Bellevue, King County
Our Bellevue chimney inspection has one price whatever the level: $99 plus tax per chimney. That covers a routine Level 1 check on a flue you use every winter and a Level 2 with camera when you are buying a house, switching fuel or have felt an earthquake. The on-site inspection is $99 plus tax, and it is credited toward the work when you approve the written quote.
What we charge
$99 plus tax
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What we do
The same crew, the same written quote — for Bellevue homes.
Complete sweep of the flue and firebox, protected by drop cloths and HEPA filtration
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Restoration of brick, mortar joints and firebox
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A stainless-steel or ceramic liner run the full height of the flue
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A stainless cap fitted to your flue's exact dimensions
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Cleaning of the burner, pilot and valve assembly
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Crown recast — or rebuilt outright where the damage demands it
Learn moreRanges shown for orientation — the exact figure is written up on-site, after the inspection.
Inspection requests in Bellevue split along the city's housing. Detached homes in Lake Hills, Newport or Somerset tend to have masonry chimneys serving wood fireplaces, and in Lake Hills some date back to its late-1950s planned build-out. In a downtown condo, a sealed gas unit raises other questions, about the vent, the glass and the burner rather than the flue tiles.
Washington's Office of Financial Management counted 64,688 housing units in Bellevue in the 2020 census base, and 31,860 of them sat in buildings with two or more units. So a Bellevue inspection can just as easily concern a fireplace that shares walls, and sometimes a roof, with neighbors.
Where such a unit has a direct-vent fireplace, it is a sealed box that pulls air from outside and pushes exhaust out through a wall or the roof. Inspecting one means following that vent to its termination and checking that every joint is still connected.
Every chimney inspection we do in Bellevue includes:
Smoke coming back into the room, or a smell that won't go? Book the inspection first.
Book nowNFPA 211, the national standard for chimneys and vents, says they should be inspected at least once a year. It defines three levels: Level 1 for routine yearly checks, Level 2 adding the attic, roof and a video scan of the flue, and Level 3 when concealed parts must be opened up. CSIA recommends a Level 2 when a home is sold; that is industry guidance, not a Washington law.
The two burn ban stages treat appliances differently. At Stage 1, wood fireplaces and uncertified stoves and inserts must go cold, while a certified stove may still run; at Stage 2 every wood or pellet device stops, unless it is the only adequate heat in the home.
Washington also makes it illegal to sell, trade or give away a solid-fuel device that is not certified and labeled to federal standards. During an inspection we look for that label and note it in the report, so you know which days you can light it.
After the 2001 Nisqually earthquake, researchers surveyed about 60,000 chimneys between Bremerton and Mercer Island and found 1,556 damaged, the worst of it along strands of the Seattle fault zone. State geologists locate that fault under Bellevue, and they rate the likelihood of a deep regional earthquake of at least magnitude 6.5 during the next half-century at 85 percent.
That is why CSIA lists a seismic event among the triggers for a Level 2 inspection. Cracks in a flue after shaking are rarely visible from the hearth; the camera is what finds them.
A yearly check, a home sale, a fuel change or a quake each call for a different level. We set the level before we arrive so the visit is the right one.
We open the damper, light the flue with a lamp and look at the firebox, smoke chamber and any visible liner joints.
Crown, cap and flashing are checked from the roof. At Level 2 a camera goes down the flue and we look into the attic where the chimney passes.
You receive photos and a written report. If repairs are needed, the quote lists them one by one, and nothing starts until you approve it.
What this work is quoted at for Bellevue homes — the exact figure comes from the $99 on-site inspection, credited toward the work.
| Service | Price in Bellevue | What that covers |
|---|---|---|
| Chimney Inspection | $99 plus tax | Level 1 visual; Level 2 adds a full camera scan |
| Chimney Sweep | $189–$449 | Full flue swept, Level 1 inspection included |
| Chimney Relining | From $1,895 | Full-length stainless liner, sized to the appliance |
| Chimney Repair | From $425 | Masonry repair — brick and mortar, scoped after diagnosis |
| Chimney Cap Installation | $235–$845 | Stainless cap fitted; multi-flue and custom at the top |
Ranges are what these jobs are quoted at in Bellevue. 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 Chimney Safety Institute of America says water does more damage to masonry chimneys than fire. In western Washington the air stays damp too: January relative humidity typically runs from about 87 percent before dawn to 78 percent in the afternoon.
So a Bellevue inspection spends real time on the parts that keep water out, meaning the cap, the crown, the flashing and the condition of the brick face, and the report says plainly which of them is letting moisture in.
Bellevue is the Eastside's largest city and a major regional job center between Lake Washington and Lake Sammamish, on Lake Washington, with a mix of mid-century neighborhoods, older established homes and dense new construction downtown. We work every part of it — Downtown, Crossroads, Factoria, Newport, Somerset, Bridle Trails included.
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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.
The on-site inspection is $99 plus tax, and it is credited toward the work when you approve the written quote. The price is per chimney and the same for Level 1 and Level 2.
We have found no Washington law that requires one. CSIA recommends a Level 2 at the time of sale, but it remains a recommendation.
Yes, as a gas-focused visit: the vent run, the termination outside, the glass seal and the burner. A sealed unit has no creosote, but a vent that has come apart matters more than soot.
A $99 on-site inspection, a written quote before any work, and photos of every item we touch.
