Seaview, King County
If a load of towels now needs two cycles, the dryer is probably fine and the duct behind it is not. Lint that slips past the screen settles along the vent, narrows it, and holds in hot, damp air. We clean dryer vents in Seaview for $105 to $295. Six feet of straight duct ending at a hood beside the laundry costs $105; a long run with several elbows, a roof termination, or a bird nest at the outlet is the high one.
Typical investment
$105–$295
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What we do
The same crew, the same written quote — for Seaview 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 in Seaview is mixed. One Census ZIP code area covers its northern end together with Alki, Admiral and Genesee. Its tally is 15,073 housing units, fewer than four in ten of them detached single-family houses, and nearly a fifth built since 2010. In a townhouse or a stacked flat the washer and dryer tend to live deep inside the plan, so the duct snakes through joists and exits high, sometimes on the roof. Long runs collect more lint and are harder to check yourself.
Seattle's windstorm analysis notes that structural damage can begin at winds as low as 32 miles per hour, and that the building code asks new structures to withstand 85 mph three-second gusts, adjusted for location. WeatherSpark's Seattle profile shows December as the windiest month on average, at about 5.1 mph, against 2.9 mph in July.
A dryer hood is not structure, but wind affects it every day. On Seaview's exposed western slope, a hood facing into southerly winter weather has its damper pushed shut against the airflow and rain driven into the opening. Wet lint sticks; it builds up at the hood first, then inward. When we clean, we look at which way the outlet faces, and where a gravity flap keeps sticking we suggest a hood designed for exposed walls.
Every dryer vent cleaning we do in Seaview includes:
Smoke coming back into the room, or a smell that won't go? Book the inspection first.
Book nowOn a hillside house, the outside hood can end up well above the ground on the downhill wall, out of reach of a stepladder. Owners stop looking at it, and that is where the trouble starts: a flap jammed half open by lint, a screen someone added that traps it, or a nest. We clean from the dryer end and the outside end, and we reach high hoods from a ladder or the roof rather than skipping them.
An anemometer at the hood gives a starting number; comparing it with the closing number is how you know the job did something.
Out comes the dryer from its alcove; we unclip the foil or semi-rigid connector, and send a spinning brush down the duct with a vacuum catching the lint.
On the outside wall or the roof, the hood is opened and cleaned, and the flap is worked until it swings open and drops shut on its own.
Everything goes back together and we measure again. If the run is too long or crushed somewhere, we tell you.
What this work is quoted at for Seaview homes — the exact figure comes from the $99 on-site inspection, credited toward the work.
| Service | Price in Seaview | 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 Seaview. 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.
Seaview is a west-facing neighborhood south of Alki and Genesee that runs down to Beach Drive SW, on Puget Sound, with homes of mixed ages, pre-1940 houses making up between 23% and 30% of the two ZIP code areas it straddles.
SeaviewKing County, WA · 47.556, -122.390
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. Short, accessible runs are at the low end; long runs, roof outlets and nests take more time and cost more.
No fixed one. A family running loads every day on a long duct needs it sooner than a single person with a short one. Rising drying times, or an outside flap that no longer lifts all the way, mean it is time.
Yes. Roof outlets are common in newer townhouses. We work from the roof when footing is safe up there, and from inside when it is not.
A $99 on-site inspection, a written quote before any work, and photos of every item we touch.
