Wallingford, King County
Removing creosote from a Wallingford flue costs $245 and up. What we find on the camera decides how far up. Stage two, the hard black flakes that look like burnt cornflakes, comes off in one visit with powered rotary tools and stays near $245. Stage three is a glossy tar that rotary heads skate over. It needs a chemical modifier, a waiting period and a return visit, and on a two-story flue with a smoke chamber full of it the bill rises accordingly. You see the footage first, so the stage is not a matter of opinion.
Typical investment
From $245
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What we do
The same crew, the same written quote — for Wallingford 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
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Wood is almost nobody's main heat in this part of Seattle. Citywide, the Census survey finds just 727 households giving wood as primary heat, two in every thousand, and in no North Seattle ZIP area does the share exceed 0.5 percent. A Wallingford fireplace, in a house that likely dates from between 1906 and the end of the 1920s, is therefore far more often lit for pleasure than for heat. Pleasure fires share a profile: a few logs on a weekend evening, glass doors or damper closed down once the flames die, and the embers left to smolder. That last hour is when a flue takes on its heaviest coat.
Every creosote removal we do in Wallingford includes:
Smoke coming back into the room, or a smell that won't go? Book the inspection first.
Book nowBurn bans shape how fireplaces are used here. In a Stage 1 ban the Puget Sound Clean Air Agency prohibits burning in wood fireplaces and in uncertified stoves and inserts, save for homes holding an approved exemption because nothing else heats them adequately. The state rule (WAC 173-433-150) gives a fire three hours to die: no more wood goes on once the ban is called, and a chimney still showing smoke after that window is presumed to be in violation. A flue coated in creosote smokes more, starts harder and draws worse. Clean flues make it easier to burn briefly, hot and within the rules.
The camera shows where the flue is sooty, where it is crusted and where it is glazed.
Rotary tools remove second-stage creosote the same day.
Modifier is applied and left to turn the tar brittle; this cannot be rushed.
The loosened residue is swept out and the clean flue recorded.
What this work is quoted at for Wallingford homes — the exact figure comes from the $99 on-site inspection, credited toward the work.
| Service | Price in Wallingford | What that covers |
|---|---|---|
| Creosote Removal | From $245 | Priced by creosote stage — glazed stage 3 is the heavy end |
| 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 Wallingford. 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.
Wallingford is a hillside neighborhood north of Lake Union, annexed to Seattle in 1891, on Lake Union, with bungalows and box houses, most of them built between 1906 and the end of the 1920s.
WallingfordKing County, WA · 47.661, -122.334
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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.
Slow, smoldering fires and damp wood produce more tar per hour than a hot fire. A few such evenings a year, over many years, with no sweeping in between, are enough.
The Clean Air Agency's list of legal fuels is short: seasoned dry firewood and manufactured logs. Trash, treated lumber and plastics are illegal fuels, and paper is for lighting only.
It is an inspection, $99 plus tax per chimney, and you keep the video. The fee is then deducted from the creosote work if you authorize it.
A $99 on-site inspection, a written quote before any work, and photos of every item we touch.
