Greenwood, King County
Expect to pay $209 to $459 to have a Greenwood chimney swept. Where your flue lands depends on what we meet at the house: an open fireplace on a low roof is quick, whereas a wood stove piped into the chimney, an insert that must slide out, or a roof too steep to stand on each add labor. The quote is given at the door, after a look and before any work.
Typical investment
$209–$459
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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 Greenwood 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.
N 85th Street divides Greenwood in a way that still matters. HistoryLink explains that the street was Seattle's northern limit until the 1954 annexation carried the boundary out to N 145th Street. Blocks south of the line grew up with the streetcar, which reached 85th in 1909; blocks north of it developed outside the city for another four decades. One practical result: a Greenwood sweep can be a 1910s fireplace in the morning and a postwar one after lunch, and the two rarely hold the same kind of deposit. We do not assume which you have from the address.
Every chimney sweep we do in Greenwood includes:
Smoke coming back into the room, or a smell that won't go? Book the inspection first.
Book nowAir quality rules apply on both sides of 85th. When the Clean Air Agency for Puget Sound declares Stage 1, wood fireplaces go dark in Greenwood, and so do uncertified wood stoves and inserts. A household whose sole adequate heat is that fire can apply to be exempted, and no one else may burn. Stage 2 goes further and silences certified stoves and pellet stoves too. Bans tend to fall on cold, still days, exactly when a fire is most tempting. A clean flue matters outside bans as well, since a sooted chimney drafts poorly and smokes more at startup.
Central Greenwood is built on peat. HistoryLink describes the neighborhood as having started out as a bog and a graveyard, and observes that in the 1970s the storm drains were yet to be improved. Peat bogs joined Seattle's Environmentally Critical Areas in 2008. None of that tells us how damp a particular house is, and no weather station reports for Greenwood.
What the Seattle-wide record does say is that the wet season is long: WeatherSpark counts November as the wettest month, about 7.5 inches of rain spread across 16.7 wet days. Soot left in a flue through months like that draws moisture and smells. Combined with the creosote in it, damp soot is also mildly corrosive to a metal damper and to stove pipe. Sweeping in late summer takes that material out before the rain returns.
A flashlight and mirror, or the camera, show how much soot there is and whether anything blocks the flue.
The fireplace opening is covered and connected to the vacuum so the room stays clean.
Brushes work the flue from whichever end gives the better reach, then the chamber above the damper is cleaned.
We show you the photos, mention anything worn and leave the hearth as we found it.
What this work is quoted at for Greenwood homes — the exact figure comes from the $99 on-site inspection, credited toward the work.
| Service | Price in Greenwood | 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 Greenwood. 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.
Greenwood is a neighborhood platted in 1907 on a former cemetery tract, on both sides of N 85th Street, with houses on either side of the old city limit, the blocks north of N 85th Street annexed only in 1954.
GreenwoodKing County, WA · 47.691, -122.355
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.
$209 to $459 for one flue. An open fireplace with easy roof access is the low end; stoves, inserts and steep roofs take more time.
Two ways: the status page on the Puget Sound Clean Air Agency's site, or its phone line, 800-595-4341. Air quality bans come from that agency; fire-safety bans come from the fire marshal.
Usually, because a stove is burned longer and often damped down. The measure is the deposit: a masonry fireplace is due once its soot is 1/8 inch deep, says the Chimney Safety Institute of America, and before that if glazed creosote is present.
A basic look comes with every sweep. A full inspection with a report is a separate visit, $99 plus tax for each chimney, and a repair you approve afterward is billed with that sum already knocked off.
A $99 on-site inspection, a written quote before any work, and photos of every item we touch.
