Chimney sweeping in Redmond, WA

Chimney sweeping in Redmond is best scheduled in late summer or early fall before the first fire. We also get January calls when smoke comes back into the room, which means a blockage and should not wait. That is a typical week for us in and around Redmond.

What Redmond homes bring us

Around Education Hill, Overlake and Grass Lawn 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. We could tell the same story about a dozen Redmond addresses.

For chimney sweeping in Redmond that means dealing with older homes with masonry chimneys and wood stoves that run hard through the wet season. About eighty thousand live here across zip codes 98052, 98053.

Mercer Island and Bellevue are a short hop over I-90 from the yard. The rest of the Eastside runs on daily routes up 405, with Sammamish, Woodinville and Duvall grouped on the same days.

Neighborhood by neighborhood

• Education Hill is far enough inland that wildfire smoke settles into the system every August, which is when we get the most chimney sweeping calls from that neighborhood.
• Overlake customers tend to book chimney sweeping right after moving in, since nobody tells a new owner when the system was last serviced.
• A number of Grass Lawn homes went through a remodel recently, and chimney sweeping calls from there are often about construction dust left behind in the system.
• Parking and access in Willows is easy for our vans, so it is one of the Redmond neighborhoods where same-day chimney sweeping is most realistic.
• Homes in Bear Creek tend to be larger, so chimney sweeping there is usually a longer job than in a typical single-system house.

From Redmond the van usually continues to Kirkland (about 30 minutes from our yard), Juanita (about 32 minutes from our yard), Yarrow Point (about 26 minutes from our yard), Sammamish (about 38 minutes from our yard) on the same day, which is how chimney sweeping in Redmond 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. Ask around Redmond and you will hear a similar story from a neighbor.

Late summer and early fall is the time to sweep, before the first fire. We book up in October. It is a familiar story on our Redmond route.

Jobs like yours

A wood stove insert had glass blackened and a flue with heavy glaze from slow, smoldering fires of wet wood. We swept it and talked with the owner about burning hotter, drier fires. It is the kind of job that brings us back to Redmond on a regular basis.

Locally owned, not a franchise

Money spent with a local company stays local. Our techs live in south King and Pierce County, our vans are serviced in Kent, our supplies come from a Seattle distributor, and the laundromat employs neighbors in Tukwila. When you book chimney sweeping in Redmond with us instead of a national brand, that is where the money goes.

How the visit goes

Every chimney sweeping visit in Redmond follows the same order: protect the room first, report last, and 3 steps between that the tech will explain as he goes. Chimney sweeps pair with carpet cleaning in the same room, because the hearth area is where soot ends up. Redmond sends us this exact kind of job on a normal week.

What we will tell you honestly

Gas fireplaces need a gas technician, not a sweep. That is the honest answer we give in Redmond every time it comes up.

Pricing in Redmond

Redmond is about 32 minutes from our yard in South Park. It sits on a regular route, so there is no distance charge; we group it with the stops around it. The number the tech gives you on the walk-through is the number on the receipt, and the walk-through is free.