Seattle & Greater Puget Sound
Seattle chimney sweep and repair — clear answers, solid work.
Inspections, cleaning, masonry repair, liners, caps and leak solutions across Greater Seattle. See what we find, approve a written scope, and keep the photographs of the finished work.
A written scope and price before work begins
We inspect first, then send what we found and what it costs. Nothing starts until you approve it.
Photographs before and after
We document what the chimney looked like when we arrived and what it looked like when we left, from the same angles where that is possible.
Plain explanations, no pressure
We tell you what is urgent, what can wait, and what does not need doing at all.
Repairs chosen for a wet climate
Materials and methods are selected for Puget Sound rainfall and freeze-thaw exposure rather than a generic national spec.
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What we do
Chimney work, start to finish
Every job starts the same way: we look at the chimney and tell you what is actually wrong before anyone quotes a repair.
Chimney Sweep
Mechanical cleaning of the flue, smoke chamber, smoke shelf and firebox to remove creosote, soot and debris, with the work contained indoors and the chimney photographed before and after.
Chimney Inspection
A chimney inspection graded to the national standard, NFPA 211. We identify the level your situation calls for, document what is found with photographs and a video scan where the level requires it, and give you a written report that separates urgent from optional.
Chimney Repair
Chimney repair is a family of jobs — crown, cap, flashing, repointing, relining, partial rebuild. The work starts with a diagnosis, because the damage you can see is usually the far end of a water path that began somewhere else on the chimney.
Chimney Masonry Repair
Repointing deteriorated mortar joints and replacing spalled brick on masonry chimneys, with a mortar matched to the existing masonry rather than a stronger one, and the water source behind the damage identified first.
Chimney Crown Repair
Crack repair, elastomeric resurfacing, and full recasting of the sloped slab that covers the top of a masonry chimney, including the expansion joint at the flue liner and the overhang and drip edge that keep runoff off the brick.
Chimney Cap Installation
Measuring, supplying, and fastening a chimney cap sized to your flue and crown, so rain, animals, and embers stay out of the flue and the cap still comes off for sweeping.
Chimney Flashing Repair
Water staining near the chimney usually starts at the roof-to-chimney joint. Flashing repair rebuilds that joint as a layered metal assembly — stepped base flashing woven into the roofing, counter flashing let into a mortar joint above it — instead of patching over it with sealant.
Chimney Leak Repair
Chimney leak repair that begins with a diagnosis: crown, cap, chase cover, flashing, masonry face, mortar joints, and flue are each ruled in or out on evidence, so the repair closes the actual water path instead of coating over it.
Chimney Liner Installation
Relining replaces the flue's inner surface with a lining matched to the appliance connected to it. The material, diameter, listing and insulation are decided from an inspection and written into a scope you approve before anything is ordered, and the chimney is photographed before and after.
Chimney Rebuild & Restoration
Taking down deteriorated chimney masonry to sound construction and rebuilding it, either above the roofline or further down, with reinforcement, a new liner, crown and flashing, and a written scope that says exactly where the rebuild line falls.
Chimney Waterproofing
Application of a vapor-permeable, penetrating masonry water repellent to the brick and mortar of a chimney, after the crown, cap, flashing, and joints have been checked and repaired, so the masonry sheds rain while still drying from the inside out.
Why Chimney4u
You should be able to see what we saw
Most chimney complaints come down to the same thing: the homeowner never found out what was actually wrong. A price arrived, the work happened, and the leak came back.
We work the other way around. The chimney is inspected and photographed first. You get a written scope that says what we found, what we recommend, what it costs, and what can safely wait — and you approve it before anything starts.
Repairs are specified for this climate, not a national template. Rain that arrives across 150-odd days a year, then freezes on the wet nights of December and January, is what breaks chimneys here, and it rules out some materials that work perfectly well elsewhere.
Illustration, not a photograph of a job. The parts we name in an inspection report — cap, crown, flue liner, mortar joints and flashing.
Our process
How the work goes
Four steps, in the same order, on every job. The point is that you can see what we saw and agree the price before anyone starts working.
- 01
You send a request
Tell us the address, what you have noticed, and when suits you. Our office replies to arrange a time — we do not publish live openings we cannot honour.
- 02
We inspect and document
The chimney is examined and photographed before anything is touched, so the condition we describe is the condition you can see.
- 03
You get a written scope
What we found, what we recommend, what it costs, and what can safely wait. No work starts until you approve it.
- 04
We complete and photograph the work
The finished work is photographed from the same angles as the before shots, and the images are yours to keep.
Project documentation
No stock photographs of other people’s work
Plenty of chimney websites illustrate a hundred pages with the same twelve stock images and call them completed jobs. We are not going to do that. This section fills with real before-and-after sets, shot from the same angles, as we complete jobs whose owners are happy for us to publish them.
What we publish, and whenPricing
What actually changes the price
We do not publish a headline number, because the number that matters depends on your chimney. These are the things that move it.
Read the cost guides- Access
- Roof pitch, height, and whether the stack can be reached safely from a ladder or needs staging.
- Condition
- Sound masonry needing maintenance is a different job from masonry that has been taking water for a decade.
- Scope of the flue
- How much of the liner can be reached and inspected, and whether a video scan is needed to see it.
- What the repair actually is
- Repointing a few joints, recasting a crown and rebuilding above the roofline are three very different pieces of work.
Where we work
Seattle and the Puget Sound area
We travel to the customer across King, Snohomish and Pierce counties. Each city page covers what is genuinely different about chimneys there, including who issues permits.
Reviews
We have no reviews to show you yet
When we have them, they will be on Google and other public platforms where you can read them yourself, with a link straight to the profile. Until then, this space stays empty rather than filling up with testimonials you cannot check.
Our position on reviewsCommon questions
- How often should a chimney be inspected?
- Once a year. NFPA 211, the national standard for chimneys and solid fuel-burning appliances, calls for chimneys, fireplaces and vents to be inspected at least annually for soundness, deposits and correct clearances, and the EPA gives homeowners the same advice for wood-burning appliances. A yearly check is a Level 1 inspection.
- Do I need a sweep or an inspection?
- They are two different jobs and you may need both. An inspection tells you the condition of the chimney; a sweep removes deposits from the flue. Inspections have levels — 1, 2 and 3 — and sweeping does not, so there is no such thing as a Level 2 sweep. If you are unsure, start with an inspection and we will tell you whether cleaning is needed.
- Why do so many Seattle chimneys leak?
- Because of when the rain falls. Sea-Tac averages about 39 inches of precipitation a year across roughly 156 days with measurable rain, and about three quarters of it falls between October and March — the same months with the most freezing nights. Masonry that is already saturated when it freezes is masonry that spalls.
- What areas do you cover?
- Seattle and the surrounding Puget Sound area, across King, Snohomish and Pierce counties. We travel to the customer — there is no walk-in location. If your address is outside the cities listed on this site, send a request anyway and we will tell you honestly whether we can reach you.
- What will it cost?
- It depends on the chimney, and we will not guess at it from a web form. Access, height, the condition of the masonry and how much of the flue is reachable all change the work involved. We inspect first, then send a written scope with a price, and nothing starts until you approve it.
Sources
- Homeowner Resources - FAQ: What stainless steel liners require insulation? — Chimney Safety Institute of America (CSIA). Accessed 2026-08-27.
- Wood-Burning Installation and Maintenance — U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Burn Wise. Accessed 2026-08-27.
- Committee Input No. 9-NFPA 211-2024 [ Chapter 15 ] - First Draft Committee Input Statements, NFPA 211 A2026 cycle — National Fire Protection Association (NFPA). Accessed 2026-08-27.
- U.S. Annual/Seasonal Climate Normals 1991-2020, station USW00024233 — NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI). Accessed 2026-08-27.
- U.S. Annual/Seasonal Climate Normals 1991-2020, station USW00024233 (precipitation-day counts) — NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI). Accessed 2026-08-27.
- U.S. Annual/Seasonal Climate Normals 1991-2020, station USW00024233 (seasonal precipitation) — NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI). Accessed 2026-08-27.
- U.S. Monthly Climate Normals 1991-2020, station USW00024233 — NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI). Accessed 2026-08-27.
Next step
Start with an inspection
Tell us what you have noticed. We will look at the chimney, show you what we found, and put a price on the work before anything begins.