Puyallup, Pierce County
A chimney inspection in Puyallup costs $99 plus tax per chimney, whatever level the situation calls for. If the findings lead to work and you approve our written quote, that $99 comes off the job. You come away with photos, a plain-language list of what we saw, and a clear line between what needs fixing now, what can wait, and what is fine.
What we charge
$99 plus tax
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$99 plus tax, deducted when you approve the repair
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What we do
The same crew, the same written quote — for Puyallup homes.
Top-to-bottom brushing of flue and firebox under drop cloths, with a HEPA vacuum pulling the dust
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Loose or damaged brick, open joints and firebox panels repaired
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A full-length stainless-steel or cast liner, firebox to chimney top
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A stainless cap sized to your actual flue dimensions
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Burner, pilot assembly and valve cleaned and adjusted
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Crown patched, or recast entirely if it can't be saved
Learn moreRanges shown for orientation — the exact figure is written up on-site, after the inspection.
Puyallup's housing covers a long stretch of time. The town was incorporated in 1890, and census figures show about 39% of today's homes were built before 1980, while the median house dates from 1987. An inspection in the older part of the valley is often about mortar joints, clay tiles and a crown that has seen many winters; in a newer home on the hill it is more often about a factory-built firebox, its metal chimney and the chase cover on top.
In 2013 an EPA case study estimated that 13,792 low-income households in the Tacoma-Pierce County area used a wood-burning device. For many of them the stove is not a weekend comfort but the thing that keeps the house warm.
A household in that position can burn during a ban only with an approved No Other Adequate Source of Heat exemption from the regional clean air agency, and the agency is clear that a costly furnace or one that is temporarily broken does not qualify. If the stove is your heat, a yearly inspection is how you make sure it can safely carry you through January.
Since October 1, 2015, an uncertified wood stove or insert may not be bought, sold, reinstalled or operated in the Tacoma-Pierce County Smoke Reduction Zone. The agency's map shows whether your Puyallup address falls inside it.
Many owners are not sure which kind they have. The agency's advice is to look for an EPA compliance label on the back or side of the unit; solid metal doors or a pair of glass doors hint at an older, uncertified model, and a UL listing is not the same thing as EPA certification. We photograph the label, or its absence, as part of the report.
Every chimney inspection we do in Puyallup includes:
Smoke coming back into the room, or a smell that won't go? Book the inspection first.
Book nowBuyers and sellers are a large share of inspection requests. The national fire code for chimneys, NFPA 211, lists a sale or transfer of the property as a moment for a Level 2 inspection, and the Chimney Safety Institute of America recommends one then. It is guidance, not a Washington legal requirement, but a camera look before closing is far cheaper than finding a cracked liner after you move in.
Temperature records kept at the Puyallup 2 W experiment station from 1931 through 1995 show freezing lows on some 69 dates in a typical year; the Tacoma #1 station, nearer the water, logged less than half as many.
Every one of those nights can freeze water that soaked into a crown or a mortar joint during the day. That is why our Puyallup reports spend time on the top of the chimney: hairline cracks in a crown are cheap to seal in September and much less so after a winter of freezing and thawing.
You choose a slot online or by phone, and we ask about the appliance, its age and why you want the chimney checked.
We examine the firebox, damper and smoke chamber, then run the camera up the flue if the level calls for it.
Cap, crown, flashing and brick or siding are checked from the top, where most water damage begins.
You receive the photo report the same day, with a written quote for any repair it recommends.
What this work is quoted at for Puyallup homes — the exact figure comes from the $99 on-site inspection, credited toward the work.
| Service | Price in Puyallup | What that covers |
|---|---|---|
| Chimney Inspection | $99 plus tax | Level 1 visual; Level 2 adds a full camera scan |
| Chimney Sweep | $189–$449 | Full flue swept, Level 1 inspection included |
| Chimney Relining | From $1,900 | Full-length stainless liner, sized to the appliance |
| Chimney Repair | From $375 | Masonry repair — brick and mortar, scoped after diagnosis |
| Chimney Cap Installation | $265–$750 | Stainless cap fitted; multi-flue and custom at the top |
Ranges are what these jobs are quoted at in Puyallup. 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.
Puyallup is a valley city platted by Ezra Meeker in 1877, at the heart of what was a leading hop-growing region, on the Puyallup River valley, with homes with a median build year of 1987, about 39% of them built before 1980.
PuyallupPierce County, WA · 47.185, -122.293
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.
The on-site visit is $99 plus tax, and approving the written quote afterward means that amount is credited to the job. One price per chimney, whatever the level.
Level 1 looks at the parts of the chimney that are readily accessible and suits a routine yearly check. Level 2 adds a video scan of the flue and the attic, basement or crawl space where the chimney passes, and it is the one advised at a sale or after an appliance change.
We book a two-hour window for one chimney, which leaves room for the camera, the roof and a walk through the findings with you.
A $99 on-site inspection, a written quote before any work, and photos of every item we touch.
