Snoqualmie, King County
Masonry repair on a Snoqualmie chimney starts at $425, which is a crown repair on a single stack. Repointing is quoted per square foot of wall redone, and a crown that must be broken out and recast costs more than one that can be resurfaced. The aim is always the same: stop water at the two places brick chimneys let it in, the top slab and the mortar joints.
Typical investment
From $425
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What we do
The same crew, the same written quote — for Snoqualmie 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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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
Learn moreRanges shown for orientation — the exact figure is written up on-site, after the inspection.
Brick has a long history here. Snoqualmie incorporated in 1903 after hop farming, the railroad of 1889 and the lumber mills had already built a town, and Census estimates still count 341 homes from 1939 or earlier. Mortar in a chimney of that generation has had many decades of weather. We cannot tell you from a map which houses have masonry stacks, because no public source lists that; where one exists and it is old, the joints are the first thing we probe.
Long-record weather stations show how rain climbs toward the foothills: Kent, on the valley floor, averages about 38 inches of precipitation a year; Landsburg, on the Cedar River, 56; Snoqualmie Falls, 59. The Snoqualmie Falls record adds a second figure that matters to masonry. Frost, meaning a low of 32°F or colder, was logged there 64.5 days per year on average, some 14 of those in January.
Brick and mortar absorb water. When saturated masonry freezes, the water expands in the pores, and repeated often enough that is how faces spall and joints crumble. Nobody has published a count of freeze-thaw cycles for the town, and we do not invent one. The two measured facts, heavy rain and regular frost, are reason enough to keep the crown tight and the joints full.
Every masonry repair (crown / repointing) we do in Snoqualmie includes:
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Book nowA recent brick or stone chimney on Snoqualmie Ridge is not exempt. The crown is a thin slab that takes the full weather with nothing above it, and a hairline crack there is enough to start a leak. State code describes what a sound top looks like on a masonry chimney: concrete, metal or stone on top, sloped so water leaves it, with a drip edge, and with a flexible sealed joint (the code calls it a bond break) at the flue liner. When a crown we inspect falls short of that description, we say so in the report.
Joints and brick are tested by hand across the whole stack to map what is firm and what is not.
The quote states which faces and how much crown will be redone, so the price matches a defined surface.
Weak mortar is removed, joints are packed and tooled, and the crown is repaired or cast with a proper slope and overhang.
New work is protected while it sets, then photographed. We tell you when a fire can be lit again.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Masonry Repair (Crown / Repointing) | From $425 | Crown work, repointing and tuckpointing by surface area |
| 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 |
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.
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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.
By depth. Where bricks are firm and the joint has weathered just at its outer edge, repointing restores it. If bricks are loose through the wall or the stack has moved, that is a rebuild and is quoted as chimney repair.
Mortar and crown mixes need time above freezing to cure. We schedule around cold snaps, and small crown repairs can often be done in a mild, dry window.
No. The $99 plus tax paid for the inspection is deducted from the masonry quote when you approve it.
A $99 on-site inspection, a written quote before any work, and photos of every item we touch.
