Sumner, Pierce County
Sweeping a flue in Sumner costs $189 to $449, and each visit includes a Level 1 check of the chimney we just cleaned. The number you pay depends on three things we can only judge on site: how thick the buildup is, what kind of appliance the flue serves, and how safely the crew can reach the top. Before a brush goes in, we photograph the inside of the flue, and we photograph it again when we are done.
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 Sumner 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.
Sumner has homes from almost every decade since the town was incorporated in 1891. Census figures show the typical house was built in 1989, while about one in four went up before 1960. On a single morning we can sweep a tall brick chimney on a pre-war bungalow near the old downtown and then a stainless stove pipe in a subdivision built in the nineties. The brush, the rods and the time on site change from one to the next, and so does the price.
Roughly 1.4% of occupied homes in Sumner burn wood as their main fuel, according to Census figures covering 2020 through 2024. That rate sits below the Pierce County figure of about 1.9% and the Washington rate of about 2.8%, but a stove that carries a whole winter is the hardest-working flue in town.
Households in that position should know one more rule. The Puget Sound Clean Air Agency lets a home keep burning through a ban only when wood is its sole adequate heat and an exemption was approved in advance. A swept, well-drawing flue helps an exempt stove meet the other condition: no visible smoke from the chimney.
Every chimney sweep we do in Sumner includes:
Smoke coming back into the room, or a smell that won't go? Book the inspection first.
Book nowThe valley floor holds cold air. The Puyallup 2 W weather station, the closest long-record station to Sumner, recorded freezing overnight lows on some 69 dates each year. Chilly evenings keep stoves loaded well into spring, and a fire turned down low for hours cools its own smoke, which leaves a heavier coat of tar on the flue wall. Homes that burn most nights often need a cleaning sooner than once a year.
WeatherSpark's climate model gives Sumner about 8.3 months of mostly cloudy skies, with December overcast or mostly cloudy around 75% of the time. The wet stretch runs from about October 10 to May 8, and the old Puyallup 2 W station, a few miles west of town, collected just shy of 40 inches of rain and melted snow annually.
Long spells without sun mean a chimney top rarely dries out between storms. Soot that has taken on moisture turns acidic and sticky, clings harder to the liner and smells stronger indoors. That is one reason we like to sweep in late summer, while the flue is still dry.
The crew covers the path from your door to the fireplace or stove and closes off the opening, so the vacuum catches the soot.
A camera goes up the flue to record the buildup as found, so you can compare it with the result.
We push a brush matched to the flue size through the full height, working from the roof or from inside depending on the chimney.
With the flue clean, we do the Level 1 check, take the after photos and walk you through anything worth watching.
What this work is quoted at for Sumner homes — the exact figure comes from the $99 on-site inspection, credited toward the work.
| Service | Price in Sumner | 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 Sumner. 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.
Sumner is a valley town incorporated in 1891 that calls itself the Rhubarb Pie Capital of the World, on the Puyallup River valley, with a historic core — about 12.5% of homes built in 1939 or earlier — beside newer subdivisions.
SumnerPierce County, WA · 47.203, -122.240
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, and the Level 1 check is part of it. A fireplace cleaned every year sits near the bottom; a stove flue with a thick coat of tar, or a roof that is hard to work from, moves toward the top.
At least once a year, and a second time in the same season if you burn most evenings. The photos from each visit show how quickly your flue fills, which helps set the schedule.
It should not. The opening is sealed, the vacuum runs from start to finish and the floor is covered from the door to the hearth.
A $99 on-site inspection, a written quote before any work, and photos of every item we touch.
