Woodinville, King County
Installing a chimney cap in Woodinville costs $235 to $850. A single round flue with a standard stainless cap sits at the lower end; a wide crown, several flues under one cover or a custom-sized top pushes it higher. We measure before ordering, because a nearly-right cap is the one that lifts off in the first December wind.
Typical investment
$235–$850
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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 Woodinville 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.
In Woodinville the weather arrives on the wind. WeatherSpark marks mid-October through mid-April as the windier part of the year, with December the windiest month, and that same stretch is the city's wet season. Without a cap, months of that rain fall directly on the damper and smoke shelf.
By census estimates, only about five Woodinville homes rely on wood as their main heating fuel. Electricity and natural gas split nearly everything else, at roughly 51 and 47 percent of occupied homes.
So the typical cap here protects a fireplace used for comfort rather than survival. The Washington State Fire Marshal still counts a chimney cap among its core heating-season advice, alongside a yearly professional inspection and cleaning.
Every chimney cap installation we do in Woodinville includes:
Smoke coming back into the room, or a smell that won't go? Book the inspection first.
Book nowWhen a Woodinville cap needs replacing, it has usually gone one of three ways: rusted through where a galvanized cap was used instead of stainless, bent or lifted by a storm, or packed so full of soot and leaves that the screen blocks the draft. Missing caps are common on older chases too, where the original simply came off and was never replaced.
Washington's 2021 residential code sets the rules for a spark arrestor when one is installed. The open area of the screen must be at least four times the flue outlet, the mesh must be heat- and corrosion-resistant, such as 19-gauge galvanized or 24-gauge stainless steel, and it must be removable for cleaning.
Woodinville Fire & Rescue's advice for any open flame is to keep it ten feet from houses, structures and vegetation. A cap with a correctly sized screen is the chimney's share of that caution: embers stay in the flue instead of landing on a roof or in the trees.
Each flue and the crown get measured, and we decide with you whether a single-flue cap or a full-top cover fits best.
We choose a stainless cap with a screen sized to the flue opening, so the draft is not choked.
The old cap comes off, the new one is fixed firmly in place, and we confirm it sits level and tight.
Photos from the roof show the new cap and the condition of the crown it sits on.
What this work is quoted at for Woodinville homes — the exact figure comes from the $99 on-site inspection, credited toward the work.
| Service | Price in Woodinville | 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 Woodinville. 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.
Woodinville is a Sammamish River valley city first homesteaded by the Woodin family in 1871, on the Sammamish River and Little Bear Creek, with homes with a median build year of 1995, fewer than one in five of them older than 1980. We work every part of it — West Wellington, East Wellington, Woodinville Heights, Upper West Ridge included.
WoodinvilleKing County, WA · 47.754, -122.163
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.
$235 to $850. A single flue with a standard cap is the low end; multi-flue covers and custom sizes are at the upper end.
Yes, arguably more. An unused flue is where nests and rainwater collect, and nobody notices until the first fire of the year.
Not when it is sized correctly and kept clean. A screen blocked by soot will, which is why we check it on every visit.
A $99 on-site inspection, a written quote before any work, and photos of every item we touch.
