Chimney sweeping in East Olympia, WA

Rural and semi-rural homes south of Lacey with acreage, animals and wood stoves. A wood-burning fireplace or stove in East Olympia that runs through a Puget Sound winter puts a season's worth of creosote on the flue, and creosote is what chimney fires are made of. We sweep with rotary rods and brushes sized to the flue, full containment at the firebox, and a visual inspection of the firebox, damper, smoke shelf and flue. Ask around East Olympia and you will hear a similar story from a neighbor.

What East Olympia homes bring us

Around East Olympia proper we sweep masonry fireplaces, wood stoves and inserts, factory-built metal fireplaces and pellet vents, and remove the occasional bird's nest before recommending a screened cap. East Olympia customers describe it to us the same way, almost word for word.

For chimney sweeping in East Olympia that means dealing with older homes with masonry chimneys and wood stoves that run hard through the wet season. A rural community live here across zip codes 98540, 98513.

Olympia is the rainiest of the region's major cities and stays damp longer into June. The Nisqually and Deschutes valleys fog in. Wood heat is common outside the cities.

Neighborhood by neighborhood

• A number of East Olympia proper homes went through a remodel recently, and chimney sweeping calls from there are often about construction dust left behind in the system.

From East Olympia the van usually continues to Lacey (about 62 minutes from our yard), Tumwater (about 68 minutes from our yard), Olympia (about 65 minutes from our yard), Littlerock (about 78 minutes from our yard) on the same day, which is how chimney sweeping in East Olympia stays at our base rate: the drive is shared across the route.

Why it matters here

The NFPA recommends an annual inspection for any chimney in regular use. You get a written note of what we found, useful for insurance or a home sale, and a referral if something needs a mason. That is a typical week for us in and around East Olympia.

Summer is the easiest time to get an appointment and the best time for a pre-sale inspection. That is the same call we get from East Olympia regularly.

Jobs like yours

A pre-sale chimney check found a cracked flue tile. We documented it and referred the seller to a chimney repair specialist so the buyer's inspection would not be a surprise. It is the kind of job that brings us back to East Olympia on a regular basis.

Locally owned, not a franchise

The national carpet-cleaning brands you see advertised around Thurston County are franchise territories run on a script: a low advertised price, a list of add-ons once the truck is parked, and a technician measured on ticket size. We run 3 vans out of a yard in South Park and a laundromat in Tukwila, and every review we have was earned one East Olympia living room at a time. Local ownership is not a slogan on this site; it is why the phone gets answered on a Sunday.

How the visit goes

The tech starts with a protect the room and ends with a report; what happens in between is on the chimney sweeping page. What does not change from house to house in East Olympia: you hear the price first, and it does not move. Chimney sweeps pair with carpet cleaning in the same room, because the hearth area is where soot ends up. We could tell the same story about a dozen East Olympia addresses.

What we will tell you honestly

Heavy glazed creosote sometimes needs a chemical treatment before it will brush out; we will tell you if that is the case. We would rather say that up front in East Olympia than surprise you at the door.

Pricing in East Olympia

East Olympia is about 68 minutes from our yard in South Park, in Thurston County, which is subject to a trip fee on top of the service price. We quote the fee up front on the phone along with the job itself, so it is never a surprise at the door. The number the tech gives you on the walk-through, fee included, is the number on the receipt.