
Sweep
Soot and stage-one creosote brushed out with drop cloths and a vacuum at the hearth.
Duvall is a small town in the Snoqualmie Valley, and its chimneys fall into two clear groups: the older in-town masonry stacks and the metal stove-pipe or gas systems that came with the newer subdivisions. Cold valley air runs hard through a Snoqualmie winter, so a lot of these fireplaces see real firewood use, year after year.
The mix of housing here shapes the chimney work. In the older blocks, the masonry is unreinforced, which means a sweep can't just pop the flue open the way they would on a modern metal liner, and the rain season does its slow damage to crowns, flashing seams, and mortar joints before the cold even sets in. The newer subdivisions lean on gas inserts and prefabricated flues, which are simpler but still need a once-over to make sure the liner isn't pulling in debris or the cap isn't letting a squirrel set up shop. And on the heavier wood-burning houses, creosote racks up faster than the calendar suggests, especially when the valley stays damp for months and the wood never quite cures the way a drier site would.
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Duvall and the surrounding neighborhoods.

Soot and stage-one creosote brushed out with drop cloths and a vacuum at the hearth.

Level I through III, camera down the flue, photos of what the liner, crown, and flashing actually look like.

Tar and glazed stage-two and stage-three creosote taken out with rotary tools and treatment.

Cracked stacks, failed mortar joints, damaged crowns and caps, rebuilt or repointed back to weather-tight.

Stainless steel liners sized to the appliance, for cracked clay liners or conversions to gas.

Factory-built pipe systems, chase covers, and rusted sections on newer homes and manufactured housing.

Stainless caps and screens that keep rain, birds, and fir needles out of the flue year-round.

Breathable vapor-permeable repellent on exterior brick, stops absorption without trapping moisture inside.

The metal seal where chimney meets roof, lifted or rusted sections replaced and tucked in.

Repointing, spalling brick replacement, tuckpointing, and stack rebuilds on older chimneys.

Burner, pilot, glass, and vent checks on gas fireplaces and inserts before the season.

Where the water is getting in, crown to flashing, traced and sealed at the source.

Birds, squirrels, and raccoons removed from flues, plus the cap that keeps them out.