Delridge, King County
A gas fireplace service visit in Delridge costs $189 to $475. Near $189 you get a yearly tune-up for a fireplace that already fires reliably: burner and logs cleaned, pilot assembly checked, glass gasket inspected, vent termination looked at from outside. Cost climbs once a dead igniter, a pilot that keeps dropping out or a failed valve needs diagnosis and a replacement part, and parts for some older models take longer to find. We confirm the brand and model before the visit when you can send a photo of the rating plate.
Typical investment
$189–$475
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What we do
The same crew, the same written quote — for Delridge 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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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.
Gas heat has a solid footing in this part of West Seattle. Census survey answers from the valley's ZIP area put roughly three homes in ten on utility gas as their primary heat, with electricity in most of the rest. A gas line already in the house is often what makes a gas fireplace, or a gas insert in an old masonry opening, an easy choice. The fireplace is usually supplemental, though, and supplemental appliances are the ones that go years without anyone opening the access panel.
Every gas fireplace service we do in Delridge includes:
Smoke coming back into the room, or a smell that won't go? Book the inspection first.
Book nowStorms are the other reason to keep the unit in order. Half the city, near enough, sat in the dark after the December 2006 windstorm: the city's hazard analysis counts 49 percent of City Light accounts cut off, a full week before every last one was back, and deaths in King County from charcoal burned indoors for warmth. Some gas fireplaces keep giving heat through an outage, thanks to a standing pilot or batteries, but only if the burner, pilot and venting are sound. A unit that has not been looked at in years is not the one to depend on during an outage.
From the rating plate we note the model, its venting type and whether it is a fireplace, an insert or a log set.
Gas is shut off at the valve, the glass comes off and the burner compartment is cleaned.
Pilot, thermocouple or thermopile, valve and igniter are tested in order so we replace the part that failed and not its neighbors.
The unit is reassembled, lit and run; we check the flame picture, the seal of the glass and the vent cap outside.
The heating table in the Census survey shows how Delridge-area homes are warmed: about 63 percent mainly by electricity and about 30 percent by utility gas, in the ZIP code area that follows the corridor and runs south past the city limit. Wood is the main fuel in very few households. Where gas is already piped in, converting an old wood fireplace to gas is one way to put it back into service.
Seattle's 2021 mechanical code is careful about how that is done. A fireplace insert must carry a UL 1482 listing, and gas logs without a vent are barred from prefabricated fireboxes whose own listing does not allow them. When we service gas equipment in an older opening we check both the appliance label and how it vents, because the chimney it now uses was built for a wood fire.
What this work is quoted at for Delridge homes — the exact figure comes from the $99 on-site inspection, credited toward the work.
| Service | Price in Delridge | What that covers |
|---|---|---|
| Gas Fireplace Service | $189–$475 | Annual service and tune-up; repairs quoted 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 Repair | From $425 | Masonry repair — brick and mortar, scoped after diagnosis |
Ranges are what these jobs are quoted at in Delridge. 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.
Delridge is a valley neighborhood between the two ridges of West Seattle, on Longfellow Creek, with homes of mixed ages, about a fifth of those in its ZIP code area from the 1940s and 1950s and nearly a third built since 2000. We work every part of it — Pigeon Point, Youngstown, Cottage Grove, Puget Ridge, Riverview included.
DelridgeKing County, WA · 47.547, -122.362
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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.
Not first. Get everyone outdoors, then phone 911 or your gas company from the sidewalk. We service the appliance once the utility has made it safe.
Only if that fireplace is listed for it. Under Seattle's mechanical code an unvented log heater stays out of any prefab firebox lacking a listing for one, so the label gets read first.
Yes, with a camera. We charge $99 plus tax per filmed flue, an amount we take off any quote you later accept.
A $99 on-site inspection, a written quote before any work, and photos of every item we touch.
