Alki, King County
For an Alki home with forced-air heat, duct cleaning begins at $535. A compact, one-level system with a handful of grilles stays near that figure. Each added register, a second air handler, or trunk lines buried behind finished ceilings raises it, and the written quote names those items before work starts. The method does not change: the system is held under strong suction while every branch is agitated, so the dust heads for our collector and not for your living room.
Typical investment
From $535
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What we do
The same crew, the same written quote — for Alki homes.
Level 1 examination of everything reachable, with a Level 2 camera pass when the reachable parts leave a question open
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Full-height brushing of the flue with a head sized to its shape and material
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Assessment of the stack from roofline to crown, with a photo of each defect
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Camera survey and measurement of the existing flue before anything is ordered
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Measurement of each flue tile, or of the whole crown for a multi-flue cap
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Burner, pilot assembly and firebox cleaned; logs or media put back in the layout the manual shows
Learn moreRanges shown for orientation — the exact figure is written up on-site, after the inspection.
Living near a beach changes what a duct system collects. Sand rides in on shoes, towels and dogs, settles on floors, and the floor registers swallow a little of it every day. In a house where the furnace return sits low, it ends up mixed with the usual lint, hair and fine dust. None of that is visible from the room. It shows up as grit on the register vanes, as a filter that loads faster than it should, and as a gritty layer in the bottom of the return trunk.
Every air duct cleaning we do in Alki includes:
Smoke coming back into the room, or a smell that won't go? Book the inspection first.
Book nowNot every house here has ducts to clean. By the Census figures for the ZIP area around Alki, a few homes in every hundred still rely mainly on fuel oil, a higher proportion than the city as a whole, and oil furnaces push air through ductwork that may be older than the furnace itself. Ducts that served an oil burner often carry a dark film near the plenum. Baseboard heaters, wall units and ductless heat pumps, on the other hand, have no ductwork at all. If yours is one of those, we will tell you on the phone and save you a visit.
We locate the air handler, follow the trunks and count supply and return openings so no branch is missed.
A high-volume collector is attached near the furnace; with registers sealed off, the ducts sit below room pressure.
One register at a time is opened and its run driven with brushes or compressed-air whips toward the trunk.
Main lines are worked through cut access holes, then the blower compartment is vacuumed and wiped.
Holes are sealed with screwed metal plates, grilles go back clean, and you see what the collector caught.
What this work is quoted at for Alki homes — the exact figure comes from the $99 on-site inspection, credited toward the work.
| Service | Price in Alki | What that covers |
|---|---|---|
| Air Duct Cleaning | From $535 | Whole HVAC system — trunks, branches and every register |
| 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 $1,900 | 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 Alki. 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.
Alki is the beach neighborhood at the northwest tip of West Seattle, where the Denny party landed in 1851, on Puget Sound and Elliott Bay, with houses and duplexes that date mostly from the 1920s and the 1950s around the school, mixed with newer townhouses and apartments. We work every part of it — Alki Point, the Alki Avenue beachfront included.
AlkiKing County, WA · 47.576, -122.409
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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 $535. The register count, a second system and how accessible the trunk lines are decide the final figure, which is fixed in writing before we begin.
It removes the dust stored in the ducts. Dust that keeps arriving, through a leaky return or tracked-in sand, needs its source dealt with too, and we point out any open joint we find.
No. Most homes go several years between cleanings. Renovation, a furnace change or visible grit at the registers are good reasons to do it sooner.
We can book them for the same day. Looking at a chimney costs $99 plus tax for each one, and that amount comes off any chimney job you then approve; the ducts are priced on their own quote.
A $99 on-site inspection, a written quote before any work, and photos of every item we touch.
