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Olympia Chimney Chimney Cap & Crown in Washington: What to Know First

We install, repair, and replace Olympia Chimney caps and crowns across Washington, DC, with most jobs completed in one visit. A standard Olympia Chimney cap replacement runs $340-$680 depending on flue size and access; crown repair with coating typically falls between $450-$1,100. If you’re a Washington homeowner with an Olympia Chimney cap that’s rusting, missing, or a crown that’s spalling, you’ll get a written price before any work starts. Call (240) 621-1264 and we’ll schedule the camera inspection that tells us exactly what you need.

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How Olympia Chimney Products Fail - and How We Fix Them

• Olympia Chimney Standard Series mesh caps corroding at the screen joint. We see this on rowhouses across Capitol Hill and Dupont Circle. The expanded metal screen on entry-level Olympia caps is galvanized, not stainless, and Washington’s summer humidity plus winter freeze-thaw cycles breaks the weld line within 4-6 years. The fix is straightforward: we replace with an Olympia stainless screen or a Copperfield aftermarket cap with a lifetime screen warranty.
• Olympia Chimney multi-flue caps lifting in wind loads. On larger DC homes with two or three flues, the Olympia multi-flue cap’s single-bolt mounting bracket loosens over time because thermal expansion works the bolt back out. When we find this, we add stainless compression brackets at the corners instead of relying on the factory single-point mount. It’s a $60 materials upgrade that ends the callbacks.
• Crown spalling above Olympia Chimney flue tiles. The cap isn’t always the culprit. In neighborhoods like Georgetown and Palisades where original clay tile crowns were poured thin, water wicks between the flue tile and the masonry crown. Olympia’s cap does its job, but the crown underneath crumbles. We grind out the damaged crown edges, apply a polymer-modified patching compound, then coat with Gelco Flex-Crown to bridge hairline cracks.
• Olympia Chimney draft-inducing caps frosting over in January. The Olympia Vacu-Stack and similar draft caps have narrow mesh openings that ice glaze during Washington’s damp cold snaps. Homeowners notice smoke backing up on nights below 28°F. We swap these for a wide-mesh Copperfield or Olympia high-wind cap with a larger screen area, which cuts the icing issue without losing draft.
• Aftermarket caps installed on Olympia bases that don’t seat properly. A surprising number of Washington homes we inspect have a generic cap jammed onto an Olympia base ring. The bolt patterns are close but not identical, which leaves a 1/8-inch gap on one side. Rain gets in, the crown erodes, and the homeowner thinks the cap failed. We measure the base before ordering anything, and we keep Olympia OEM caps in the truck for the common 13×13 and 13×18 flue sizes.

Our Olympia Chimney Chimney Cap & Crown Process

1. 1
   You call (240) 621-1264. A live person answers, takes the address and the symptom, and books a two-hour window. You’ll get a text when the tech is on the way with their name and license number.
2. 2
   We run the camera. Before quoting anything, we send a camera down the flue and walk the crown with you or leave a photo record. This is NFPA 211 Level 2 documentation, done on every visit since 2009.
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   You get a written price. Scope, materials, labor, and warranty in writing. If we’re recommending an Olympia OEM cap instead of a Copperfield aftermarket, we’ll show you both prices and explain the difference in plain terms. That’s Haven Standard Clause 1.
4. 4
   We do the work. Old cap off, crown inspected and patched if needed, new cap seated and mechanically fastened. We don’t caulk a cap on with silicone and walk away. If you need a custom cap, we fabricate or order it and schedule the return visit before we leave.
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   We test and document. We verify the cap seats level, the mesh is clear, and draft is moving. You get photos of the finished cap, the crown, and the camera footage, plus a written warranty. Clause 4 of the Haven Standard runs continuously, so your chimney is in our archive whenever you need it.
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   365-Day Done Right Promise. If the cap shifts, the screen tears, or the coating fails within a year, we fix it. No argument, no invoice.

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What Olympia Chimney Chimney Cap & Crown Costs in Washington

What moves the price: how many flues, roof pitch and access (a four-story Kalorama walk-up costs more than a single-story bungalow in Petworth), whether the crown needs patching before the cap goes on, and whether you choose OEM Olympia or quality aftermarket. We don’t charge extra to show you the camera footage, and the written estimate you get on inspection day is the price you pay. Estimates are free. Call (240) 621-1264.

Why Washington Homeowners Call Level Two Chimney Washington for Olympia Chimney Work

We’ve inspected and cleaned more than 38,000 chimneys since 2009, and a good number of those wore Olympia caps the homeowner couldn’t put a name to. That’s the thing about caps: they all look the same from the ground. Our techs know the difference between an Olympia base ring and a Copperfield, which matters when you’re deciding whether to replace one part or the whole assembly. When an Olympia part isn’t the right call, we’ll tell you and quote DuraFlex, HeatShield, or Gelco alternatives. Every technician is background-checked, uniformed, and licensed, with the number on the page before they arrive. You’ll get a written price, written scope, and written warranty before anything gets unbolted. If you already have a written quote from another Washington chimney company, bring it: we’ll give you a free second opinion on it. That’s the whole point of the Haven Standard. The camera doesn’t lie, and neither does the written price. As Corrine Halstead puts it after a long day of pulling rusted cap screens off DC rowhouses: write down what you found, take the picture, then hand them the number.

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