Fauntleroy, King County
Where brick pokes through shingles there is a seam, and sheet metal called flashing is what keeps that seam dry. When a ceiling stains near a fireplace, this joint is the first suspect. Our Fauntleroy price runs from $375, for lifting and resealing metal that is still sound, to $1,500 when every piece has to be replaced and let into the mortar again. Which end you are at depends on the metal, not on the size of the stain.
Typical investment
$375–$1,500
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$99 plus tax, deducted when you approve the repair
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What we do
The same crew, the same written quote — for Fauntleroy 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.
Fauntleroy's roofs are of several generations. Seattle Parks dates permanent homes here from 1907 and the main growth from after World War II; the Landslide Study adds that the steep ground along 47th Avenue SW saw little development before 1960. A house from any of those periods has been reroofed, perhaps three or four times. Seattle's code lets a roof be recovered without a building permit, and roofers working fast often leave old chimney flashing in place under new shingles. So the metal can be decades older than the roof around it.
One storm sets the scale. Between December 29, 1996 and January 2, 1997 heavy rain fell on about a foot of snow, and the Seattle Landslide Study puts the water soaking into the ground at 8.35 inches. That winter's slides were unusually concentrated on the West Seattle peninsula. On Fauntleroy's 47th Avenue SW slope, which faces west-southwest toward the Sound, the city responded with a gabion wall, a soldier-pile wall and new drainage.
A roof sees the same water from above. The Western Regional Climate Center notes that wet-season winds in the lowlands come mostly from the south and southwest, so on a slope tilted that way rain is pushed up the roof and against the downwind faces of a chimney, not simply dropped on it. Flashing that relies on gravity alone, without a tucked upper edge, lets that driven water in. It is the detail we check first on this side of the peninsula.
Every chimney flashing repair we do in Fauntleroy includes:
Smoke coming back into the room, or a smell that won't go? Book the inspection first.
Book nowThree faults account for nearly all the leaks we trace. Sealant smeared along the top edge of the metal has dried and split. The counterflashing, the upper piece that should be tucked into a mortar joint, was only surface-glued and has peeled away. Or the uphill side of a wide chimney has no cricket, the small ridge that splits the flow of water, so debris piles up behind the stack and holds a puddle against the joint.
Water is run over the roof in stages, low to high, while someone watches from the attic. The point where it appears names the fault.
If only the seal has failed and the metal is good, we reseal. Metal that is corroded, cut short or lapped wrong comes off for new, and our quote states the reason.
Step pieces are woven with the shingles; the counterflashing slots into a kerf we saw into a mortar joint, then gets sealed.
The same hose test is repeated before we leave the roof.
Chimney damage after the Nisqually earthquake was widespread. A USGS open-file report states that of the 30,000 houses FEMA inspected, a third had a damaged chimney. In West Seattle the shaking was uneven: the USGS simulation page for the peninsula cites 2001 recordings from two instruments, one of which caught sideways ground acceleration peaking at almost triple the other's.
A brick stack and a timber roof do not move together. When the stack rocks and settles back, even without visible cracks, it can open the seam where metal meets masonry by a few millimeters. The leak that follows may not show for years, until the sealant covering the gap gives out. If your house stood through 2001 and the flashing has not been examined since, we look for that telltale: counterflashing that no longer sits tight in its joint on one side only.
What this work is quoted at for Fauntleroy homes — the exact figure comes from the $99 on-site inspection, credited toward the work.
| Service | Price in Fauntleroy | What that covers |
|---|---|---|
| Chimney Flashing Repair | $375–$1,500 | Reseal at the low end, full flashing replacement at the high |
| 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 Fauntleroy. 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.
Fauntleroy is a cove neighborhood in the southwest corner of Seattle that began as a summer colony in 1904, on Fauntleroy Cove, with permanent homes that go back to 1907 and hillsides that filled in after World War II. We work every part of it — Endolyne included.
FauntleroyKing County, WA · 47.523, -122.394
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.
Either trade can do it. We are usually called when the roofer has blamed the chimney and the mason has blamed the roof, because we check both sides of the joint.
Leak tracing falls under our inspection fee: $99 plus tax. Should the flashing work go ahead with us, we credit that $99 to it.
Be careful with copper. Oregon State University Extension's moss guidance says zinc attacks it, so a roof whose flashing, gutters or downspouts are copper should never get zinc sulfate.
A $99 on-site inspection, a written quote before any work, and photos of every item we touch.
