Level 1 sweep and inspection to the NFPA 211 annual standard - flue, crown, cap, and flashing checked and photographed
Chimney sweep logs do not sweep chimneys. They loosen some creosote - which then falls where a brush and vacuum still have to collect it.
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AfterMeet the Bellevue Team Behind Level Two Chimney Bellevue
We’re the crew that shows up in Bellevue, Mercer Island, and the Lake Hills neighborhoods when chimneys need honest work. Every tech on this page has passed a background check, wears a uniform with a name tag, and carries a camera. What ties us together isn’t corporate training. It’s that we all started out crawling into flues we didn’t trust, and we decided that’s not how we’d treat customers in our own city.
Our People
Corrine Halstead, Owner
I started Level Two Chimney Co. in 2009 after watching too many Bellevue homeowners get a verbal “everything looks fine” with no photos to back it up. I’ve inspected and cleaned chimneys in this market for 15 years, from the cedar-shake homes in Clyde Hill to the new construction around Spring District. I hold CSIA certification and NFPA 211 Level 2 inspection credentials, though what matters more to me is that every customer gets a written price, a written scope, and a written warranty before anyone touches a tool. That’s Haven Standard Clause 1, and I stamp it on every job myself. Off the clock, I restore vintage motorcycles in a garage that’s way too small for the project.
Marcus T., Lead Technician
Marcus has been climbing roofs in King County for 12 years, the last seven with us. He specializes in Class III creosote removal, the hardened, tar-like buildup that forms when wood burns too cool and sits too long in a flue. He’ll tell you straight if a chemical treatment can break it down or if mechanical removal is the only safe option. Marcus is the tech we send when a chimney in Bridle Trails has a suspected liner breach and the homeowner needs to see the crack on camera before deciding on a stainless steel replacement. He keeps a collection of failed liner samples in his truck to show customers exactly what spalling looks like. His daughter thinks his job is “fixing fireplaces for princesses,” and he hasn’t corrected her yet.
Dana K., Senior Installer
Dana handles our cap, crown, and liner installations across Bellevue and the Eastside. She came to us from commercial HVAC sheet metal work, which means she can fabricate a custom cricket, the peaked metal diverter that channels water around a chimney on a wider roof, faster than most techs can unpack a kit. Dana is certified in HeatShield cerfractory flue sealant application and DuraFlex stainless liner installation. She’ll measure your flue with a laser, show you the reading, and explain why a 6-inch round liner won’t fit a 6.5-inch oval flue without an adapter you can see and approve. On weekends she coaches a youth climbing team at the gym in Factoria. She says chimney work and climbing both come down to trusting your gear and not rushing the setup.
James R., Service Coordinator
James is the voice you get when you call (425) 696-0387 at 10 PM on a Sunday because you smelled smoke in your upstairs hallway and you’re not sure if it’s a chimney backdraft or something worse. He’s been with us four years and knows every technician’s schedule, every material supplier’s lead time, and which permits the City of Bellevue requires for a crown rebuild versus a full chimney teardown. James sends the text when your tech is en route, confirms the written price matches what you were quoted, and follows up after the job to make sure the photo record landed in your inbox. He grew up in Newport Hills and still lives there, which means he knows which neighborhoods lose power first in a windstorm and which chimneys tend to pull poorly when the pressure drops off Lake Washington.
Aisha M., Apprentice Technician
Aisha joined us in 2023 after completing the chimney technology program at a Pacific Northwest trade school. She’s building hours toward her CSIA certification and currently works alongside Marcus on standard sweeps and Level 1 inspections while learning to identify creosote classification, liner deterioration stages, and crown crack patterns on camera. Aisha already runs our smoke chamber parge coat jobs, the smoothing of the corbeled brick area above the firebox that helps draft and reduces creosote accumulation. She’s the one who asks the questions customers are thinking but don’t want to voice, like whether a small crack in the crown can wait until spring or if water is already getting past it. She lives in an apartment in Crossroads with a non-working fireplace that her landlord hasn’t addressed, which she says keeps her motivated to do better work than what she lives with.
One Standard, Every Job
Level Two Chimney Bellevue is independently owned and operated under the Haven Standard, the same framework that governs ten home-service brands across the network. That means Corrine stamps the 365-Day Done Right Promise on every job, Clause 4 requires a documented photo record on every visit, and Clause 1 means you’ll have a written price, written scope, and written warranty before work starts. No exceptions. We’ve completed more than 38,000 chimney inspections and cleanings since 2009, every one with that documentation trail. Our materials come through Haven’s buying network from DuraFlex, HeatShield, Gelco, Olympia Chimney, Famco, and Copperfield, sourced to keep customer prices honest. When you call (425) 696-0387, you reach a live person, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. If another company gave you a written estimate and you want a free second opinion, bring it to us. We’ll review it against what our camera shows in your flue.
Written by Corrine Halstead, Owner at Level Two Chimney Bellevue, serving Bellevue, Mercer Island, and the Eastside since 2009.