Bellevue, King County
Relining a chimney in Bellevue starts at $1,895 for a full-length stainless steel liner, with the final figure set by flue height, diameter and what the old flue needs removed first. It is the fix when the original clay tiles are cracked or offset, when an insert is going in, or when a flue built for one fuel is about to carry another.
Typical investment
From $1,895
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What we do
The same crew, the same written quote — for Bellevue homes.
Level 1 or Level 2 inspection, with a camera scan where warranted
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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 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.
A good share of Bellevue's detached homes went up in the city's first decades. Bellevue incorporated in 1953 with roughly 5,950 residents, and Lake Hills was laid out as a planned community in the late 1950s. Chimneys of that age may still run on their first flue, and when we film one, cracked tiles and open joints are exactly what we are looking for.
Relining is a masonry-chimney job. A direct-vent gas fireplace, the kind found in many condo buildings, comes with a sealed vent system of its own, taking air from outside and exhausting through a wall or the roof, so there is no clay flue to line.
Relining calls here come from the detached side of the city. Of the 64,688 housing units Washington's Office of Financial Management counted in Bellevue, 32,823 were single-unit homes, and those are the houses with brick flues old enough to need one.
Every chimney relining we do in Bellevue includes:
Smoke coming back into the room, or a smell that won't go? Book the inspection first.
Book nowRelining often comes with an insert, and the city is involved: Bellevue requires a permit to install a fireplace insert, a zero-clearance fireplace or a pellet stove. The liner has to be sized to the appliance it serves, so we work from the insert's specifications rather than the size of the old tiles. If you are still choosing an appliance, we can wait for that decision before measuring.
Under a Stage 1 ban, an uncertified insert must stay cold while a certified one may still burn. In Washington, a solid-fuel device can only be sold, exchanged or given away if it carries federal certification and a label, so a newly bought insert should arrive certified.
Stage 2 goes further: certification no longer helps, and wood and pellet appliances all shut down, with an exception only for houses that have no other adequate heat. A liner does not change which stage applies to you; the appliance on the end of it does.
State geologists put the odds of a deep Puget Sound earthquake of at least 6.5 in the coming half-century at 85 percent, and they map the shallower Seattle fault right under Bellevue.
After the 2001 Nisqually earthquake, a University of Washington survey found 1,556 damaged chimneys among about 60,000 checked, with the heaviest damage along the Seattle fault zone. Cracked or shifted flue tiles are a common reason to reline, and CSIA lists both seismic events and relining itself as occasions for a Level 2 inspection.
The flue is filmed from top to bottom. That footage decides whether relining is needed at all and what diameter the new liner should be.
We size the liner to the fireplace, insert or stove it will serve and note what the permit application needs.
The old flue is cleared, the stainless liner is lowered from the roof, and it is connected at the bottom and sealed at the top with a cap.
A final camera pass shows the new liner in place. You keep the footage with the rest of the house records.
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 Relining | From $1,895 | Full-length stainless liner, sized to the appliance |
| Chimney Sweep | $189–$449 | Full flue swept, Level 1 inspection included |
| Chimney Inspection | $99 plus tax | Level 1 visual; Level 2 adds a full camera scan |
| 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.
Bellevue's rain peaks in November, and across western Washington January humidity rarely drops below the high 70s even in the afternoon. A flue with cracked tiles lets that moisture reach the brick behind them.
CSIA names a chimney cap among its low-cost defenses against water damage, so every liner we install is finished with a sealed top plate and cap, keeping rain out of the new flue from the first winter.
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.
From $1,895 for a stainless liner. Tall flues, wide flues and removal of broken tile raise the figure, which is set in a written quote after the camera inspection.
The city lists inserts, zero-clearance fireplaces and pellet stoves as work requiring a permit. When a liner goes in with one of those, the permit is part of the job.
Because CSIA recommends a Level 2 before any lining or relining, and because only the camera shows whether the old flue can be cleared and how the liner has to run.
A $99 on-site inspection, a written quote before any work, and photos of every item we touch.
