Fauntleroy, King County
An inspection answers one question: is this chimney safe to use as it stands? In Fauntleroy that answer costs $99 plus tax, one fee per chimney, however deep the examination has to go. A camera travels the full flue, the outside is examined from the roof where the roof can be walked, and you receive a written report with pictures. Hire us for the repairs our quote describes and those $99 leave the bill.
What we charge
$99 plus tax
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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.
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
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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.
Two kinds of buyer call us in Fauntleroy. Some are purchasing an older house near the cove, in a neighborhood where the Southwest Seattle Historical Society says permanent homes soon replaced the tents and cabins of the 1905 summer colony. Others own a house on the slopes that HistoryLink says filled with new building by the 1950s. In the surrounding Census ZIP code area about half of all housing units went up before 1960. Chimneys that old have usually passed through several owners, and the paperwork on what was done to it is rarely complete.
Seattle Parks describes Lincoln Park, just north of the ferry terminal, as a bluff on Puget Sound with about a mile of seawalls. Other Parks pages record what storms do to such structures on this shore: the wall at Emma Schmitz Memorial Overlook was replaced in 2020-2021 after erosion and storm damage. Wikipedia places Fauntleroy on its cove with the Olympic Mountains about 40 miles to the west, which is to say with open water in between.
Nothing on a house stands taller in that weather than its chimney. So the outside half of our inspection is not a formality here. We look at the side facing the water first: the crown surface, the mortar joints of the upper courses, the cap fastenings and the metal where the stack meets the roof. We do not attribute what we find to salt, which no source we read documents; wind and rain are enough to explain it.
Every chimney inspection we do in Fauntleroy includes:
Smoke coming back into the room, or a smell that won't go? Book the inspection first.
Book nowWhat we find most often is not dramatic. It is a liner tile with a crack running its length, a mortar joint washed out between two tiles, a crown that has let water into the top courses, or an insert connected to a flue far larger than its outlet. None of these shows from the living room. Each one changes what the fireplace can safely burn, which is why the report names the defect, shows it and says what it means for use.
We start with what you know: fuel, frequency of use, past repairs, anything odd about smoke or smell.
The camera goes up from the firebox or down from the top and records every tile joint, offset and connection.
Masonry, crown, cap and the joint with the roof are checked up close when the pitch allows, by ladder and lens when it does not.
The report separates what is sound, what deserves watching and what has to be repaired ahead of any further burning.
The Pacific Northwest Seismic Network gives the Nisqually earthquake of February 28, 2001 a magnitude of 6.8 and a depth of 52 kilometers. Afterward three researchers (Booth, Wells, Givler) covered the greater Seattle area one block at a time, some 60,000 chimneys in all, and logged 1,556 with visible damage. Their 2004 paper says the damage was strongly clustered, West Seattle above all, in ground where damage had already been mapped after 1965.
The published abstract does not name streets, so we make no claim about any Fauntleroy block. What the study does establish is that a chimney on this peninsula may have been shaken hard more than once, and that visible damage was only what could be counted from the sidewalk. A camera sees the rest: tiles shifted at a joint, a hairline crack inside a stack that looks straight from the yard.
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 Inspection | $99 plus tax | Level 1 visual; Level 2 adds a full camera scan |
| Chimney Sweep | $189–$449 | Full flue swept, Level 1 inspection included |
| 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 |
| Chimney Cap Installation | $235–$850 | Stainless cap fitted; multi-flue and custom at the top |
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
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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.
Yes. The fee is per chimney, $99 plus tax each, because each one is filmed and reported separately.
It stays paid. The report and its pictures remain yours. The deduction applies only when you approve the work we quoted.
Plan on about an hour for a single flue with easy roof access. A steep roof, or a tall stack on a lot that falls toward the water, adds time.
A $99 on-site inspection, a written quote before any work, and photos of every item we touch.
