Gig Harbor, Pierce County
Chimney repair in Gig Harbor starts at $375. A small crown patch or a few joints of mortar sit near that floor; rebuilding the top of a stack above the roofline, or a firebox that has lost its refractory panels, costs more. Whatever the job, we find the cause before quoting, because a repair that ignores why the damage happened is back on the list next winter.
Typical investment
From $375
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What we do
The same crew, the same written quote — for Gig Harbor homes.
Level 1 or Level 2 as needed; Level 2 includes a camera run through the entire flue
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Top-to-bottom brushing of flue and firebox under drop cloths, with a HEPA vacuum pulling the dust
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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.
About three quarters of Gig Harbor's homes went up in 1980 or later, so the chimneys we repair here are a mix. There are masonry stacks, some near the water with decades of weather on them, and there are framed chases on newer houses, where the metal cover on top and the siding below are what give out.
Gig Harbor is a bay on Puget Sound and the city on its shore, the first stop on the peninsula once SR 16 crosses the Tacoma Narrows Bridge. It became a town in 1946, with homes along the harbor long before the subdivisions spread inland.
On a chimney that faces the water, the upper joints on the windward side lose their mortar first. We rake those out and repoint them to a sound depth instead of smearing new mortar over the surface, which tends to pop off within a season or two.
OSU Extension cautions that zinc sulfate, a common roof moss treatment, corrodes copper roof components. If your chimney has copper flashing or a copper cap, tell whoever treats the roof, and tell us, so the fix is not undone by the next moss spray.
The same guidance puts more sun on the roof, by trimming nearby trees, ahead of chemicals as the lasting cure. And behind a chimney wider than 30 inches, off the ridge, Washington code wants a cricket so debris and water do not sit against the brick.
Every chimney repair we do in Gig Harbor includes:
Smoke coming back into the room, or a smell that won't go? Book the inspection first.
Book nowThe damage we see most often is at the top of the chimney: a crown cracked by years of rain and the odd freeze, mortar washed out of the upper joints, a cap blown loose, or a chase cover that holds a puddle until it rusts through. Shaking counts too. Of the 30,000 homes FEMA inspected after the 2001 Nisqually quake, one in three had a damaged chimney, and the state has modeled a magnitude 7.1 quake on the Tacoma fault zone. After any quake you felt, have the stack looked at.
We look at the whole stack, roof side and inside, to see why it failed, not just where.
You get photos of the damage and a fixed price for the repair, with any optional work listed apart.
The damaged section is taken back to sound material and rebuilt with matching brick, mortar or parts.
We check the repair from the roof and the firebox, clear the debris, and send you the finished photos.
Per the Census Bureau's 2020–2024 estimates, the median Gig Harbor home was built in 1998, and only about 23.8% predate 1980. Young by Pierce County standards, where the median home dates from 1986, but a 1998 chimney has still stood through more than twenty-five rainy seasons.
That is why the yearly check NFPA 211 calls for matters even on a newer house. Water damage on a chimney builds slowly: a hairline crack becomes a missing chunk of crown, then a stain on the ceiling, and the repair gets bigger at every step.
What this work is quoted at for Gig Harbor homes — the exact figure comes from the $99 on-site inspection, credited toward the work.
| Service | Price in Gig Harbor | What that covers |
|---|---|---|
| Chimney Repair | From $375 | Masonry repair — brick and mortar, scoped 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 Cap Installation | $265–$750 | Stainless cap fitted; multi-flue and custom at the top |
Ranges are what these jobs are quoted at in Gig Harbor. 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.
Gig Harbor is a harbor town incorporated in 1946, settled early by a Croatian fishing community on the west side and Scandinavians at the north end, on the Gig Harbor bay, on Puget Sound, with mostly newer homes — a median build year of 1998, fewer than a quarter built before 1980.
Gig HarborPierce County, WA · 47.329, -122.581
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.
From $375. The price depends on what failed and how much of the stack has to be rebuilt, and it is set in writing before work starts.
Yes. On a framed chase, the metal cover and the cap are the parts that fail first, and a rusted cover can leak into the chase for years before a stain shows inside.
Yes. A seismic event is one of the listed triggers for a Level II inspection in NFPA 211, even when nothing looks wrong from the yard.
A $99 on-site inspection, a written quote before any work, and photos of every item we touch.
