High Point, King County
Creosote removal in High Point is quoted from $245, and the price goes up as the buildup gets harder and climbs higher in the flue. This is not a routine sweep. It is the job that follows when brushing alone leaves a tarry or glassy layer on the flue wall, and it only concerns appliances that burn wood. A home heated and decorated entirely by gas or electricity has no creosote to remove.
Typical investment
From $245
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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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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.
Wood smoke condenses on a cool flue as it rises. Burned hot and dry, a fire leaves a dusty soot that a brush takes off. Burned slow, on damp wood or with the air shut down, it leaves flakes and then a hard glaze that resists bristles. We remove those stages with rotary chains and whips matched to the liner, and for baked-on glaze with a treatment that turns it brittle first. Metal factory-built flues are cleaned with tools their maker allows, since a scratched liner is a damaged one.
The 1942 housing project changed this part of West Seattle quickly. HistoryLink records that nearby Gatewood School's enrollment jumped to 768 in April 1943 because of it. Houses went up on the adjoining streets in those same years, and in the surrounding ZIP code area the 1940s still account for 15.7 percent of housing units by Census estimate.
Those are the homes where an open brick fireplace of long standing is plausible, and where decades of occasional fires may have left layered deposits nobody has measured. In the rebuilt blocks, wood burning is rarer still by the same survey: only a tiny number of households in the ZIP area name wood as their main heat. Wherever a wood fire is lit, though, the flue above it is worth a camera pass.
Every creosote removal we do in High Point includes:
Smoke coming back into the room, or a smell that won't go? Book the inspection first.
Book nowFuel is half the problem, and the regional air agency regulates it. Regional air rules hold any chimney's plume under 20 percent opacity over a six-minute stretch in each hour, and they recognize two fuels only: seasoned, dry firewood and manufactured logs. Firewood stacked uncovered through a Seattle autumn is not seasoned in any useful sense. A flue that glazes over every winter is usually telling you about the woodpile.
On camera we sort the buildup into flakes, tar or glaze and see where it stops.
Rotary tools for flakes and tar, a chemical modifier for glaze, always within what the liner tolerates.
Loosened material is brought down under vacuum so the living room stays clean.
With the walls bare we can see whether heat has cracked tiles or opened seams underneath.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Creosote Removal | From $245 | Priced by creosote stage — glazed stage 3 is the heavy end |
| 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
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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.
It is the form most likely to feed a flue fire, because it is concentrated fuel bonded to the wall. Stop burning until it is out.
Less, but not none. Low, smoldering fires deposit creosote whatever the fuel, and a flue that is too large for the fire stays cool and collects more.
We do not. The camera inspection comes first, at $99 plus tax for the chimney in question. That $99 is then deducted from the removal job when you give the quote your approval.
A $99 on-site inspection, a written quote before any work, and photos of every item we touch.
