Steilacoom, Pierce County
Our chimney sweep in Steilacoom is priced from $189 to $449 per flue. A single-story ranch with one clean flue lands near the bottom of that bracket; a two-story home on the slope above the water, a steep roof or a heavy coat of glaze moves it up. We tell you the figure before the first brush goes in, and every sweep comes with a Level 1 look at the parts of the chimney we can see.
Typical investment
$189–$449
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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 Steilacoom 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.
Steilacoom is small, but its housing spans more than a century and a half. Washington's oldest incorporated town still has a protected core of nineteenth-century buildings, while most families live in homes from the 1960s, 70s and 80s spread up the hill behind it. Those later houses are where most of our sweeping happens: masonry fireplaces with clay-tile flues, freestanding wood stoves added in a basement or family room, and inserts slid into an old firebox some decades ago. We bring the same drop cloths, rods and vacuum to each one.
Steilacoom's waterfront looks west over Puget Sound toward Anderson Island, and the homes above it catch whatever blows in from that open water. WeatherSpark counts a windier stretch of roughly 6.3 months here, and those windy months, October through April, are exactly the ones when Steilacoom fireplaces are lit.
A masonry chimney in Washington has to rise 3 feet or more above the spot where it leaves the roof, per the state residential code, so the flue opening is the most exposed point on the house. Without a cap, rain, leaves and nesting material drop straight in, and part of every sweep here is pulling that debris back out.
Oregon State University Extension describes how roof moss holds soil and plant litter that never dry out, and how it can gradually lift shingles until water gets beneath them. On a Steilacoom roof, that growth tends to gather where the slope meets the chimney.
Since we are already on the roof for the sweep, we look at that junction. If moss or fir needles are packed against the brick, we clear what is loose and point it out in the photos, because a damp seam there is a common start for a leak.
Every chimney sweep we do in Steilacoom includes:
Smoke coming back into the room, or a smell that won't go? Book the inspection first.
Book nowWhat we pull out of Steilacoom flues tells a story about the weather. Wood stacked outside under a tarp rarely dries fully here, so fires burn cool and leave a tarry lining instead of loose soot. On houses facing the Sound, an open flue with no cap also collects rain, twigs and nest material over the summer, and the first autumn fire pushes smoke back into the room.
We lay protection from the firebox to the door and start the vacuum so dust is pulled away from the living space rather than into it.
Rods are added one at a time and the brush is worked through each section of liner, with the smoke shelf and damper cleaned by hand.
On the roof we look at the cap, the screen, the crown and the flashing, since those take the weather first on a Steilacoom house.
You see the photos, hear what we found, and get a written note on anything that needs attention. Nothing extra is done unless you ask for it.
WeatherSpark reckons Steilacoom's wet stretch lasts some 6.7 months, beginning around October 10 and ending near May 1, with November averaging around 8.4 inches of rain. Firewood stored outdoors through that stretch soaks up moisture, and damp logs burn cooler and smokier.
Under the regional clean-air agency's rules, a Steilacoom hearth may burn nothing but properly dried firewood or factory-made logs, and chimney smoke must stay under 20 percent opacity. Dry wood is also the cheapest way to keep a flue clean between sweeps, because it leaves far less of the sticky deposit we scrape out of wet-winter chimneys.
What this work is quoted at for Steilacoom homes — the exact figure comes from the $99 on-site inspection, credited toward the work.
| Service | Price in Steilacoom | 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 Steilacoom. 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.
Steilacoom is the first town incorporated in Washington, in 1854, now a national historic district, on Puget Sound, with a historic core with 68 contributing properties, among them the 1857 Orr home, beside newer homes.
SteilacoomPierce County, WA · 47.171, -122.602
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.
Between $189 and $449 for each flue. Roof height, pitch and how much buildup is inside decide where your home falls, and we give you the number before starting.
Yes. A stove is cleaned through its pipe and flue, an insert through its liner, and we check the connector and the liner top while we are there.
Most single-flue homes take about an hour or a little more. A heavily glazed flue or a second fireplace adds time, and we tell you before we begin.
Late summer and early fall, before the wet months settle in. Booking then means the flue is clean and the cap is checked before you light the first fire of the season.
A $99 on-site inspection, a written quote before any work, and photos of every item we touch.
