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Olympia Chimney Crown Repair: The Kirkland Owner’s Guide

Olympia Chimney crown repair in Kirkland typically runs $890-$1,650 installed, depending on whether we’re sealing hairline cracks or pouring a new cast-in-place crown over a deteriorated base. We stock Olympia Chimney-compatible crown sealants, bonding agents, and forming materials on our Kirkland trucks, and most crown jobs booked before noon are completed same day. Most owners discover the problem during fall rain, when water starts pooling on top of the chimney or staining the ceiling below the fireplace.

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Which Olympia Chimney Models This Applies To

Olympia Chimney manufactures stainless steel chimney liner systems, not masonry chimneys themselves, so the “Olympia Chimney crown” we’re referring to is the termination crown or chase cover that caps the top of a chase enclosing an Olympia liner. The critical match point is the liner diameter and the chase dimensions, not a model serial number. Olympia’s standard round liner sizes run 3″ to 10″ in 1″ increments, and their flex liners use a proprietary collar spacing that doesn’t always align with generic chase covers.

We carry chase covers and crown-forming kits sized for 6″, 7″, and 8″ Olympia liner terminations on every Kirkland truck. For 4″ and 5″ diameter systems, common in older Kirkland condos near Central Houghton built in the 1980s, we fabricate from stainless stock in our shop rather than waiting on a special order. The OEM Olympia chase cover uses a 24-gauge 304 stainless with a cross-break pattern that sheds water better than the 26-gauge aftermarket equivalents you’ll find at supply houses. We source both, and we’ll show you the gauge difference side by side before you decide.

Signs Your Olympia Chimney Crown Repair Is Failing

• Standing water on top of the chase cover. Olympia’s cross-break design is supposed to shed rain toward the corners. When you see a puddle in the center, the cover has sagged or the sealant bed underneath has compressed. In Kirkland’s wet winters, that standing water finds every gap.
• Rust streaks down the chase siding. The chase cover sits proud of the framing by design. If you’re seeing orange-brown runs on wood, composite, or stucco below the cap, water is getting past the crown and running down the liner or the chase interior. We catch this regularly on homes near Juanita Beach where salt air accelerates the corrosion.
• Water stains on the ceiling around the fireplace. The crown’s job is to be the final barrier. Once it fails, water tracks down the liner, hits the smoke chamber, and finds the path of least resistance - usually the drywall seam above the firebox. By the time you see the stain, the crown has been leaking for at least one season.
• Spalling or flaking concrete on a poured crown. Some older Kirkland homes have poured concrete crowns over masonry chimneys retrofitted with Olympia liners. When the concrete surface starts coming off in chips, freeze-thaw cycles have compromised the matrix. Our January lows in the mid-30s are enough to do this if water is getting in.
• The metal crown is lifting or separated from the chase top. Wind uplift from our occasional winter storms, or improper fastening during original install, leaves a gap that caulking won’t fix long-term. The fasteners on Olympia-compatible covers are 10-24 stainless screws on 6″ centers; fewer than that, and you’ll see separation inside three years.

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Replacement Cost & What’s Included

What drives the range: chase height and roof access, whether the liner needs temporary support during the swap, and whether we find hidden rot in the chase top framing once the old crown is off. We quote the full scope in writing before starting - Haven Standard Clause 1. If we find something that changes the price, we stop, photograph it, and get your approval. The camera doesn’t lie, and neither does the invoice.

Every crown repair carries our 365-Day Done Right Promise. Materials come through our Haven buying network from Olympia Chimney, Gelco, and Famco suppliers - no markup games.

DIY or Call Us?

You can safely check three things from the ground or a stable ladder: whether water is pooling on the crown, whether rust streaks are present, and whether the crown has visible gaps or lifting. Use binoculars. Don’t climb onto the roof.

What goes wrong with DIY crown work: the sealants sold at hardware stores are rated for horizontal concrete, not the thermal cycling and UV exposure at chimney top. We’ve removed plenty of “fixed it myself” jobs in Kirkland where the homeowner used standard polyurethane caulk that turned to gum inside eight months. For poured crowns, the forming, bonding agent selection, and cure timing in our damp climate are genuinely technical. And any work that requires separating the liner from the termination risks dislodging the connection below roofline, which you won’t discover until the first fire.

We’re not affiliated with Olympia Chimney - we’re an independent service company. We just stock the parts and know the fit.

Call (425) 642-3485 for a written estimate. Estimates are free, and we bring the camera.

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