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Chimney Repair in Burien, WA
Brick and prefab chimney repair for Burien's bluff-top and post-war neighborhoods, about 20 minutes from our Renton office. Free quote.
- Serving Burien & King County
- Free 2nd-opinion quotes
- Price match + 10–25% discount
Free Chimney Repair Quote in Burien
We'll confirm a time by phone or text.
Burien's housing is typically post-war: 1940s through 1960s ramblers and cottages across Gregory Heights, Shorewood, Boulevard Park and the blocks around Olde Burien, with larger view homes stepping down the bluff toward Seahurst Park and Three Tree Point. Most of those houses were built with a brick chimney on an exterior wall, and the ones facing Puget Sound take the weather head-on. The repairs we see most in Burien are spalled brick faces on the windward side, mortar joints washed back to a groove you can fit a finger in, cracked crowns, and rain caps that have rusted or blown loose. Homes built after the 1980s more often have a sided chase with a prefab flue, where the problems are a rusted cover or a pipe section that has separated.
We repair both kinds. For brick that means tuckpointing, replacing individual spalled units, rebuilding the top courses when they have shifted, and resetting or replacing the cap. For prefab it means new covers, collars and pipe sections. The quote is free, and if you already have a bid from another company we will price match and take 10-25% off. Burien is about 20 minutes from our North Renton office, so same-day visits are often possible. If you're not happy, we're not done.
Symptoms
Signs Burien homeowners notice
- Water stains or bubbling paint on the ceiling or wall next to the fireplace
- Rust-colored streaks running down siding or brick below the top of the chimney
- Chips of brick, mortar, or concrete in the gutter or on the ground
- Visible cracks in the concrete slab at the top of the chimney
- A chimney that leans, or a gap opening between the chimney and the house
- Smoky or musty smells from the fireplace when it is not in use
Burien Conditions
Why this happens in Burien
A Burien chimney on the Sound side of the city dries slower than one in Renton or Kent. The Sea-Tac 1991-2020 normals put annual rainfall at 40.34 inches, with about 29.65 of it falling October through March, and the airport weather station sits right on Burien's eastern edge, so those figures describe this city as well as any. Wind off the water drives that rain into the west and south faces of a chimney, and the brick stays saturated between storms. Winter lows at Sea-Tac average 37-38 degrees in December, January and February, which means roughly 60 nights a year touch freezing while the days thaw. Saturated brick that freezes and thaws that many times is exactly what the Brick Industry Association describes as the path to cracking and spalling, and it is why so many Three Tree Point and Seahurst chimneys show damage on one face and not the other. Moss on the shaded north side of a Gregory Heights chimney holds that water even longer.
How It Works
Our chimney repair process
Free quote visit
We inspect the chimney top to bottom, photograph what we find, and hand you a written quote. If you have another company's quote, we review it with you.
Diagnose the entry point
We identify which component is actually letting water, smoke, or heat through, instead of replacing parts on guesswork.
Repair in the right order
Top components come first so the structure dries out, then masonry, then the firebox.
Same-day work when possible
Many crown, cap, cover, and flashing repairs are done on the first visit. Masonry and chase rebuilds are scheduled for a dry window.
Walk-through and guarantee
We show you photos of the finished work. If you are not happy, we are not done, and we re-do it at no charge.
Full details, options and pricing factors on the main Chimney Repair page.
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Chimney Repair in Burien — FAQ
My Burien chimney is only damaged on the side facing the Sound. Do you have to repair the whole thing?
Usually not. Wind-driven rain off Puget Sound hits one or two faces hardest, and we repair what has actually failed: the spalled units, the open joints and the crown. We photograph every face during the free quote so you can see the difference and decide. If the top courses have shifted, a partial rebuild of the upper chimney is often enough.
How quickly can you get to a chimney repair in Burien?
Burien is about 20 minutes from our Renton office, so we can often come out the same day for a quote, and small repairs like resetting a cap or patching a crown can sometimes be done on that first visit. Larger masonry work is scheduled for a dry window, which in Burien usually means aiming for the May-to-September stretch.
How soon can you do chimney repair in Burien?
We confirm a time by phone or text after you request a quote; same-day service is often available for urgent problems in Burien and the rest of King County.
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