High Point, King County
Installing a chimney cap in High Point costs $235 to $850. A single stainless cap on an easy roof is the lower figure; a multi-flue or custom cap, or a top that takes staging to reach, is the upper one. The first job is to find out which kind of top you have, because on a factory-built system the cap is not a generic part.
Typical investment
$235–$850
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What we do
The same crew, the same written quote — for High Point 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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Burner, pilot assembly and firebox cleaned; logs or media put back in the layout the manual shows
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Joints cut back to firm mortar and repointed (tuckpointing) to match the existing profile
Learn moreRanges shown for orientation — the exact figure is written up on-site, after the inspection.
A brick flue accepts a stainless cap sized to its tile or anchored to its crown. A factory-built fireplace does not work that way: its termination is one piece of a tested assembly, and only the cap its manufacturer lists belongs on it. A home completed after 2003 that has a factory-built fireplace, if that is what yours has, falls in the second group. We read the label in the firebox, find the model and order the matching part instead of forcing a universal cap onto the pipe.
The buildings in today's High Point were completed from 2003 through 2020, according to the neighborhood's history page. Any factory-built fireplace put in during those years came under Washington's rule, printed in the Seattle Residential Code at R1004.1.1, which demands an ASTM E2558 particulate certification, shown on a label, for every such unit.
A certified, labeled system is sold as a whole, top included. That is why the label matters when a cap is lost or damaged: it tells us the maker and model, and the maker tells us the termination. We cannot say from public records which homes here have such units, so the check happens at your hearth.
Every chimney cap installation we do in High Point includes:
Smoke coming back into the room, or a smell that won't go? Book the inspection first.
Book nowHigh Point sits on high ground. Air moving across a hill or a ridge gains speed, Seattle's hazard analysis observes, and WeatherSpark's city profile has the breezier half of the calendar opening in mid-October and closing in late April. A cap held only by friction can work loose over a few such seasons. We fasten every cap mechanically, with stainless screws or masonry anchors, and check that the screen leaves the outlet fully open.
Brick flue or listed metal system: we confirm which, and record sizes or the model number.
A stainless cap is sized on site; a listed termination is ordered to the manufacturer's part number.
The cap is screwed or anchored in place and the screen is checked for full clearance over the outlet.
You get pictures of the finished top, since few owners ever see their own roof.
The housing authority planted 2,600 trees during the rebuild, on top of the mature ones it preserved. A tree set out early in the rebuild has had some two decades to grow, and its leaves and seed pods land on nearby roofs.
Seattle's windstorm analysis counts West Seattle as one of the city's most thickly wooded districts, where wind damage comes mostly from trees. For a cap, that means two design choices: a lid with enough overhang that litter slides past the mesh, and a screen tall enough to stay partly open even when some debris collects. We also suggest a quick look at the screen each fall.
What this work is quoted at for High Point homes — the exact figure comes from the $99 on-site inspection, credited toward the work.
| Service | Price in High Point | What that covers |
|---|---|---|
| Chimney Cap Installation | $235–$850 | Stainless cap fitted; multi-flue and custom at the top |
| 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 High Point. 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.
High Point is a 120-acre hilltop community east of 35th Avenue SW, built as defense housing in 1942 and rebuilt from 2004, with homes completed between 2003 and 2020 across the redeveloped site.
High PointKing County, WA · 47.545, -122.372
Before and after
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.
No. The flue and its termination are tested together, so the replacement has to be the part listed for that system. A mismatched cap can restrict the outlet and void the listing.
A direct-vent gas unit has its own termination, which is replaced like for like. A gas appliance that vents up a masonry flue needs that flue capped the same as any other.
Not for a simple cap. Should the technician see damage worth a full look, the inspection of that chimney is $99 plus tax, an amount later deducted from any quote you approve.
A $99 on-site inspection, a written quote before any work, and photos of every item we touch.
