Green Lake, King County
Sweeping a chimney in Green Lake is priced between $209 and $459. One open fireplace with a straight flue and a roof we can walk lands near $209. The figure climbs for an insert that has to be pulled, a steep pitch that needs roof ladders, or a flue that has gone several winters without a brush. If you would rather know the state of the system first, book the $99 plus tax inspection: that fee comes off the sweep or any other work once you sign the quote.
Typical investment
$209–$459
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What we do
The same crew, the same written quote — for Green Lake 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.
Very few households near the lake lean on wood for warmth. The Census Bureau's survey for ZIP area 98103 (Green Lake's, and also that of Fremont, Wallingford, Phinney Ridge and part of Greenwood) counts roughly 130 homes, half of one percent, with wood as the primary fuel. Electricity leads at 56.7 percent and utility gas follows at 39.6 percent. That survey records only the main fuel, so it says nothing about the fireplace lit on a few December weekends. A flue used that way still collects soot, and the sweeping point the Chimney Safety Institute of America gives for a masonry fireplace is one-eighth of an inch of buildup, earlier if any of it is glazed.
Green Lake Park covers 323 acres beside Woodland Park, and the neighborhood wraps the whole of it. Seattle's emergency management office writes that falling trees and limbs account for a large part of windstorm damage in the city. The smaller version of that story is what a sweep finds: twigs, leaf mat and seed husks lying on the smoke shelf of a flue whose cap screen is torn or missing.
WeatherSpark dates Seattle's windier months from October 15 to April 24, which is also when fireplaces are in use. Dry plant litter sitting above the damper is fuel in the wrong place. On every Green Lake sweep we pull that material out with the soot and tell you whether the screen that should have stopped it is still doing its job.
Every chimney sweep we do in Green Lake includes:
Smoke coming back into the room, or a smell that won't go? Book the inspection first.
Book nowA fire in a Green Lake living room answers to the Puget Sound Clean Air Agency. When the agency calls a Stage 1 burn ban, an open fireplace may not be lit, nor may an uncertified stove or insert; the one way around that is an exemption, approved in advance, for homes with no other adequate heat. Outside of bans the fuel rules still apply: seasoned firewood and manufactured logs only. Wet or painted wood is not just illegal, it is also what loads a flue fastest, so a sweep is a good moment to look at the woodpile too.
Drop cloths cover the path between door and hearth. A vacuum stays on from first brush stroke to last, and the soot goes into its sealed canister.
Rods and a matched brush work the flue's full height; the chimney decides whether we start on the roof or at the firebox.
The smoke chamber, shelf and damper are scraped and vacuumed, since that is where loosened soot settles.
Two sets of flue photos, taken ahead of the brushing and once it is done, come with a plain note on anything the brush exposed.
What this work is quoted at for Green Lake homes — the exact figure comes from the $99 on-site inspection, credited toward the work.
| Service | Price in Green Lake | 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 Green Lake. 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.
Green Lake is a neighborhood wrapped around a 323-acre lake park, part of Seattle since 1891, on Green Lake, with houses that went up after the streetcar circled the lake in 1902.
Green LakeKing County, WA · 47.679, -122.328
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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.
CSIA's yardstick is one-eighth of an inch of soot, sooner if glazed creosote is present. For a fireplace burned a few evenings a month, that usually means every year or two; a yearly look tells you which.
Yes. A ban restricts burning, not maintenance. Sweeping involves no fire, so the visit goes ahead on a ban day.
We look at the cap and crown from the roof whenever the pitch and weather allow, and photograph them. Fixing either one is quoted separately.
A $99 on-site inspection, a written quote before any work, and photos of every item we touch.
