Arbor Heights, King County
Duct cleaning for an Arbor Heights house starts at $535. That figure fits a modest single-level home with one furnace and a typical count of registers. More floors, more registers, a second system or a heavily soiled blower raise it, and we count those on a walk-through before quoting. The work runs under negative pressure: a powerful collector draws air out of the ductwork while brushes and air whips loosen what has settled inside, and loosened grit ends up in our truck's bag, not on your bookshelves.
Typical investment
From $535
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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.
Indoor air here is mostly about winter. Looking back at 2024, the Puget Sound Clean Air Agency found that wildfires sent no smoke into its four counties at all. Fine particles did top its health goal a few times: July fireworks did it twice, and residential wood smoke did it on as many as four cold-season days. Those winter days are when furnaces run hardest and windows stay shut, so whatever circulates through the ducts circulates through the house.
The Census ZIP area that includes Arbor Heights splits its main heating fuels three ways: electricity in 53.0 percent of occupied homes, utility gas in 37.4 percent, and fuel oil in 8.0 percent, the largest oil share among West Seattle ZIP areas. Very few homes heat chiefly with wood. The survey records fuel, not equipment, so it cannot say which homes have ducts; gas and oil furnaces usually do, and electric heat may or may not.
For homes with ducts, the Clean Air Agency's smoke guidance is a useful benchmark: its list includes a MERV-13 (or finer) filter in the furnace, a HEPA air cleaner, and a designated clean room during smoke episodes. A higher-rated filter traps more, but it also clogs faster on a dirty system. Clean ducts and a clean blower let a good filter do its job without starving the furnace of airflow.
Every air duct cleaning we do in Arbor Heights includes:
Smoke coming back into the room, or a smell that won't go? Book the inspection first.
Book nowThe ducts we open in older houses often hold more than dust: construction debris from a remodel, pet hair packed around return grilles, and on oil-heated homes the occasional film of soot if the burner ever misfired. A blower wheel caked with grime moves less air and makes the furnace work longer for the same warmth. Cleaning the ducts without the blower and the coil leaves the dirtiest part of the system untouched.
We walk the house, count every supply register and return, look at the furnace and blower, and give you a fixed price before starting.
Registers are covered, and a high-volume collector is connected to the main trunk to pull air and debris out of the system.
Brushes and compressed-air whips go into each branch from its register, loosening what the collector then draws away.
Blower cabinet scrubbed, grilles refitted; then we flip through the in-duct pictures with you, dirty set first.
What this work is quoted at for Arbor Heights homes — the exact figure comes from the $99 on-site inspection, credited toward the work.
| Service | Price in Arbor Heights | 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 Arbor Heights. 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.
Arbor Heights is the southernmost part of West Seattle, south of SW Roxbury Street, annexed to Seattle in 1954, with mostly detached houses, about half of those in its ZIP code area built between 1940 and 1969. We work every part of it — Arroyo Heights, Seola Beach included.
Arbor HeightsKing County, WA · 47.509, -122.378
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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.
Plan on a morning or an afternoon for an ordinary house. A big footprint or a pair of furnaces stretches that, and the quote states the expected hours.
If the system moves air through ducts, such as a heat pump or an electric furnace, yes. Baseboard heaters have no ducts to clean.
Yes, as a separate visit. Chimney inspections are billed at $99 plus tax; any chimney job you approve after that is reduced by the $99.
A $99 on-site inspection, a written quote before any work, and photos of every item we touch.
