Maple Leaf, King County
Servicing a gas fireplace in Maple Leaf costs $189 to $479, and the model in your wall decides where in that range the visit falls. Units with a sealed glass front, a blower and electronic ignition take longest. An older millivolt fireplace with a standing pilot is quicker. Replacement parts, when one is worn, are priced and approved before they go in.
Typical investment
$189–$479
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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 Maple Leaf 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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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.
The fastest growth Maple Leaf ever saw is recorded in one school's history. Sacajawea School opened in 1955 in nine portable classrooms, moved into a permanent building in 1959 and had 500 children enrolled by 1961. Those enrollment figures track the years when the neighborhood filled with families. Where a house from that period has since been remodeled, a gas fireplace may now sit where the original hearth was.
Across Seattle, utility gas is the main heat in 32.8 percent of occupied homes. In ZIP area 98115, which the Census uses for Maple Leaf and two neighboring districts, the figure is 43.5 percent. In that same ZIP area nearly half the homes predate 1960 and detached houses are the majority. The survey counts main heating systems only, so it cannot say how many of those homes also have a gas fireplace.
For the ones that do, the Seattle Mechanical Code sets the frame. Its chapter 9 requires a factory-built fireplace to be listed, labeled and tested to UL 127, and a fireplace insert to be installed according to its listing and the manufacturer's instructions. A tune-up is the maintenance half of that same principle: the log placement, the air shutter setting and the glass seal each have a specified position, and our job is to return the unit to it.
Every gas fireplace service we do in Maple Leaf includes:
Smoke coming back into the room, or a smell that won't go? Book the inspection first.
Book nowA gas fireplace asks for so little that it gets none. No ash, no wood, no sweeping, so years go by. Meanwhile dust settles on the burner, spiders build in the pilot tube over the summer, the thermopile weakens and the gasket on the glass hardens. The first sign is usually a pilot that drops out or a flame that has turned from blue to lazy yellow and started leaving soot.
Make, model and fuel type are taken from the rating plate, and the matching service procedure is followed.
Gas is isolated, the glass and logs come out, and each component is cleaned in turn.
With everything reassembled, the unit is lit and its flame pattern, sensor output and room air are checked.
A written list covers what was cleaned, measured and found, with any part we recommend replacing.
In winter, the fine particles in Puget Sound air come chiefly from wood burned to heat homes; so says the 2024 data summary of the regional Clean Air Agency, and the agency's burn bans are aimed at exactly that. The strictest level, Stage 2, closes down the wood-burning fireplace, every wood stove and insert regardless of certification, and the pellet stove too.
Owners of a gas fireplace often want to know what that means for them. Our answer is to read the agency's list, which names solid-fuel devices, and to confirm with the agency itself if any doubt remains, since it alone interprets its rules. What we can do is make sure the gas unit is in working order before the first ban of the season, when it may be the only fire in the house that the owner is comfortable lighting.
What this work is quoted at for Maple Leaf homes — the exact figure comes from the $99 on-site inspection, credited toward the work.
| Service | Price in Maple Leaf | What that covers |
|---|---|---|
| Gas Fireplace Service | $189–$479 | Annual service and tune-up; repairs quoted after diagnosis |
| 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 Maple Leaf. 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.
Maple Leaf is a hilltop neighborhood that reaches 466 feet at 92nd Street and Roosevelt Way, with houses from before 1940 through the 1950s, on both sides of the old city limit at 85th Street.
Maple LeafKing County, WA · 47.696, -122.317
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.
Once a year, ideally in late summer before the heating season. Manufacturers' manuals generally ask for an annual check by a qualified technician.
Yes, for common parts such as thermocouples, thermopiles, pilot assemblies and switches. The part and labor are quoted before the repair, on top of the tune-up price.
If nobody has looked at the flue since the insert went in, yes. That is a separate chimney inspection at $99 plus tax, credited against chimney work if you later approve a quote for it.
A $99 on-site inspection, a written quote before any work, and photos of every item we touch.
