Wedgwood, King County
Waterproofing a chimney in Wedgwood costs between $320 and $795. What varies most is surface area: the short stack of a one-story roof takes less product and less time than a tall exterior chimney with four exposed faces. Brick that needs cleaning or joints that need filling first add to the visit, and the quote separates those items from the treatment itself.
Typical investment
$320–$795
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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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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
Learn moreRanges shown for orientation — the exact figure is written up on-site, after the inspection.
The nearest long weather record to Wedgwood is kept by the National Weather Service at its Sand Point station in the northeast of Seattle. Its 1986-2016 annual mean is 35.50 inches of precipitation. Three months carry about 45 percent of it: a typical November brings 5.59 inches, the following December 5.33 and January 4.99. In July, at 0.77 inch, brick finally dries out.
1962 is the Census median year of construction for ZIP area 98115, and almost half of the homes there, 48.7 percent, were standing before 1960. Wedgwood contributes both ends of that range, from the Craftsman streets of Morningside Heights to the houses that followed Balch's 1941 plat. A chimney built in either period has been through every wet season on the Sand Point record and several decades before it.
Age changes the order of work. On brick that old we expect to find joints that have weathered back, a crown with hairline cracks, or a flue whose use has changed since the house was built. A repellent sprayed over those defects traps the problem under a fresh surface. So the treatment comes last: joints and crown are put right, the wall dries, and only then does the product go on. Where the visit shows the masonry is sound, we say so and treat it the same day.
Every chimney waterproofing we do in Wedgwood includes:
Smoke coming back into the room, or a smell that won't go? Book the inspection first.
Book nowSeattle rain wets brick more by persistence than by force. A chimney that is damp from the first week of November until March never gets the dry spell it needs to release what it absorbed, and the moisture travels inward to the flue tile, the smoke chamber and sometimes the framing beside it. A repellent applied in the dry part of the year changes that balance without sealing the wall shut.
A cracked crown or open flashing is beyond what a repellent can fix, so both are checked and priced before anything is sprayed.
The treatment bonds to dry brick. We schedule around the forecast and postpone if the wall is wet.
Working upward from the lowest course, we apply product until the brick will take no more, on every exposed face.
You keep a note of what was used and when, so the next treatment can be timed from facts.
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 Waterproofing | $320–$795 | Breathable sealer — reapplied every 3–5 years in this climate |
| 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 |
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.
We know of one Seattle chimney company that publishes a figure: its page rates such a repellent at 5 to 10 years of service on masonry and its advice for chimneys around Seattle is to renew the coat at 5 to 7 years. Exposure and brick porosity move the answer within that range.
Only during a dry stretch. With rain falling on roughly 158 days a year at Sand Point, most treatments are booked from late spring to early fall.
If nobody has looked at the chimney recently, yes: $99 plus tax per chimney, and that fee is subtracted from the waterproofing price when the quote is approved.
A $99 on-site inspection, a written quote before any work, and photos of every item we touch.
