Wedgwood, King County
Sweeping a chimney in Wedgwood costs $209 to $459. One flue under a low roof that can be walked lands at the low end. A second flue, a steep pitch or an insert that has to slide forward before the rods go up moves the number higher, and the technician states it at the door, before a brush leaves the van.
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 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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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.
Wedgwood started as one plat. Albert Balch filed it in July 1941 for the blocks lying between NE 80th and NE 85th Street, from 30th Avenue NE across to 35th, and a newspaper story that month counted seven houses under way in a project announced at 200. Farther north, the Morningside Heights plat had filled with Craftsman houses during the 1920s and 1930s. A sweep booked here may be for a house of the war years on one street and for one a generation older a few blocks up.
Census figures for ZIP area 98115 put 14.2 percent of its homes in the 1940s and 14.3 percent in the 1950s, and local historian Valarie Bunn describes the Balch house of 1941 to 1946 as a one-story frame building set with its long side to the street. Neither source says what sits in each fireplace opening today. An open hearth, a wood insert added decades later and a gas log are three different sweeps, so that is the first thing the technician checks.
The codes explain why it matters. Seattle Residential Code R1003.11 asks for a lining that suits the appliance the chimney serves, and section 905.1 of the Seattle Mechanical Code wants any fireplace insert listed, labeled to UL 1482 and installed as its manufacturer instructs. When an insert is in the firebox, sweeping means reaching its own liner, not only the old flue around it. If we find an insert venting into a bare, oversized flue, the note you receive says so in plain words.
Every chimney sweep we do in Wedgwood includes:
Smoke coming back into the room, or a smell that won't go? Book the inspection first.
Book nowNobody heats mainly with wood in this part of Seattle, at least on paper: the Census estimate for wood as a primary fuel in ZIP area 98115, the tabulation area that takes in Wedgwood together with Ravenna and Maple Leaf, is zero. A fireplace here is lit for an evening, and the soot of occasional fires is easy to lose track of. Where the fireplace is masonry, the limit named by CSIA, the Chimney Safety Institute of America, is one-eighth inch of deposit; for a factory-built one, any appreciable buildup.
Cloths cover floor and hearth, and we close off the fireplace opening around the vacuum hose so dust stays in the firebox.
Open hearth, wood insert or gas log: we look first, because the brush head, the rods and the time needed all depend on the answer.
Rods run the whole flue from the roof when it is dry and safe, from the firebox when it is not. The shelf behind the damper is emptied afterward.
You see photos of the swept liner and receive a short written note listing what was found.
A clean flue changes nothing about the air rules. Once Puget Sound Clean Air Agency declares Stage 1, lighting a wood fireplace is off the table, and the same goes for a stove or insert without certification; the single exception is for a household that has no adequate heat apart from wood and already holds an approved exemption. Stage 2 goes further and shuts down every wood-burning fireplace, stove and insert, certified ones included, along with pellet stoves.
The reason is in the agency's data summary for 2024: in winter, smoke from home wood heating is the leading source of fine particles in the Puget Sound region. We bring it up during a sweep because the evenings when people most want a fire fall in the same season as the bans. Check the status before you strike the match.
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 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 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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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.
CSIA cites the NFPA 211 standard for a look at every chimney once a year, however seldom it is lit. Brushing is due once the deposit is an eighth of an inch thick, or sooner if any of it is glazed.
Yes. On a wet roof we work from inside the house with rods pushed up through the firebox. The brush touches the same flue walls either way.
It is photographed and described in writing. A camera inspection of that chimney is billed at $99 plus tax; approve the repair quote and the same sum is taken off it.
A $99 on-site inspection, a written quote before any work, and photos of every item we touch.
