Newcastle, King County
A chimney sweep in Newcastle is priced between $189 and $459. One flue, a roof we can walk and a driveway close to the house keep the bill at the low end. Steep shingles, a stack that stands tall on the downhill side of the lot or a second flue push it higher, and you hear the figure before the drop cloths come out.
Typical investment
$189–$459
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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 Newcastle homes.
Level 1 review of the accessible parts, stepped up to a Level 2 camera pass when those parts cannot settle the question
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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.
Newcastle is a young city with a mixed roofline. The Census dates its median home to 1999, and close to half of all units went up after 2000, yet about 13 percent were built in the 1960s and 1970s, when the Newport Hills development spread over the old mining ground. Fireplaces from either period collect soot at the rate they are used, not at the rate the house ages.
Newcastle's hazard annex describes a city straddling a steep-sided valley drained by Coal Creek and May Creek. WeatherSpark's terrain summary measures the result: 1,198 feet of elevation change inside a two-mile radius. On many lots the street side of a house is one storey and the garden side is two or three.
That geometry decides how a sweep is set up. A chimney on the uphill side may be an easy ladder climb; the same chimney on the downhill side can stand a full storey taller, with its top out of safe reach in wet weather. We look at the lot before choosing rods from the roof or rods from the firebox, and the choice is explained to you, not left as a surprise on the invoice.
Every chimney sweep we do in Newcastle includes:
Smoke coming back into the room, or a smell that won't go? Book the inspection first.
Book nowHardly any Newcastle household tells the Census that wood is its main heat, so most fireplaces here burn on weekends and holidays. Occasional use hides the problem: a flue lit only now and then can still build up the eighth of an inch of soot at which CSIA says a masonry fireplace is due. The State Fire Marshal's September 2026 release adds the reason to care, because 77 percent of the residential heating fires recorded for 2024 began in a flue, a chimney or a fuel burner.
The same annex notes that many Newcastle homes back onto native growth or natural areas that are densely wooded. What those trees drop lands on the roof and, in time, against the mesh of the chimney cap. A clogged screen slows the draft just as soot does.
Oregon State University Extension explains why the debris matters once it settles: moss and the litter it traps hold moisture against whatever they sit on. During a sweep we clear the screen and the top of the crown by hand, so rainwater runs off instead of soaking down the flue.
Runners go down from the entry to the fireplace and the opening is closed off around the vacuum hose.
On a dry, walkable roof we brush from the top. When the pitch or the fall of the lot rules that out, the rods go up through the firebox instead.
What the brush knocked loose is lifted out of the smoke shelf, and the screen at the top is cleared so the flue can breathe.
You look at the liner photos with the technician and get any repair figure on paper, not from memory.
What this work is quoted at for Newcastle homes — the exact figure comes from the $99 on-site inspection, credited toward the work.
| Service | Price in Newcastle | What that covers |
|---|---|---|
| Chimney Sweep | $189–$459 | 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–$850 | Stainless cap fitted; multi-flue and custom at the top |
Ranges are what these jobs are quoted at in Newcastle. 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.
Newcastle is a 4.2-square-mile hillside city beside Cougar Mountain, incorporated in 1994, with homes with a median build year of 1999, close to half of them built since 2000. We work every part of it — the Coal Creek basin, the May Creek basin included.
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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.
The yearly check is what the NFPA 211 standard asks for, whatever the use. Whether brushing is needed that year depends on the deposit: at one-eighth inch of soot, or with glaze of any thickness, the answer is yes.
Yes. Wet shingles on a hillside roof are a reason to work from inside the house, not a reason to cancel. The brush reaches the same surfaces from below.
The technician photographs it and writes up the repair. If a camera inspection is the next step, we bill it at $99 plus tax for that chimney and strike the same amount from the repair after you accept its quote.
A $99 on-site inspection, a written quote before any work, and photos of every item we touch.
