Clyde Hill, King County
In Clyde Hill, our chimney relining prices begin at $1,895, which buys a stainless steel liner running the whole height of the chimney; a taller flue or a bigger appliance to serve moves that number. Before any liner is ordered we confirm, on camera, what is inside the chimney now and what the new appliance needs.
Typical investment
From $1,895
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What we do
The same crew, the same written quote — for Clyde Hill 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.
Clyde Hill keeps a 20,000-square-foot minimum lot size and has stayed almost entirely single-family, so nearly every chimney here belongs to one detached house. When such a house is renovated, the fireplace often changes with it: a wood insert goes in, a gas unit replaces logs, or an old open hearth is put back into service. Each of those changes puts the flue liner back on the table.
Suburban building on Clyde Hill began in the early 1950s, and the town incorporated in March 1953 in large part to protect its big minimum lot sizes. Chimneys built in those first decades were sized for the fires of their day, not for the inserts and gas units that owners fit into them now.
Two rules frame a reline. The Washington residential code requires the liner to suit the listing of the connected appliance, and CSIA recommends a Level 2 inspection before any lining or relining work is planned. That is why our quote always follows a camera survey, never a guess.
Every chimney relining we do in Clyde Hill includes:
Smoke coming back into the room, or a smell that won't go? Book the inspection first.
Book nowA relining question usually starts in one of two ways. Either a new appliance is going into an older chimney, and the owner or installer needs to know whether the existing flue can vent it safely. Or a camera inspection has found cracked or displaced clay tiles, which leave hot gases in contact with the brick behind them. The first is a matching problem, the second a safety one, and the quote says which you have.
When an earthquake has cracked a masonry chimney, FEMA leans toward taking it down in part or in full and replacing it with a metal flue or insert, the lighter option for a wood-framed house. Its guidance adds that fresh mortar joints alone do nothing to make a chimney safer in a quake.
For an owner on Clyde Hill that means a metal liner is often part of the answer after a quake, not a cosmetic extra. FLASH gives similar advice on securing chimneys and fireplaces before the next event.
A video scan shows the condition and dimensions of the current flue, which decides the liner diameter and whether any tiles have to come out first.
You approve a written quote from our grid, and we file the mechanical permit with the city when the appliance and venting work call for it.
The liner is fed down from the roof, connected to the appliance at the bottom and sealed with a top plate and cap at the crown.
We check the draft with the appliance running, photograph the finished connections and hand over the records for your house file.
What this work is quoted at for Clyde Hill homes — the exact figure comes from the $99 on-site inspection, credited toward the work.
| Service | Price in Clyde Hill | 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 Clyde Hill. 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.
Rain in western Washington arrives in October and peaks through the winter, falling on 20 to 25 days or more in a typical December or January. A liner is only as dry as the top of the chimney around it.
CSIA's advice against water damage is a cap, a proper crown, sound flashing and a water repellent. Every reline we install ends with a sealed top plate and a cap, so the new flue is not collecting the season's rain.
Clyde Hill is a small, affluent residential city on the high ground just north of downtown Bellevue, with large single-family estate homes.
Clyde HillKing County, WA · 47.632, -122.218
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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.
$1,895 is the starting point, for stainless lining top to bottom. What moves it higher: a taller chimney, a larger or oval flue, or old tile that has to come out first, and each shows up as its own line on the written quote.
The city requires a mechanical permit for work that includes fireplace inserts and gas appliances, and most are issued over the counter. We tell you whether your job falls into that category and file it with the quote.
Under the residential code, whatever lines a masonry flue has to be appropriate for the appliance it vents. An old clay flue sized for an open fire is often the wrong size and the wrong material for a modern insert.
Most single-flue relines are done in a day once the materials are on site. Tile removal or a difficult roof can add time, and we say so in the quote.
A $99 on-site inspection, a written quote before any work, and photos of every item we touch.
