High Point, King County
For crown repair or repointing in High Point, our prices open at $475. Two things move the number: how many square feet of brick need attention and what it takes to get a mason up to the stack. The work only concerns a chimney of real brick, and nobody has counted which High Point addresses have one, so we confirm it at your house before quoting.
Typical investment
From $475
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What we do
The same crew, the same written quote — for High Point 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.
Repointing means grinding out failed mortar to a set depth and packing new mortar that suits the old brick. Crown repair means rebuilding or resurfacing the concrete cap that sheds water off the top of the stack. Both are done from the roof. If you are not sure whether your chimney is brick all the way through or a framed chase with a thin brick face, we tell you after a look; a veneer is repaired differently and is not priced as structural masonry.
HistoryLink describes High Point as planned in 1942 for 950 units of defense-worker housing, then enlarged when 37 adjacent acres were condemned for 350 more. Wikipedia notes that the later redevelopment removed all of that housing, so the building stock inside the neighborhood is almost entirely from this century.
Aged mortar is therefore rare within the rebuilt streets and ordinary just outside them. The Census ZIP code area that contains High Point still counts roughly one unit in five as older than 1940. If your house is one of those, its chimney has been through every wet season since, and repointing is routine upkeep at that age.
Every masonry repair (crown / repointing) we do in High Point includes:
Smoke coming back into the room, or a smell that won't go? Book the inspection first.
Book nowThe enemy of mortar is water that freezes. Over many decades of local weather records, about 33 days in a typical year have seen the thermometer touch 32°F or lower, mostly in December, January and February, while very few days stay frozen through the afternoon. That is a pattern of overnight freezes and daytime thaws: water soaks into an open joint by day, expands at night, and the joint is a little wider each time.
Every face of the stack is photographed and the failed joints are marked.
The quote states which areas are repointed and what is done to the crown.
Joints are ground clean, dampened and filled in lifts; the crown is formed with a proper slope.
New mortar stays covered until it has set; pictures follow.
The High Point neighborhood site describes the community as 17 percent open space, much of it planted. Greenery that close to the houses means spores and shade, and a brick stack with open joints offers moss a foothold.
According to Oregon State University Extension, moss holds soil and debris and keeps a surface wet longer than it would otherwise stay. In a mortar joint, that extra moisture is what the next freeze works on. Before any joint is cut we lift the growth off with hand tools, since a pressure washer would take good mortar with it, and we point out any limb that keeps the stack in shade.
What this work is quoted at for High Point homes — the exact figure comes from the $99 on-site inspection, credited toward the work.
| Service | Price in High Point | What that covers |
|---|---|---|
| Masonry Repair (Crown / Repointing) | From $475 | Crown work, repointing and tuckpointing by surface area |
| 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 High Point. 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.
High Point is a 120-acre hilltop community east of 35th Avenue SW, built as defense housing in 1942 and rebuilt from 2004, with homes completed between 2003 and 2020 across the redeveloped site.
High PointKing County, WA · 47.545, -122.372
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.
Not for repointing alone. Repointing alone sits on the permit-exempt list of the Seattle Residential Code (R105.2), provided the house envelope is not altered. A rebuild is a different matter, and we check that with SDCI beforehand.
Only if it has genuine brickwork. Many repairs on recent homes turn out to be sheet-metal or sealant work at the top of a chase, which we handle under chimney repair.
From photos taken on your roof. Those photos come from an inspection that costs $99 plus tax per chimney looked at, and the $99 is knocked off the masonry job once you approve it.
A $99 on-site inspection, a written quote before any work, and photos of every item we touch.
