Woodinville, King County
A chimney sweep in Woodinville costs $189 to $459. The roof's pitch and height, the length of the flue and the amount of buildup since the last brushing decide where you fall in that bracket. We clean the whole run, from the firebox up to the cap, and hand you photos of what came out.
Typical investment
$189–$459
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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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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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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
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Woodinville is a young city for its housing: the Census puts the median home here at 1995, and fewer than one in five predate 1980. So the fireplace we open is as often a factory-built unit in a framed chase as a brick stack. Both kinds collect soot when wood is burned in them, and both need the same full-length brushing.
Census estimates show how Woodinville actually stays warm: about half of its occupied homes heat mainly with electricity and just under half with natural gas. Only a handful of households, roughly five, name wood as their main fuel, and the survey warns that count carries a wide margin.
That matters if a burn ban hits. During a ban, Puget Sound Clean Air Agency permits burning only in homes that rely on wood as their one adequate heat source and got an exemption approved ahead of time. For most homes here, the fireplace is a comfort, and sweeping it keeps it ready for the nights you want it.
Every chimney sweep we do in Woodinville includes:
Smoke coming back into the room, or a smell that won't go? Book the inspection first.
Book nowTwo things fill Woodinville flues. The first is a fireplace that sits unused most of the year, then gets a big fire on a cold December night with a season of debris still resting on the smoke shelf. The second is wood that went into the firebox before it had dried out, which leaves a tar-like glaze the brush has to scrape rather than sweep.
Washington's residential code sets out what a spark arrestor must do when one is fitted: its mesh has to stop a half-inch ball yet admit a three-eighths-inch one, and it must lift off so the flue can be brushed. We clear that screen on every sweep, because a clogged mesh chokes the draft.
Woodinville Fire & Rescue gives the outdoor side of the same advice: keep open flames ten feet from houses, structures and plants, and never burn green wood, yard waste or garbage. Green wood in the firebox is also what leaves the heaviest glaze in the flue.
We lay a covered path from the entry to the hearth and tape a HEPA vacuum over the fireplace opening first.
We check whether you have a masonry flue with a liner or a metal factory-built pipe, since the brush and the method differ.
Rods and a correctly sized brush work the entire flue, then the smoke chamber and damper get cleaned by hand.
Photos show the flue both ways, and a brief note flags anything we would keep an eye 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 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 |
| Chimney Cap Installation | $235–$850 | Stainless cap fitted; multi-flue and custom at the top |
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.
From $189 to $459. A single-story roof with light soot sits near the bottom; a tall chase on a steep pitch, or a flue with heavy glazing, sits near the top.
If you burn wood in the fireplace at all, yes. A flue collects soot from occasional evening fires too, just more slowly than from daily use.
Late summer is the easy window. WeatherSpark puts the start of Woodinville's wetter season around October 9, and requests stack up once the first cold weekend arrives.
A $99 on-site inspection, a written quote before any work, and photos of every item we touch.
