Clyde Hill, King County
Chimney masonry repair in Clyde Hill starts at $475, most often for a new or rebuilt crown, with repointing and tuckpointing priced by the surface that needs it. We measure the joints and the crown on the roof and write the scope in square feet and courses, so the quote describes the actual brickwork rather than a round number.
Typical investment
From $475
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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-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
Learn moreRanges shown for orientation — the exact figure is written up on-site, after the inspection.
Clyde Hill is a hill of detached houses on large lots, with a minimum lot size of 20,000 square feet written into its rules. That spacing makes masonry work more straightforward than on tight urban lots: ladders and staging can usually go where they need to without crossing a neighbor's yard. It does not change what the weather does to the brick, and the top of a chimney on the hill takes the full winter.
Clyde Hill grew out of farmland from the early 1950s and became a town in 1953. When the masonry of a fireplace from that era is rebuilt rather than patched, today's rules apply to what goes back in.
Under Washington's amendment to the residential code, any new masonry fireplace must be built with outside air for combustion, a damper of ferrous metal, and close-fitting doors or some other equivalent means of controlling draft. If your masonry repair turns into a rebuild, we tell you before it does.
Every masonry repair (crown / repointing) we do in Clyde Hill includes:
Smoke coming back into the room, or a smell that won't go? Book the inspection first.
Book nowThe crown comes first. One finished as a thin slope of mortar flush with the brick cracks and lets water sit on the top course. The next is mortar erosion: joints on the weather side of the stack washed back until the brick edges stand proud. The third is spalling, where water trapped inside the brick freezes or simply pushes the face off. We price each separately so you can see where the money goes.
The 2001 Nisqually earthquake left 1,556 damaged chimneys among some 60,000 surveyed between Bremerton and Mercer Island, and the damage was worst along strands of the Seattle fault zone. The survey, reported by the University of Washington and published through USGS, is the region's clearest record of how brick stacks respond to shaking.
FEMA adds that old unreinforced chimneys with degraded mortar are the most vulnerable of all. Keeping joints sound is good maintenance; a stack that has already cracked or shifted needs a structural answer, and we say which one you are looking at.
We measure the crown and the courses that need work, and photograph each defect so the quote can be checked against the pictures.
The written quote lists crown work and repointing by area, priced from our grid, before anything is touched.
Old mortar is ground out, damaged brick replaced, joints repacked, and the crown formed so it sheds water past the brick.
Once the mortar has set, we send photos of the finished work and advise on sealing the brick afterward if it would help.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Masonry Repair (Crown / Repointing) | From $475 | Crown work, repointing and tuckpointing by surface area |
| 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 Relining | From $1,895 | Full-length stainless liner, sized to the appliance |
| Chimney Repair | From $425 | Masonry repair — brick and mortar, scoped after diagnosis |
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.
A crown is a flat surface facing the sky, and western Washington's winters give it little rest: precipitation falls on 20 days a month or more in many Decembers and Januarys. A crack that lets water into the top course keeps letting it in all season.
CSIA's water-damage guidance puts a proper crown next to a cap and good flashing as the cheap defenses against the costliest repairs. When we quote masonry on the hill, the crown is the first line we look at.
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.
From $475, usually for a crown. Repointing and tuckpointing depend on how many square feet of joints need it, and larger jobs reach about $3,195 on our grid.
CSIA advises that a crown project past every side of the chimney by about two inches, so water drips clear of the brick instead of running down it.
Not by itself. FEMA notes that repointing alone does not improve how a masonry chimney performs in a quake. It protects the brick from water, which is still worth doing.
It is best to wait until the new mortar has cured. We tell you when, and whether a breathable water repellent makes sense for your chimney.
A $99 on-site inspection, a written quote before any work, and photos of every item we touch.
