The Junction, King County
Servicing a gas fireplace in the Junction costs $189 to $475. The lower figure covers the yearly visit on a unit in good shape: glass cleaned, logs and burner brushed, pilot and thermocouple checked, venting looked over end to end. An aging unit, blackened logs or a problem that only shows up now and then moves the bill toward the top. If a part has to be replaced, its price is written on the quote before we order it.
Typical investment
$189–$475
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What we do
The same crew, the same written quote — for The Junction 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 is a familiar fuel around here. Within the Census ZIP boundary that reaches from High Point over to the Junction's eastern blocks, the gas utility supplies primary heat to roughly 35.9 percent of about 10,248 occupied homes, and electricity in about 55.8 percent. Depending on how it lights, a gas fireplace may be able to warm a room through a power cut; whether yours can is worth learning in October, not in the dark of a December storm.
After a quake, FEMA's chimney advisory steers owners away from simply relaying the old brick, since a copy of the old stack inherits the old weakness. Its preference is to take the masonry down, partly or completely, and vent through metal, either a flue or an insert enclosed in a light wood or steel frame. A gas fireplace with its own listed vent is one way that advice ends up in a living room.
Seattle's 2017 policy report on unreinforced masonry counted 1,154 URM buildings across the city, single-family houses and duplexes excluded, and noted that two-thirds of the buildings judged unsafe after the 2001 earthquake were of that type. In a district like the Junction, built largely in the brick of the 1910s and 1920s, that figure is a reminder that heavy masonry and strong shaking do not mix well.
Every gas fireplace service we do in The Junction includes:
Smoke coming back into the room, or a smell that won't go? Book the inspection first.
Book nowWest Seattle has a history of going dark in storms. The city's power-outage hazard history picks out this part of town in a 1958 windstorm that cut service across Seattle, and it ranks the Columbus Day Storm of 1962 as the strongest the Pacific Northwest has seen. Its windstorm chapter adds that many households rely on electric heat, which leaves them cold the moment the lines come down. A serviced gas fireplace with a clear vent is a far safer backup than anything improvised indoors.
The gas valve is closed and the unit allowed to cool before the glass panel is removed.
Logs come out in order, soot is brushed off, and the burner ports are cleared of dust and spider webs.
We measure the pilot circuit and check the valve, igniter, remote and switch for steady operation.
The vent run is looked over from the unit to the cap outside, including the termination clearances.
We reassemble, run the unit, watch the flame, and leave a short report with anything that needs parts.
A Washington amendment printed in chapter 10 of the Seattle Residential Code, R1004.1.1, bars installing any factory-built fireplace, new or used, unless it is certified and labeled to the ASTM E2558 particulate test. Chapter 9 of the 2021 Seattle Mechanical Code adds that unvented gas log heaters may not go into a factory-built fireplace that is not listed for them.
For service work these rules matter when an owner wants to change what burns in a firebox. Swapping a broken part on an existing listed unit is one thing; putting gas logs into a fireplace that was never listed for them is another. Your unit's rating plate gets read before any suggestion is made, and when a change would need a permit, we ask SDCI first.
What this work is quoted at for The Junction homes — the exact figure comes from the $99 on-site inspection, credited toward the work.
| Service | Price in The Junction | 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 The Junction. 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.
The Junction is the commercial heart of West Seattle, named in 1907 when two streetcar lines met at California Avenue SW and SW Alaska Street, with brick and terra cotta storefronts from the 1910s and 1920s on California Avenue and residential blocks on every side. We work every part of it — the Alaska Junction included.
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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.
$189 to $475. A healthy unit's yearly service sits near the low end; diagnosis of a recurring fault sits near the high end.
Get everyone outdoors first, and only then phone 911 or the gas company. That situation is an emergency before it is a service call.
Sometimes. It depends on the firebox, the flue and the listing of the product, and we only quote it after an inspection.
Yes. A $99 plus tax inspection is deducted from the service or repair quote you accept.
A $99 on-site inspection, a written quote before any work, and photos of every item we touch.
