Kirkland, King County
Chimney repair in Kirkland starts at $425, and the written quote is built from what the inspection photographs show: a few loose bricks near the top, a spalled firebox, a crown that has split, or a stack that needs rebuilding above the roofline. We fix the cause of the damage as well as the damage itself, so the same crack does not open again in two winters.
Typical investment
From $425
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What we do
The same crew, the same written quote — for Kirkland 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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Camera scan and flue measurement before anything is ordered
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Measurement of each flue and of the crown before fitting
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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.
Around 44 percent of Kirkland's homes were built before 1980, most of them in the two decades before, according to census estimates. A brick chimney from that era has been through half a century of wet winters, occasional hard freezes and at least one sizable earthquake. The repairs we see most here come from that combination rather than from any single event.
Juanita Bay Park, bought by the city with park bonds passed in the 1970s and 1980s, now covers more than 120 acres of wetland on the bay, according to the Kirkland Reporter. The Western Regional Climate Center notes that in western Washington the prevailing wind during the wet season is from the south or southwest, and turns northwest in summer.
Across a stretch of open water, that wet-season wind arrives with nothing to slow it down. Chimneys on the lake side of the Juanita and Houghton slopes take rain on their south and west faces for months at a time, and those are the faces where we most often replace brick and joints.
Oregon State University Extension says moss on asphalt and metal roofs can lift shingles and let water reach the layers underneath. WSU Extension adds that treating moss without correcting the condition that allowed it gives only temporary results.
Where the roof meets the chimney, lifted shingles send water behind the flashing and into the brick. When a repair is caused by that, we clean the area, fix the masonry, and tell you plainly that the shade or debris problem above it will bring the moss back unless it is dealt with.
Every chimney repair we do in Kirkland includes:
Smoke coming back into the room, or a smell that won't go? Book the inspection first.
Book nowTwo patterns come up again and again. Upper courses of brick lose their face because water sat in them through a freeze, and the damage stays hidden above the gutter line until pieces land on the roof. Inside, firebrick and mortar joints in the firebox erode after years of hot fires, until gaps open to the masonry behind them.
Photos from the roof and inside the flue go into the quote, so you can see exactly which courses, joints or bricks are being replaced.
Most brick damage is water damage. If a crown, cap or flashing is letting rain in, that is corrected as part of the job, not left for later.
Brick is matched as closely as available stock allows, and the mortar is chosen to suit the age of the chimney rather than the hardest mix on the truck.
You receive after photos of each area we worked on, and we leave the roof and hearth clear of debris.
WeatherSpark places Kirkland's snowy period between about December 11 and January 22, with January averaging roughly 1.3 inches of snow. Across the lowland basin, January nights bottom out in the high 20s to around freezing on average, per the Western Regional Climate Center.
That is not a harsh winter, but it is a wet one that hovers around freezing. Masonry saturated by a rainy fortnight can shed its outer skin when frost catches the water still inside, which is how the top few courses of an older chimney end up flaking long before the rest.
What this work is quoted at for Kirkland homes — the exact figure comes from the $99 on-site inspection, credited toward the work.
| Service | Price in Kirkland | What that covers |
|---|---|---|
| Chimney Repair | From $425 | Masonry repair — brick and mortar, scoped after diagnosis |
| 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 Cap Installation | $235–$850 | Stainless cap fitted; multi-flue and custom at the top |
Ranges are what these jobs are quoted at in Kirkland. 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.
Mapping with lidar and aeromagnetic data traces the southern Whidbey Island fault onshore near Everett and southeast toward Woodinville, and the state's Emergency Management Division has revised its potential to magnitude 7.5. After the 2001 Nisqually quake, a USGS survey of about 60,000 chimneys in the region found 1,556 damaged.
The part of a masonry chimney above the roof is the part most likely to break off in strong shaking. When we rebuild a top section, we build it sound and well bonded to what is below, and we tell you if the lower chimney shows cracks that call for more than a patch.
Kirkland is an 18-square-mile city on the east shore of Lake Washington, on Lake Washington, with homes with a median build year of 1984, more than a third of them put up in the 1960s and 1970s. We work every part of it — Houghton, Juanita, Rose Hill, Finn Hill, Kingsgate included.
KirklandKing County, WA · 47.677, -122.206
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.
Work starts at $425 for a limited repair such as replacing a few bricks or repointing a small area. Rebuilding a stack's top courses or a firebox runs higher, itemized line by line in the quote.
Because the visible crack is rarely the whole story. A $99-plus-tax inspection comes first, and once you accept our written quote, that $99 is subtracted from the repair.
Cosmetic ones can. Loose bricks at the top, a leaning stack or gaps in the firebox should not wait, because they either fall or let heat reach framing.
A $99 on-site inspection, a written quote before any work, and photos of every item we touch.
