DuPont, Pierce County
Sweeping a chimney in DuPont runs $189 to $449. Where a job lands in that range depends on how steep and high the roof is, how long the flue is, and how much soot a winter of fires has left behind. Before any brush goes in, we confirm what you actually burn: plenty of DuPont living rooms have a gas insert that never needs a sweep, while others still have a wood-burning firebox that does.
Typical investment
$189–$449
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What we do
The same crew, the same written quote — for DuPont homes.
Level 1 or Level 2 as needed; Level 2 includes a camera run through the entire flue
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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.
DuPont grew in two stages. The old company village kept its early houses, and from 1989 onward the Northwest Landing plan filled the hills around it with streets of newer homes. The result is a town where a sweep can mean a clay-lined masonry flue one morning and a round stainless pipe inside a framed chase that afternoon. Both collect soot when wood is burned, and both are cleaned from the top so the loosened deposits fall into the firebox rather than into the attic.
Newer construction dominates here. The American Community Survey puts the median DuPont home at 2002, and only about 13.7 percent of units were standing before 1980. Around 54 percent of households list utility gas as their main heat, compared with roughly 34 percent for Pierce County overall.
So a good share of the fireplaces we are called to are gas, and those are not swept. When a house does burn wood, it is often in a factory-built firebox with a metal flue, which needs the same top-to-bottom cleaning as brick, with a brush sized to the round pipe.
Every chimney sweep we do in DuPont includes:
Smoke coming back into the room, or a smell that won't go? Book the inspection first.
Book nowThe calls we get in DuPont tend to follow a pattern. A family moves into a house that came with a wood fireplace, has no record of the last cleaning, and wants to know whether the first fire of the season is safe. Or a household burns every evening from October on, using wood that sat uncovered through a wet month, and finds a glossy, tar-like coating in the flue by February. The first case is solved with one sweep and a look at the cap; the second needs a closer read of what is on the flue walls.
Puget Sound Clean Air Agency regulates what leaves a chimney. Smoke denser than 20 percent opacity may appear only briefly, never for six consecutive minutes out of sixty, and the firebox is restricted to seasoned firewood or manufactured logs. A freshly swept flue with a clear screen makes that easier to meet.
Where a spark arrestor sits on the cap, the 2021 Washington residential code sets its size: openings that block a half-inch sphere but let a three-eighths-inch one through, with a screen you can take off to clean. We lift it off during every sweep and clear what has built up.
Floor runners go down from the door to the fireplace, and a sealed vacuum is set against the opening before anything is disturbed.
We note whether the flue is masonry with a tile liner or a listed metal chimney, since the brush size and the checks differ.
Rods and a correctly sized brush clean the full run, then the damper and smoke chamber are scraped by hand from below.
You receive photos of the flue before and after, with a short written note on anything worth watching.
What this work is quoted at for DuPont homes — the exact figure comes from the $99 on-site inspection, credited toward the work.
| Service | Price in DuPont | What that covers |
|---|---|---|
| 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 $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 DuPont. 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.
WeatherSpark counts close to seven wet months a year in DuPont, running from about October 9 to May 1, with November the rainiest at roughly 8.6 inches. That is the same stretch when most fires are lit.
Wood that stays damp burns cool and leaves more residue on the flue walls. Roofs stay wet too: Oregon State University Extension notes that moss in the Northwest holds moisture against shingles, and we point it out if it has crept up around the chimney.
DuPont is a former company town built around an explosives plant, joined since 1989 by the planned Northwest Landing, with mostly recent homes — a median build year of 2002 — around a historic company village. We work every part of it — the Historic Village, Northwest Landing included.
DuPontPierce County, WA · 47.099, -122.632
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.
It ranges from $189 to $449. Light soot on a one-story roof lands near the bottom of that range; a tall two-story chase, a steep pitch or thick deposits push it toward the top.
Probably not. A switch usually means a gas unit, and gas does not leave soot the way wood does. That appliance needs a gas service visit instead, which checks the burner, the vent and the seals.
NFPA 211 calls for a chimney inspection every year, and the inspection tells you whether a sweep is due. A fire most evenings through the wet months usually means yearly cleaning; an occasional holiday fire may stretch longer.
A $99 on-site inspection, a written quote before any work, and photos of every item we touch.
