Phinney Ridge, King County
Cleaning a dryer vent on Phinney Ridge is a $105 to $295 service. The quick, inexpensive case: a ground-floor wall outlet an arm's length from the machine. A dryer in a basement or an upstairs closet whose duct climbs to a roof outlet takes longer and costs more, as does a vent with a bird nest lodged in it. We tell you which case you have once we have traced the duct from end to end.
Typical investment
$105–$295
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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 Phinney Ridge 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.
Housing on the ridge is more varied than its bungalow reputation suggests. Census figures for ZIP area 98103, the area Phinney Ridge falls in, show detached houses at 37.8% of housing units and attached single-family units at another 10.0%, with duplexes and apartment buildings making up the balance. Each type vents a dryer differently. In an older house the laundry was often added decades after construction, wherever plumbing allowed, and the duct was routed around what was already there. In a townhouse the dryer may sit two floors below the roof cap it exhausts through.
Every dryer vent cleaning we do in Phinney Ridge includes:
Smoke coming back into the room, or a smell that won't go? Book the inspection first.
Book nowLong routes with several bends are where lint settles, and lint is fuel. For the years 2008 through 2010, the federal fire agency (USFA) estimated 2,900 home clothes dryer fires annually, along with roughly five deaths, 100 injuries and heavy property loss. Not cleaning was the top contributing factor, present in 34 percent. In 28 percent, what ignited first was lint, dust or fiber. Dryer fires peak in January, the month when laundry is least likely to be dried any other way.
The duct's path, length and outlet are established first, hidden stretches in ceilings or crawl spaces included.
Airflow at the termination is recorded as the starting point.
A rotating brush is fed through the duct while a vacuum collects what it loosens.
Airflow is measured again, the dryer is reconnected and run, and you see the difference in numbers.
What this work is quoted at for Phinney Ridge homes — the exact figure comes from the $99 on-site inspection, credited toward the work.
| Service | Price in Phinney Ridge | What that covers |
|---|---|---|
| Dryer Vent Cleaning | $105–$295 | Full run cleaned; roof or upper-floor terminations at the top |
| 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 Phinney Ridge. 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.
Phinney Ridge is a ridge-top neighborhood between Aurora Avenue N and 8th Avenue NW, named for Guy Phinney, with houses that followed the Phinney Avenue streetcar north between 1906 and 1909.
Phinney RidgeKing County, WA · 47.679, -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.
$105 to $295. Length of the duct, a roof termination and blockages such as nests are what raise the price.
For a household running several loads a week, once a year is a sound rhythm. Long ducts and roof outlets clog sooner than short wall vents.
Not bad, only demanding: the lint travels uphill and the screen at the roof cap clogs. It simply needs cleaning more regularly, and from the roof side as well as from below.
No. That fee, $99 plus tax and deducted from an approved quote, concerns chimney inspections. A dryer vent cleaning is booked and priced by itself.
A $99 on-site inspection, a written quote before any work, and photos of every item we touch.
