Bothell, King County
A chimney cap in Bothell costs $235 to $850 installed. A single round flue with an easy roof sits at the low end; a wide masonry crown with several flues, a custom-sized cover or a steep roof pushes the price up. The cap has three jobs: keep rain out of the flue, keep animals and leaves out of it, and keep sparks from leaving it.
Typical investment
$235–$850
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The same crew, the same written quote — for Bothell homes.
Level 1, or a Level 2 when needed, which means a video camera travels the full flue
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Rotary or rod brushing of the full flue, with the hearth covered and a HEPA vacuum running
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Replacement of cracked or spalled brick with a close color match
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Camera scan and flue measurement before anything is ordered
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Burner, pilot assembly and thermocouple or thermopile cleaned and checked
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Crown rebuilt with a slope and a drip edge that throws water off
Learn moreRanges shown for orientation — the exact figure is written up on-site, after the inspection.
Nearly three in four Bothell homes date from 1980 or later, and many of them have a framed chase with a metal chimney pipe on top, while the older streets keep brick stacks with clay flues. Both need a cover, but they need different ones: a chase gets a top plate and a pipe-mounted cap, a masonry chimney gets a cap that clamps to the tile or spans the whole crown.
Winter bans are the regional air agency's call. In summer, though, a Bothell fire safety ban comes from a county fire marshal, King's or Snohomish's depending on the address. This year Olympia went further: on August 1, 2026, the governor announced a wildfire emergency for all of Washington, with burning banned everywhere through September 30, after a fourth consecutive year of drought.
The Bothell-Kenmore Reporter carried the warning that any new spark on tinder-dry ground can start another destructive fire. A capped flue with an intact spark screen keeps embers from a fireplace inside the chimney, which is its quiet job every month of the year.
Every chimney cap installation we do in Bothell includes:
Smoke coming back into the room, or a smell that won't go? Book the inspection first.
Book nowThe calls we get most are for a cap that blew off in a winter storm, a mesh screen clogged with soot or leaves that now chokes the draft, and flues that were simply never capped. An open flue in this climate takes on rain all winter, and in spring it often becomes a nesting spot.
WeatherSpark gives Bothell a windier half of the year from about October 16 to April 21, with December the windiest month at an average hourly speed near 5 mph. Climate center records for western Washington say the hardest gusts tend to arrive out of the south and southwest during late autumn and winter, which is also when rain peaks.
Rain driven by those gusts enters an open flue at an angle, soaks the damper and runs down the inside of the chimney. A cap with a hood wide enough to shed wind-blown water, fastened well enough to stay put, is the cheapest protection a chimney can get.
We measure each flue and the crown or chase top, and note the roof pitch and access.
You pick between a single-flue cap and a full-crown cover, based on what your chimney actually needs.
The cap is fastened so a winter gust cannot lift it, with the screen kept clear of the flue opening.
You get photos of the finished top, plus a word on any crown or flashing trouble we spotted.
What this work is quoted at for Bothell homes — the exact figure comes from the $99 on-site inspection, credited toward the work.
| Service | Price in Bothell | What that covers |
|---|---|---|
| Chimney Cap Installation | $235–$850 | Stainless cap fitted; multi-flue and custom at the top |
| Chimney Sweep | $189–$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 Bothell. 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.
The southern Whidbey Island fault comes ashore near Everett and runs southeast toward Woodinville, Bothell's neighbor, according to the state's Emergency Management Division, which models a magnitude 7.4 event on it and now puts its potential at 7.5. Bothell's hazard annex lists it as the city's nearest major active fault.
After any shaking you can feel, it is worth checking that the cap is still seated and the crown under it has not cracked, because a loose cap is the first thing the next windstorm removes.
Bothell is a Sammamish River city whose 13.66 square miles straddle the King–Snohomish county line, on the Sammamish River, with homes with a median build year of 1992, most of them built after World War II replaced farms and dairy pastures. We work every part of it — Canyon Park, Norway Hill, Queensborough, Brentwood included.
BothellKing County, WA · 47.760, -122.205
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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.
$235 to $850 installed. One flue and simple access keep it near $235; multiple flues, an oversized crown or a custom cover bring it toward $850.
Yes, where a spark arrestor is fitted. Washington's residential code sets how fine the screen must be, requires heat- and corrosion-resistant metal and says the cap must come off for cleaning.
A clogged screen can. That is why we clear it during every sweep and fit caps whose mesh is easy to reach.
A $99 on-site inspection, a written quote before any work, and photos of every item we touch.
