Your home has six sides, and in Seattle every one of them is dealing with the same thing: water. ENTER SIX matches Seattle homeowners — Ballard to West Seattle, Wedgwood to Beacon Hill — with independent professionals for chimney work, roofing, air duct cleaning, pressure washing, and attic insulation. We're an advertising and referral company, so we don't do the work ourselves; the professional does. You get one vetted, insured professional (licensed where required), a price you approve before work begins, and a callback at a time you choose.
Seattle's rainfall totals aren't extreme. It's the sheer number of wet days, stretching from October into May, that wears on a house — moss on the north slope, algae on siding, standing damp in the crawlspace, and slow moisture damage that stays hidden until something stains or sags. Timing the work to the weather matters more here than in most of the country.
Much of Seattle's housing stock predates 1940, and plenty of those Craftsman bungalows and Seattle boxes still carry their original unreinforced brick chimney. Two things go wrong. Rain gets into a cracked crown or an open flue and breaks the mortar down from the inside. And unreinforced masonry above the roofline is the part of an old house most likely to fail in a quake — something homeowners across the city saw after the 2001 Nisqually earthquake.
If you burn wood, check Puget Sound Clean Air Agency burn ban status before you light a fire.
Moss grows thickest on north-facing slopes and anywhere a Douglas fir or maple keeps the shingles shaded all winter. It creeps under shingle edges, lifts them, and holds water against the roof deck. On a composition roof, letting it go can take years off the expected life.
Houses built here before the 1950s often went up with little or no attic insulation, and what's up there now may be a thin layer someone added decades ago. Our winters are mild but long and damp, so the payoff is as much about moisture and comfort as it is about the heating bill.
In many Seattle homes the ducts don't run through a finished basement — they run through a vented crawlspace, in flexible duct, a few feet above damp soil. That location causes most of the duct complaints we hear.
Routine cleaning on a fixed schedule isn't necessary for most homes. Visible mold, rodent contamination, or post-remodel debris is a real reason to do it.
Green film on the north wall, a slick moss-covered walkway, a driveway gone black: all standard for this climate, all fixable. The method matters more than the pressure.
We work with vetted, insured professionals — licensed where required. We verify required licenses in the applicable public contractor registry, where available; in Washington that's the Department of Labor & Industries (L&I) registration lookup, which also shows bond and liability insurance status. You can look up any professional there yourself before they come out.
No. We send your request to one professional — never a shared lead list sold to multiple businesses. You also pick the callback window, so you're not fielding calls during a workday meeting or at dinner.
No. ENTER SIX is an advertising and referral company. The independent professional we match you with does the work, gives you the price, and answers to you on it. Nothing starts until you approve that price.
Aim for the dry stretch, roughly July through mid-September, for roofing, moss removal, and exterior washing — a wet surface limits what can be done safely and what treatments will hold. Chimney inspections are best late summer or early fall, before heating season. Attic, crawlspace, and duct work can be done year-round.
One request. One professional. Never a lead list. You choose when we call.
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