Pricing
Published ranges, so you can check any quote — ours included — against the market instead of against a feeling.
Three ways to start
Essential Sweep & Safety Check
$200 – $400
The annual visit. Right for a system in regular use that is on or near schedule.
Includes: Full sweep of the flue, firebox, smoke shelf and damper, plus a Level 1 inspection and written findings.
Takes: About 1 to 1.5 hours.
Not included: Degree 3 creosote removal, and any repair work.
Level 1 Inspection
$100 – $250
No sweep needed, or you want to know where you stand before committing to anything.
Includes: Visual examination of cap, crown, flashing, flue, damper, smoke chamber, firebox and clearances, with written findings ranked by priority.
Takes: About 45 minutes.
Not included: Sweeping, and anything requiring access behind a wall.
Leak & Masonry Assessment
Quoted after the visit
There is a stain on the ceiling, or the brick is shedding, and nobody has established why.
Includes: Roof-level examination of crown, cap, flashing, mortar joints and brick condition, with the cause identified in writing before any repair is priced.
Takes: About an hour, weather permitting.
Not included: The repair itself — that is quoted separately, after you have the findings.
Level 2 Camera Inspection
$300 – $650
Required for a property sale or transfer, after a chimney fire, or when the appliance or fuel changes.
Includes: Everything in a Level 1, plus internal examination of the flue and the concealed portions of the system.
Takes: About 1.5 hours.
Not included: Repairs, and Level 3 work requiring demolition.
Or put it on a schedule
The three above are single visits. If the fireplace gets used every winter, the same work on a plan costs less, holds its price, and skips the September queue — and the written findings start stacking into a history instead of resetting every year.
To be clear, because the rest of the trade is not: the plan does not add tasks to the visit. Everything in it is already in the Essential Sweep above. What it adds is the schedule, the comparison and the fixed number.
Where these numbers come from
They are typical 2026 market ranges for the Puget Sound, published here on purpose. The most common complaint about this trade is the $49 advertisement that becomes a four-figure invoice once somebody is on your roof. Publishing the real range makes that trick impossible to run on you — by us or by anyone else.
What moves a price within the range: how much buildup there is, whether the flue is straight or offset, how many flues the chimney has, roof pitch and access, and whether the appliance is a fireplace, an insert or a stove. What never moves it: how worried you looked.
Larger repairs, for reference: cap $200 – $850 · crown around $1,550 · relining $4,600 – $8,000.
A safer chimney starts with an honest look at it.
Booking takes a minute. Peak season here runs September through November.