Arbor Heights, King County
In Arbor Heights we charge $105 to $295 to clean a dryer vent. Where your job falls depends on the route the duct takes. A few feet of pipe through a basement wall is quick work; twenty feet with three elbows, or an exit through the shingles two stories up, takes ladders and longer brushing, and a nest wedged behind the flap adds time again. Our technician takes a velocity reading at the exterior hood when we arrive and a second one when we leave, and both numbers go on your receipt.
Typical investment
$105–$295
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What we do
The same crew, the same written quote — for Arbor Heights 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.
Arbor Heights still fills a sizable elementary school: the building that replaced the original on the same site opened in September 2016 at 89,000 square feet, and HistoryLink puts its 2023 enrollment at 557. Homes that send that many kids to school tend to run the dryer most days of the week. Lint builds in proportion, and the first symptom people notice is a towel load that suddenly needs a second cycle.
Every dryer vent cleaning we do in Arbor Heights includes:
Smoke coming back into the room, or a smell that won't go? Book the inspection first.
Book nowWet months make the duct worse. Lint that settles in a run through a soggy winter mats into felt rather than blowing clear, and a hood on the weather side of the house catches leaves and moss. Starlings and sparrows like the warm pocket behind a flap stuck half open. All of this chokes airflow, so the dryer runs hotter and longer, and the lint closest to the heater becomes the part most likely to ignite.
With the machine on high heat, an anemometer at the outdoor cap records how fast air is leaving. That number is what we aim to improve.
We unhook the short connector behind it and check its material; vinyl or thin foil accordion pipe is noted as something to replace.
Our drill-driven whip attacks the run from inside and outside while a vacuum catches what comes loose, elbow by elbow.
Once the connector is back on and the flap swings, the anemometer goes back to the cap for the closing figure.
Roughly half the housing units counted where the Census ZIP boundary wraps Arbor Heights went up from 1940 through 1969, and two thirds of all units there are detached houses. A house of that period was not necessarily laid out around the dryer it holds today, and where a laundry corner was added or moved later, the vent may wander through joists and around corners before it finds daylight.
Washington's residential code, section M1502, describes what the run should look like: rigid metal duct with a smooth interior, 4 inches nominal and No. 28 gage or heavier, discharging outdoors through a termination with a backdraft damper, never a screen, and placed 3 feet or more away from windows, doors and other openings into the building. A run that misses those marks collects lint faster. If yours does, we point to the spot and price the correction as its own line.
What this work is quoted at for Arbor Heights homes — the exact figure comes from the $99 on-site inspection, credited toward the work.
| Service | Price in Arbor Heights | 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 Arbor Heights. 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.
Arbor Heights is the southernmost part of West Seattle, south of SW Roxbury Street, annexed to Seattle in 1954, with mostly detached houses, about half of those in its ZIP code area built between 1940 and 1969. We work every part of it — Arroyo Heights, Seola Beach included.
Arbor HeightsKing County, WA · 47.509, -122.378
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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.
Yearly for an average household. Daily loads, a duct longer than about twenty feet, or a rooftop exit all justify shortening it.
Yes. Those sit near the $295 end because getting onto the roof safely takes extra equipment and time.
On request. A chimney inspection is its own $99 plus tax visit, and that sum is deducted later if you hire us for chimney work it uncovers.
A $99 on-site inspection, a written quote before any work, and photos of every item we touch.
