Snoqualmie, King County
Our chimney inspection in Snoqualmie is billed at $99 plus tax, chimney by chimney. If the findings lead to a quote and you approve it, that fee is subtracted from the job. The visit covers the firebox, the damper, every part of the flue that can be viewed, and the outside of the chimney from the roof. You leave with photos and a written list separating the sound parts from the faulty ones.
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 Snoqualmie 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.
Snoqualmie's housing comes from two periods with very little in between. Census estimates count 341 homes from 1939 or earlier and about 3,600 built from 2000 to 2019; only 289 date from the 1950s through the 1980s. An inspection in the old town near the river and one on Snoqualmie Ridge can therefore start from very different assumptions about age. What the survey does not record is the type of fireplace in each house, so we never guess from the address. The inspection is what tells us.
Two sources measure Snoqualmie's rain and they do not agree to the inch. The city's 2020 hazard annex gives 61.25 inches of annual precipitation since 1931. The Snoqualmie Falls cooperative station, just downstream, averaged 59.14 inches a year over its record from 1898 to 2016. We quote each under its own name and do not blend them.
Either number is a lot of water to keep out of a chimney. That is why a large share of an inspection here is about entry points: the cap, the crown or chase top, the flashing where the stack meets the roof, and the faces that take the weather. Stains, rust trails and white mineral deposits are photographed where we find them.
Every chimney inspection we do in Snoqualmie includes:
Smoke coming back into the room, or a smell that won't go? Book the inspection first.
Book nowRoughly 85 percent of occupied homes in Snoqualmie are owner-occupied and four housing units in five are single-family detached, so the person who books is usually the one who will live with the findings. A recent home is not a reason to skip the check. Twenty wet winters are enough to rust a cap, open a seam in metal flashing or let water track down the inside of a chase. In the older streets the questions are different: mortar, the crown, and whether the flue lining is continuous.
Year built, how the fireplace is used and what prompted the call shape where we look hardest.
Firebox, damper and the visible flue are examined and photographed before anyone climbs.
Crown, cap, flashing and the top of the liner get the same treatment, weather permitting.
Findings are sorted by urgency, and any repair is quoted with the inspection fee taken off once approved.
Snoqualmie's hazard annex says the city's densely populated areas abut or jut into wildland-urban interface land, and that timber and open space surround it. Under those conditions the top of the chimney deserves more than a glance.
Washington's 2021 residential code sets a simple test for the screened cover on top of a masonry flue: its open area has to be four times the outlet's, or more. During an inspection we note whether a screen is present, whether it is torn or clogged, and whether the cap looks undersized for the flue. A missing or failed screen goes on the written list.
What this work is quoted at for Snoqualmie homes — the exact figure comes from the $99 on-site inspection, credited toward the work.
| Service | Price in Snoqualmie | 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 Snoqualmie. 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.
Snoqualmie is a Cascade foothills city on the Snoqualmie River, incorporated in 1903, on the Snoqualmie River, with homes from two periods, about three in four built between 2000 and 2019 and a small group dating from before 1940. We work every part of it — Historic Snoqualmie, Snoqualmie Ridge, Meadowbrook included.
SnoqualmieKing County, WA · 47.529, -121.825
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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.
Once a year. That interval comes from NFPA 211, the standard CSIA quotes to homeowners: a yearly check for structural soundness, for deposits, and for proper clearance to anything that burns. The State Fire Marshal repeated the yearly advice in its September 2026 home heating release.
It stays as charged, because the inspection and its written findings were delivered. The credit applies only to a quote you approve.
Not for the inspection. Snoqualmie's permit page does require one to put in, move or replace a mechanical appliance such as a fireplace or stove, so we flag it when a finding leads that way.
A $99 on-site inspection, a written quote before any work, and photos of every item we touch.
