The Junction, King County
Chimney repair in the Junction starts at $425. That entry price covers one contained defect, say a few bricks gone soft near the top or a short stretch of eroded joints. Larger jobs climb from there, and each fault on the quote carries its own line, so you can approve the urgent ones now and schedule the rest. Every repair starts from the camera inspection, because what looks like a crown problem from the yard is sometimes water coming in two feet lower.
Typical investment
From $425
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What we do
The same crew, the same written quote — for The Junction 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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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.
Brick has a long record a few steps off California Avenue. Thomas Jefferson School, eight rooms on three floors of brick, opened in January 1912 on a lot of 1.69 acres in the Junction, gained a south wing in 1928, closed in 1979 and came down in 1985, HistoryLink writes. Masonry from that generation, whether in a school or in a house chimney, was laid with lime-rich mortar that softens over decades of wet winters. Repair here is often less about one broken thing than about joints that have slowly given up.
Engineers from EERI who toured the damage after the 2001 Nisqually earthquake reported that wood-frame houses held up well on the whole, and that their damage was mostly confined to chimneys. Unreinforced masonry built before 1950 did worst of all, typically losing brick from parapets and chimney tops.
Seattle's 2017 report on unreinforced masonry adds a striking line: no other American city has seen its brick buildings damaged by three different earthquakes inside 73 years. SDCI defines those buildings as, for the most part, brick bearing-wall structures from before 1945 with no steel inside. The Junction's commercial core dates largely from the 1910s and 1920s. A house built of wood is not on any URM list, yet an old brick chimney climbing through it behaves like a small unreinforced masonry structure of its own, and a repair is the right moment to ask whether its top needs more than new mortar.
Every chimney repair we do in The Junction includes:
Smoke coming back into the room, or a smell that won't go? Book the inspection first.
Book nowWater does most of the damage. In the long-term record for the Seattle area, the thermometer touches 32°F or lower on some 33 nights a year, January most often; water soaked into a hairline gap expands when it ices, and the gap grows a little each time. Wind adds to it: a loose top course on an exposed stack is the first thing to move in a December blow. We look for both on the same visit and price them together.
The camera and a roof check tell us what is broken and why, so the repair fixes the cause and not only the symptom.
Every defect gets its own price and priority, and the order of the work is yours to set.
Roof anchors, ladders and tarps go up before any brick comes off, and the work area below is covered.
Old brick wants a softer mortar than modern mixes. We match strength so the new joints do not crack the old units.
You receive before and after photos of each repaired area, attached to the invoice.
Seattle's 2021 Residential Code, the version SDCI applies to houses, duplexes and townhouses of three stories or less, carries an exemption list in section R105.2 of chapter 1. One entry lets minor repairs and alterations proceed with no building permit as long as their total value stays under a set ceiling within any six-month span and nothing that carries load is taken out, cut down, changed or moved.
Many chimney repairs in the Junction fit inside that window: a reset top course, a recast crown, joints refilled. A rebuild that removes the stack to the roofline, or anything that touches framing, can fall outside it. When a job sits near the line, we raise it with SDCI before booking it and tell you what they said.
What this work is quoted at for The Junction homes — the exact figure comes from the $99 on-site inspection, credited toward the work.
| Service | Price in The Junction | What that covers |
|---|---|---|
| Chimney Repair | From $425 | Masonry repair — brick and mortar, scoped after diagnosis |
| 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 Cap Installation | $235–$850 | Stainless cap fitted; multi-flue and custom at the top |
Ranges are what these jobs are quoted at in The Junction. 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.
The Junction is the commercial heart of West Seattle, named in 1907 when two streetcar lines met at California Avenue SW and SW Alaska Street, with brick and terra cotta storefronts from the 1910s and 1920s on California Avenue and residential blocks on every side. We work every part of it — the Alaska Junction included.
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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 $425 for a small, contained fault. Larger work is priced item by item after the camera inspection, so you see what each repair costs.
It depends on what the camera finds. If we see an open flue joint or a loose top, we say not to light a fire until it is fixed.
Yes, once you go ahead. Our camera visit is $99 plus tax, and the approved repair invoice shows those $99 subtracted.
Usually close. Salvaged brick is the best match; when none is available, we show you samples before ordering.
A $99 on-site inspection, a written quote before any work, and photos of every item we touch.
