Sammamish, King County
A liner is the part of a chimney that actually carries heat and exhaust, and it is the part a homeowner never sees. In Sammamish the question usually comes up one of two ways: a camera finds cracked tiles or open joints in a flue from the 1980s or 1990s, or the household wants to connect a different appliance to an existing chimney. A stainless liner running the whole flue is priced from $1,900; height, diameter and insulation move it upward.
Typical investment
From $1,900
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What we do
The same crew, the same written quote — for Sammamish homes.
A Level 1 check, or a Level 2 with a camera run through the flue when the visible parts are not enough
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Brushing of the whole flue, top to firebox, with brush heads sized to the liner
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A photographed assessment that separates cosmetic wear from structural damage
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Measurement of each flue, or of the full crown for a multi-flue cap
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Cleaning and testing of the burner, the pilot assembly and the ignition
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Close-up photos of the crown and of every face of the stack
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Gas does most of the heating here. The census puts 72.1% of Sammamish's occupied homes on utility gas, the highest share among the four cities we serve, against 39.9% for King County as a whole. That shapes relining work: a liner has to match what is connected to it, and a flue built for an open wood fire is not automatically right for a gas appliance or a wood stove. Sizing is the first decision, material the second.
A liner is only dry if its top is. WeatherSpark gives Sammamish a wetter season of about 7.0 months, October 8 to May 8, with November the rainiest month at roughly 8.9 inches. Everything at the crown, the top plate, the storm collar and the cap, has to shed that water away from the gap between liner and masonry.
Then there are the trees. The city's hazard annex reports that dense tree cover means many fallen limbs and toppled trees in winter storms. We fasten liner caps mechanically, not with sealant alone, and choose a screened cap so needles stay out of the new flue.
Every chimney relining we do in Sammamish includes:
Smoke coming back into the room, or a smell that won't go? Book the inspection first.
Book nowAge is the other driver. Census estimates show 5,845 Sammamish housing units from the 1980s and 6,276 from the 1990s, more than half the city between them. Where those homes have a factory-built metal chimney, Washington's residential code holds any such chimney on a solid-fuel appliance to UL 103's Type HT standard, and components must stay within the system's listing. Where they have clay tile, thirty to forty-five winters of wetting and drying show up as hairline cracks and washed-out mortar between tiles.
The camera records every joint so the quote rests on what is really in there, not on the age of the house.
We match liner diameter, alloy and insulation to the appliance and write the specification into the quote.
Before work is scheduled we confirm with the city's Building Division what your job requires and file through its online portal when it does.
We lower the liner from the roof, join it at the bottom, seal the crown around it and fit the cap.
A draft test and a second camera pass close the job; you keep the before and after images.
By the hazard annex's count, trees and woody shrubs cover 48% of Sammamish, and the document describes numerous urban-forest interfaces. A continuous liner is what keeps flue heat and any burning deposit inside the chimney instead of reaching framing through a cracked tile. In a neighborhood wrapped in conifers, that containment is the point of the job.
It also sets up the appliance to burn cleanly. The burn-ban rules of the Puget Sound Clean Air Agency name wood-burning fireplaces, wood stoves, fireplace inserts and pellet stoves, and even exempt or certified devices may not produce visible smoke during a ban. A correctly sized liner gives a stove the draft it needs to burn without smoldering.
What this work is quoted at for Sammamish homes — the exact figure comes from the $99 on-site inspection, credited toward the work.
| Service | Price in Sammamish | What that covers |
|---|---|---|
| Chimney Relining | From $1,900 | Full-length stainless liner, sized to the appliance |
| 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 Repair | From $425 | Masonry repair — brick and mortar, scoped after diagnosis |
| Chimney Cap Installation | $235–$850 | Stainless cap fitted; multi-flue and custom at the top |
Ranges are what these jobs are quoted at in Sammamish. 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.
Sammamish is a 24-square-mile plateau city, roughly 500 feet up, on Lake Sammamish, with homes with a median build year of 1994, more than half of them built in the 1980s and 1990s. We work every part of it — Sunny Hills, Sahalee, Klahanie 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.
$1,900 is the starting point, for stainless from top to bottom. Tall chimneys, large diameters, insulation and difficult roof access raise the figure. The quote is written and itemized after the camera survey.
It can. Sammamish lists the 2021 Washington State Residential and Mechanical Codes and the 2021 International Fuel Gas Code as in effect, and its fee schedule prices a mechanical permit under the heading 'Wood stove/fireplace insert'. We ask the Building Division about your specific job before starting.
From the camera footage. That is why relining begins with our $99 plus tax inspection, which is credited to the liner job once you approve the quote.
A $99 on-site inspection, a written quote before any work, and photos of every item we touch.
