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Chimney Repair, Sweep & Inspection in Des Moines, WA
Chimney sweeps, inspections and waterfront chimney repair for Des Moines and Normandy Park, about 25 minutes from Renton.
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Seattle Chimney Repair Services repairs and sweeps chimneys in Des Moines, WA, including Normandy Park Cove, ZIP codes 98148, 98166, 98198. We also cover Normandy Park from the same route. Crews come from our Renton office, Sunday to Friday, 8 AM to 6 PM. A sweep and inspection is a flat $299. Crown repair runs $299 to $2,500, chase covers $299 to $1,500 and flashing repair $299 to $3,000, with a written quote before any work starts. Call 206-453-2045.
Des Moines runs along the east shore of Puget Sound between Normandy Park and Federal Way, with Sea-Tac Airport on the ridge behind it. From Renton we take I-405 to I-5 south and exit at the Kent-Des Moines Road, SR 516, which drops west to the Marina, or use SR 509 for the north end. Off peak the trip is about 25 minutes. Normandy Park, on the shore just north, is covered on the same trip.
The waterfront communities came first: Redondo, Zenith and the streets above the Marina have beach cottages and bluff homes from the 1920s through the 1940s with small brick chimneys. The blocks between Marine View Drive and Pacific Highway South filled in with ranches and split-levels from the 1950s to the 1970s, mostly masonry. Newer homes in North Hill and infill lots use framed chases with metal chase covers. Crown repair, cap replacement and flashing work are the common jobs.
Call 206-453-2045 or request a quote online and we confirm a time by phone or text. A sweep and inspection is a flat $299; repairs are quoted in writing after the inspection.
Services in Des Moines
Chimney & fireplace services in Des Moines, WA
Local Conditions
Chimney problems we see in Des Moines
Des Moines faces Puget Sound along its whole length, and the westerly wind off the water carries salt and rain straight at the chimneys on the bluff and the beach. Galvanized caps and chase covers on Marine View Drive rust out far sooner than inland, and brick faces on the Sound side spall as salt crystallizes inside them. The 1920s to 1940s cottages at Redondo and Zenith have small chimneys with thin crowns that cracked long ago, and many were never capped. On the 1950s and 1960s ranches up the hill toward Pacific Highway South, the problem is more often flashing on low-pitch roofs and mortar crowns that have washed away. Normandy Park's shoreline homes see the same salt.
Areas we cover
Areas we cover in Des Moines
We serve the Marina district and Marine View Drive, Redondo, Woodmont, Zenith near Saltwater State Park, North Hill, Pacific Ridge along Pacific Highway South, and the neighborhoods around Highline College. The primary ZIP code is 98198. Normandy Park, including Normandy Park Cove and the Marine View Drive streets north of the city line, uses 98166 and 98148 and is on the same route.We also cover Normandy Park from the same route.
Neighborhoods & Scheduling
Scheduling & arrival in Des Moines
Des Moines is about 25 minutes from Renton and is routed with Normandy Park, Burien, SeaTac and Federal Way. A sweep and inspection takes about an hour. If the inspection finds a crown, cap, flashing or masonry problem, you receive a written quote and repairs are scheduled once you approve it.
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Des Moines chimney service FAQ
Our house on Marine View Drive looks straight at the Sound. How often should the chimney be checked?
Every year. Salt air on the Des Moines waterfront rusts caps and covers and spalls brick faster than anywhere inland, and the wind drives rain into flashing. A yearly $299 sweep and inspection catches a failing cap before water gets into the flue.
The chimney on our 1930s Redondo cottage has no cap. Does it need one?
Yes. An open flue on the beach takes in rain, salt and birds, and the small original crowns on those cottages are usually already cracked. A stainless cap and a crown repair, which runs $299 to $2,500, are the two things that protect that chimney.
Do you serve Normandy Park as well?
Yes. Normandy Park, including the Cove and the Marine View Drive streets north of the Des Moines line, is on the same route from Renton and gets the same flat $299 sweep and inspection.
We have a 1960s ranch near Highline College with a leak by the chimney. Is that common?
Very. The low-pitch roofs on those ranches let water sit against the flashing, and the mortar crown is often gone by now. We inspect both and quote flashing and leak repair at $299 to $3,000.
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