built mostly between 1902 and the end of the 1920s.
FremontKing County, WA · 47.651, -122.350
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 State Fire Marshal's Office wants a professional to look at, and clean, each fireplace and chimney once every year. For a hearth used only now and then, the yearly look matters more than the brushing; we sweep when the deposit justifies it.
It includes a visual check of the parts we can see. A camera run through the flue with a written report is a separate service, the inspection, for which each chimney costs $99 plus tax; accept a repair quote from us afterwards and we subtract that sum from it.
Brushes take off powder and flakes. A tar-like glaze does not respond to brushing, and we will tell you if that is what lines your flue instead of charging for a sweep that cannot finish the job.
A $99 on-site inspection, a written quote before any work, and photos of every item we touch.
