Maple Valley, King County
A chimney inspection in Maple Valley is $99 plus tax per chimney. That price holds whether the look is a simple visual check or a camera pass through the whole flue. Should the report end in a quote that you sign off on, we subtract the $99 from that job. You receive photos and a written summary either way.
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 Maple Valley homes.
The flue brushed along its full height with heads chosen for its shape and material
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An assessment in photos that tells weathering apart from structural failure
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Video scan and measurement of the flue before a liner is specified
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Each flue measured, or the whole crown when one cap will cover several flues
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Burner, pilot assembly and igniter cleaned and tested
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Photos of the crown and of all four faces before work begins
Learn moreRanges shown for orientation — the exact figure is written up on-site, after the inspection.
Maple Valley's housing is young by King County standards. The Census Bureau's 2020 to 2024 estimates put the median construction year at 2001, and about six in ten housing units went up during the 1990s and 2000s. A house of that age has a fireplace or stove system that has now been through twenty to thirty wet seasons, often without anyone looking past the damper. The national standard that the Chimney Safety Institute of America quotes sets a yearly minimum: every chimney, fireplace and vent examined for sound structure, for deposits, and for proper clearances.
Inside the city limits, the Census Bureau's survey finds few households whose primary heat is wood. In neighboring Hobart, an unincorporated census area, the share climbs to roughly one in ten, and only 21.7% of homes there are on utility gas.
A household in that position has two reasons to keep its inspection current. The stove and its flue work every day of the cold months, so a defect has more hours in which to matter. And burning through an air quality ban is permitted only for a household that applied to the Puget Sound Clean Air Agency beforehand and was granted its 'No Other Adequate Source of Heat' exemption. Knowing the exact condition of the appliance and its chimney is the sensible starting point for either.
Every chimney inspection we do in Maple Valley includes:
Smoke coming back into the room, or a smell that won't go? Book the inspection first.
Book nowWhat an inspection turns up here follows from the setting. WeatherSpark classes about 62% of the surrounding two miles as tree-covered, so caps and crowns sit under a steady fall of needles. November brings about 8.9 inches of rain. Rust on a chase cover, a cracked crown, a liner joint that has opened, a nest above the damper: none of these can be seen from the living room. We do not assume what is behind the wall of a given address. The camera settles it.
Whether a stove or insert is certified changes what its owner may do under a Stage 1 burn ban. Certified devices may keep running at that stage; uncertified ones, like open fireplaces, may not. At Stage 2 the distinction disappears and nothing wood-fired may burn without an approved exemption.
Washington also bars anyone from advertising, selling, trading or giving away a solid fuel device that lacks its certification label, under WAC 173-433-100. So during an inspection we find the label plate, photograph it and note in the report what it says. It is a small detail that answers two questions at once: what you may burn on a ban day, and whether the device could ever be sold or passed on to someone else.
How the fireplace is used, what fuel, what has changed, what you have noticed. Ten minutes of history saves time on the roof.
We begin at the hearth and move up through firebox, damper and smoke chamber; next the camera travels the flue and records what it sees.
Cap, crown or chase cover, the stack itself, then the flashing where it meets the roof. In wet weather we say so if a steep roof has to wait for a dry day.
Each finding comes with a photo and one sentence on what it means: fine, watch it, or fix before the next fire.
What this work is quoted at for Maple Valley homes — the exact figure comes from the $99 on-site inspection, credited toward the work.
| Service | Price in Maple Valley | What that covers |
|---|---|---|
| Chimney Inspection | $99 plus tax | Level 1 visual; Level 2 adds a full camera scan |
| Chimney Sweep | $189–$459 | 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–$850 | Stainless cap fitted; multi-flue and custom at the top |
Ranges are what these jobs are quoted at in Maple Valley. 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.
Maple Valley is a city in the Cedar River valley, about 10 miles southeast of Renton, on the Cedar River, with homes with a median build year of 2001, about six in ten of them built in the 1990s and 2000s.
Maple ValleyKing County, WA · 47.367, -122.045
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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.
$99 plus tax for each chimney. Any quote that comes out of the visit and gets your approval is reduced by that $99.
A general home inspector looks at what is visible from the room and the ground. A camera in the flue shows the rest, and the written report gives you something concrete to bring to the seller.
The vent, the termination and the firebox age whether or not the unit runs. A yearly look catches a blocked vent or a corroded cap before the first cold week.
We reserve a two-hour slot. One chimney with ordinary roof access usually needs less; a tall stack or several flues can use all of it.
A $99 on-site inspection, a written quote before any work, and photos of every item we touch.
