Admiral, King County
Dryer vent cleaning in Admiral costs $105 to $295. A short run that exits through a ground-floor wall is the cheap case. A vent that climbs to the roof, serves an upper-floor laundry or hides a bird nest is the expensive one. Every foot of duct gets cleaned, starting at the dryer collar and ending at the exterior hood, with an airflow number taken first and last.
Typical investment
$105–$295
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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 Admiral 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.
Housing around Admiral is more mixed than its age suggests. In the Census ZIP code area that Admiral shares with Alki, Genesee and north Seaview, only about 39.5% of housing units are detached single-family houses, and about 18.3% of all units have been built since 2010. Apartments, condominiums and townhouses tend to place the laundry far from an outside wall. We cannot say from an address how long your vent is, so the first thing we do is find where it ends.
Every dryer vent cleaning we do in Admiral includes:
Smoke coming back into the room, or a smell that won't go? Book the inspection first.
Book nowLint gets past every lint screen. It settles where the duct bends, where a flexible connector sags and at the exterior hood, where damp air makes it stick. As the passage narrows, the dryer runs hotter and longer. Clothes that need two cycles are the early warning. A hot laundry room and a flap that barely opens are the later ones.
We locate the exit, count the bends and note what the duct is made of.
An airflow reading at the hood gives a baseline to compare against.
Rods feed a rotating head through the run; a vacuum on the other end catches what it knocks loose.
The hood, its flap and the connector at the machine are cleaned by hand.
Both numbers are written on the invoice, side by side.
Cleaning a vent is maintenance and no Seattle text we read ties a permit to it. Replacement is where the code speaks. The list of exempt work in the residential code's first chapter includes exchanging one component of a mechanical system, as long as the system's original approval is left unchanged, while cautioning that the mechanical code may call for its own permit anyway. The city says its 2021 codes remain the ones in force, with the 2024 editions due no sooner than May 2027.
In practice, a crushed connector swapped for a metal one of the same size and route is a component exchange. Moving the exit to another wall or lengthening the duct is a change to the system, and for an Admiral home we would ask SDCI about it before doing the work.
What this work is quoted at for Admiral homes — the exact figure comes from the $99 on-site inspection, credited toward the work.
| Service | Price in Admiral | What that covers |
|---|---|---|
| Dryer Vent Cleaning | $105–$295 | Full run cleaned; roof or upper-floor terminations 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 Admiral. 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.
Admiral is the oldest neighborhood in West Seattle, first platted in 1885 at the north end of the peninsula, with homes of many decades, close to a quarter of those in its ZIP code area built before 1940. We work every part of it — North Admiral included.
AdmiralKing County, WA · 47.581, -122.386
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.
$105 to $295. Ground-floor wall exits are at the low end; roof exits, long runs and nests are at the high end.
Yearly for most households, sooner for large families or long ducts.
Yes, when the pitch is safe to stand on. Roof work is part of why the range is wide.
We recommend replacing foil or plastic connectors with rigid or semi-rigid metal, and we can do it during the visit.
A $99 on-site inspection, a written quote before any work, and photos of every item we touch.
