Dryer vent cleaning
Whole-home duct cleaning
Camera inspection
Sanitizing & deodorizingWhole-system duct and dryer vent check with before-and-after photos - you see exactly what came out of your vents
That "$99 whole-house special" is a bait ad - the real number appears once they are in your hallway, or the "clean" is a shop-vac at the register. We photograph the inside of your ducts before and after instead.
Trusted Dryer Vent Cleaning for Austin Homeowners
Lint buildup inside a dryer vent is a house fire waiting for a spark, and Austin’s hard water means dryers here work harder than they should. Most homeowners don’t realize their vent is dangerously clogged until a load takes two cycles to dry or the laundry room smells like hot fabric. Cardinal Air Duct Austin handles vent cleaning for homeowners across Austin, from Hyde Park to Circle C, with a written price before any work starts and a live arrival window you can actually track from your phone. Led by Omar Haddad, our team shows up in uniform, runs professional-grade HEPA extraction equipment, and documents everything with before-and-after photos. If you’re in Austin and your dryer vent hasn’t been cleaned in the past year, call (940) 283-6595 for a free estimate today.
Dryer Vent Cleaning Service
A Dryer Vent Cleaning Service removes the compacted lint, dust, and debris that collects inside the duct running from your dryer to the outside vent, and in Austin most homes need it every 12 to 18 months. Lint is highly flammable, and the National Fire Protection Association has tracked dryers as a leading cause of residential fires for years. Cardinal Air Duct Austin cleans the full run of the vent, not just the first few feet, using a Rotobrush rotary brush system paired with a Nikro HEPA vacuum for negative-pressure extraction. That means the loosened debris goes straight into the vacuum, not back into your laundry room. For a typical single-family home in Austin, a standard dryer vent cleaning runs $150 to $300 depending on the vent length and how much lint has accumulated; see our Dryer Vent Cleaning cost guide for full details. The process usually takes 45 to 90 minutes, and the written price you get before we start is the price on your invoice.
Full-Run Lint Removal
A partial clean leaves lint packed behind the dryer and inside wall cavities. We run our rotary brush from the dryer connection all the way to the exterior termination point, dislodging compacted buildup at every bend and seam. The HEPA vacuum keeps the dislodged material contained, so nothing recirculates into your home.
Exterior Vent Cap Clearing
Austin’s oak pollen and cedar season can clog the exterior vent cap even when the interior duct is clear. We remove the cap, clear accumulated debris and any bird or rodent nesting, and reattach everything properly. A blocked exterior cap is one of the most common causes of slow drying times in Austin homes, especially in neighborhoods with mature trees like Tarrytown and Barton Hills.
Styles & brands we work with
Dryer Vent Installation
Dryer Vent Installation covers routing a new vent system when you’re moving the laundry room, replacing corroded ductwork, or setting up a dryer in a space that never had a proper exterior termination point. In Austin, many older homes in neighborhoods like Hyde Park and Travis Heights still have flexible foil or vinyl duct running through walls, both of which are now banned by most building codes because they trap lint and can ignite. Cardinal Air Duct Austin installs rigid metal duct that meets current code, with properly sealed joints and the shortest practical run to the outside. A standard dryer vent installation in Austin runs $250 to $550 depending on the length of the run and whether we need to cut a new exterior hole. The written price you approve before we begin is the final price, period.
Code-Compliant Rigid Duct
Rigid metal duct, usually galvanized steel or aluminum, moves air efficiently and resists lint accumulation far better than flexible foil or slinky-style plastic. We size the duct to your dryer’s CFM rating and keep the run as short and straight as the layout allows. Every joint gets sealed with foil tape, never screws or duct tape, because screws protruding into the airstream become lint-capture points.
Exterior Termination Point
The outside exit matters as much as the duct itself. We install a proper vent cap with a backdraft damper that keeps Austin’s hot, humid air from flowing back into the house during the summer months. If your vent currently terminates in the attic or a crawlspace, which is a code violation, we’ll reroute it to the exterior. Attic terminations dump moisture and lint into enclosed spaces, and that’s a mold and fire risk no Austin homeowner should accept.
Dryer Vent Repair
Dryer Vent Repair fixes the issues that keep a vent from doing its job safely, including crushed duct segments, disconnected joints, damaged exterior caps, and water intrusion that has rusted the pipe. In Austin, we regularly see vents crushed behind dryers because the appliance was pushed too far back, and that kink becomes a lint trap that can ignite within months. Cardinal Air Duct Austin repairs or replaces damaged sections, reconnects joints that have separated behind walls or in attics, and corrects improper installations we find during any cleaning visit. Dryer vent repair in Austin typically runs $180 to $400 depending on the extent of the damage and whether sections need full replacement. Every repair we make carries a written guarantee, and if a repair fails within 365 days, we come back and correct it at no charge under our 365-Day Done Right Promise.
Disconnected or Crushed Duct
A duct that has separated at a seam is blowing hot, lint-filled air into your wall cavity, which is a fire hazard and a moisture source. We find disconnected segments with an inspection camera, reconnect and seal the joint, and test airflow at the exterior vent to confirm the system is moving air correctly. If a section is crushed beyond saving, we cut it out and splice in rigid replacement duct.
Dampered Hood Replacement
The exterior hood with its flapper damper is the first line of defense against Austin’s summer heat and any rodent looking for a warm nesting spot. We replace damaged hoods, clearing the opening and sealing the mounting point against water intrusion. A hood that no longer closes also lets cold air pour in during the winter, making your laundry room uncomfortable and your dryer work harder.
Dryer Vent Cleaning Company
Choosing a Dryer Vent Cleaning Company in Austin comes down to whether the crew is actually trained and whether the price quoted on the phone matches the invoice after the work. Cardinal Air Duct Austin is part of the Relay Home Co. family, founded 2005, and every booking operates under the Relay Standard: you get a live trackable arrival window, a written price before any work starts, before-and-after photo documentation of the vent itself, and a digital invoice you can pay from your phone. Our technicians are background-checked, arrive in uniform, and carry professional equipment from Rotobrush and Nikro rather than a shop-vac and a brush from the hardware store. For a standard dryer vent cleaning in Austin, our quoted range is $150 to $300, and our 365-Day Done Right Promise means that if the work isn’t right within a full year, we return and make it right at no charge. We don’t play the coupon-drip game where a $49 teaser becomes a $400 invoice.
Relay Standard Booking
When you book with us, you’re not waiting in a four-hour window wondering if anyone will show. The Relay Standard means your arrival time is trackable from your phone, the technician’s name is provided before they knock on the door, and the written price is waiting to be reviewed before a single tool comes out of the van. After the job, you get photo proof of the work and a payment link. The entire experience is built for homeowners who expect to book, track, and pay from their phone.
Flat Written Pricing
The number one complaint we hear about cleaner companies in Austin is a price that shifts once the technician is already inside the house. Our process is the opposite. The written estimate you receive covers the full job at a flat price, and it does not change at the door. You get to approve the number before we start, and the invoice matches the estimate. That’s the whole system.
Dryer Vent Inspection
A Dryer Vent Inspection is a camera-based evaluation of the entire vent run from the dryer connection to the exterior cap, and it’s the right step when you’re buying an older home in Austin or when you suspect a blockage but the dryer still seems to function. We push a small inspection camera through the duct, watching for lint compaction, separated joints, water staining, and any damage to the pipe itself. Cardinal Air Duct Austin charges $95 for a standalone dryer vent inspection, and if we find a problem that requires immediate work, we’ll explain it with photos and give you a written price for the fix before proceeding. A full inspection takes about 30 to 45 minutes. If you pair an inspection with a cleaning on the same visit, most Austin homeowners land between $200 and $350 total.
Buyer’s Inspection for Older Homes
Austin homes built before 2000 often have dryer vents that were never upgraded from flexible plastic or foil, which is now a recognized fire hazard. When you’re buying a home, a standard property inspector rarely looks any further than the visible connection behind the dryer. Our camera inspection verifies the full run, confirms the termination point is code-compliant, and gives you documentation you can use in negotiations if the vent needs a full replacement.
Post-Renovation Verification
If you’ve recently remodeled, moved the laundry room, or had general contractors running other mechanicals near the dryer duct, a quick inspection confirms nothing got crushed or left disconnected inside the wall. We’ve found vent lines pinched between framing members and disconnected at the wall plate on remodeling jobs across Austin, including in Mueller and Crestview. Catching those issues before the first load of laundry is far cheaper than opening the wall later.
Commercial Dryer Vent Cleaning
Commercial Dryer Vent Cleaning handles the high-accumulation systems in laundromats, apartment complexes, hotels, gyms, and any Austin business running dryers daily under commercial load. Lint accumulates far faster in commercial settings because dryers run for many hours each day, and many facilities have long horizontal runs that are code-limited on length and surprisingly easy to neglect. Cardinal Air Duct Austin cleans commercial dryer vent systems with the same negative-pressure HEPA setup we use in homes, but scaled for larger runs and multi-dryer manifolds. Commercial pricing in Austin depends heavily on the number of dryers, vent length, and roof or wall access points, with most small to mid-size facilities landing between $300 and $900 per system. We provide photo documentation of every run before and after, which is exactly what property managers need for insurance and code-compliance records.
Multi-Unit Property Maintenance
For apartment complexes and condo buildings across Austin, dryer vent cleaning is not a one-time project but a scheduled maintenance item. We work with property managers to establish a per-building cleaning cadence, usually every 6 to 12 months depending on dryer volume, and document every visit with photos and a written report. Tenants in buildings with clogged vents experience slow drying times and higher energy bills, and eventually that becomes a maintenance-request log you don’t want to own.
Laundromat and Fitness Facility
Facilities running dryers eight to twelve hours a day, like laundromats and gyms with towel service, accumulate lint at a rate that shocks most owners. We schedule these cleanings on a recurring basis, coordinate around operating hours to minimize downtime, and keep detailed records that satisfy fire marshal inspections. A commercial dryer fire forces a full shutdown, and the documentation we provide shows consistent, professional maintenance.
Brands We Service
We service and maintain dryer vent systems connected to every major dryer brand, including units from Aprilaire, Honeywell, and Guardsman that are common in higher-end Austin homes. On the dryer side, we see a lot of Samsung, LG, Whirlpool, and Maytag units in the neighborhoods we serve, and the vent-side work is the same regardless of the appliance brand. Our familiarity with Aprilaire’s airflow standards and Honeywell’s filtration expectations means we understand how the vent duct interacts with the rest of your home’s air management.
If you have an older Guardsman dryer or a newer high-efficiency model that already seems to run hotter than it should, the vent is almost always part of the story. We don’t favor any particular brand and we don’t try to sell you a dryer replacement you don’t need. Whether you have an Aprilaire-equipped laundry room in Lakeway, a Honeywell-filtered home in Jollyville, or any other make running through an Austin vent system, we can clean, repair, or replace whatever is between the dryer and the outside wall.
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AfterSigns You Need a Pro Right Now
- Clothes take two cycles to dry. This is the classic warning sign that airflow is restricted somewhere in the vent run. The dryer’s moisture sensor keeps the cycle running longer, which means more heat in the duct and more lint sticking to the walls. What should take 45 minutes in an Austin home with a clear vent is taking 90, and that heat is finding a way into lint instead of out the exterior cap.
- The exterior vent flap doesn’t open when the dryer runs. Walk outside while the dryer is on and look at the vent cap. If the flapper isn’t visibly moving, airflow is blocked somewhere along the run. Birds, rodents, or a solid wall of lint can all hold that flap shut, and the backpressure pushes hot air back into your laundry room.
- You smell a hot, burning odor only when the dryer is running. The lint inside the duct is heating to the point of smoldering. This is urgent, not a schedule-for-next-month situation. Stop using the dryer and call us at (940) 283-6595. A smoldering lint pack in a duct can transition to open flame faster than most people expect.
- Your laundry room gets unusually hot and humid during a cycle. A properly vented dryer moves hot, moist air outside. If that air is staying trapped in the laundry room, the vent is clogged or a joint has separated somewhere behind the wall. Austin’s already muggy summers make this far more noticeable than in drier climates, and the damp heat accelerates mold growth on surrounding drywall.
- You can’t remember the last time the vent was cleaned. Most Austin homeowners simply don’t track this maintenance item, and that’s how vents get to the point of failure. If it’s been more than 18 months, there’s enough lint packed in to restrict airflow. A cleaning is a small cost compared to the alternatives, and our 365-Day Done Right Promise means the work is guaranteed for a full year.
Our Process, Step by Step
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Book and track your visit. Call (940) 283-6595 or use the phone-native booking flow. You’ll get a live arrival window you can track from your phone, and we’ll respond with the technician’s name and background-check confirmation before they knock on the door.
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On-site evaluation and written price. The technician evaluates the dryer connection, the accessible duct run, and the exterior termination point. You get a written, flat price before any work begins, and that number doesn’t change at the door.
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Rotary brush and HEPA negative-pressure cleaning. We run the Rotobrush rotary brush through the full vent run, from the dryer to the exterior cap, while the Nikro HEPA vacuum maintains negative pressure inside the duct. All loosened lint and debris goes into the vacuum containment, not into your laundry room air.
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Exterior cap clearing and airflow verification. After the interior run is clean, we remove and clear the exterior vent cap, check the damper’s operation, and reattach it properly. We test airflow at the termination point and in the laundry room to confirm the system is moving air at an appropriate rate for your dryer’s CFM specification.
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Photo documentation and invoice. You get before-and-after photos of the vent interior and exterior cap, plus a digital invoice you can pay from a link on your phone. If anything we touched fails within 365 days, we come back and correct it at no charge under the 365-Day Done Right Promise.
How Much Does Dryer Vent Cleaning Cost in Austin?
A standard dryer vent cleaning for a single-family home in Austin runs $150 to $300, depending primarily on the length of the vent run and how much lint has compacted inside. Homes with shorter, straight runs from a first-floor laundry room to an exterior wall fall on the lower end. Homes where the dryer is in the center of the house, venting up through the roof on a two-story floor plan, land on the higher end because the run is longer and the roof access adds labor. If your vent has never been cleaned or the home is older with flexible foil duct, expect to pay toward the top of the range because the job simply takes longer to do properly.
What affects the price: vent run length, the height of the exterior termination point, heavy lint compaction, and whether previous installations used inappropriate materials that need correcting. What should not affect the price: a technician’s mood, the type of car in your driveway, or a generic coupon bait number that was never real. How to avoid overpaying: get a written flat price before work starts, and walk away from anyone quoting per-vent pricing because dryer vent cleaning should always be quoted per system. Our free estimate includes a full evaluation of your current vent setup, a camera check if needed, and the exact written price for the work, with no obligation.
Our Service Area Near Austin
Cardinal Air Duct Austin serves homeowners throughout the greater Austin metro, including Cedar Park, Buda, Pflugerville, Lakeway, Manor, and the communities in and around Jollyville, Wells Branch, Shady Hollow, Lost Creek, and Hornsby Bend. If you’re in San Marcos or anywhere else within a reasonable drive of our Austin base, we’ll schedule you the same way: live arrival tracking, written pricing, and photo documentation. For homeowners in the north metro, our Dryer Vent Cleaning in Cedar Park page covers that service area in detail. Homeowners further south can check Dryer Vent Cleaning in Buda for specific scheduling and pricing in Hays County. And if you haven’t already, take a look at home for our full list of services across Austin.
Serving Austin, TX - Our Local Coverage Area
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Frequently Asked Questions About Dryer Vent Cleaning in Austin
Dryer vent cleaning is the process of removing accumulated lint, dust, and debris from the full run of ductwork that connects your dryer to the exterior vent cap on your home. In Austin homes, this almost always involves a rotary brush pushed through the duct while a HEPA vacuum maintains negative pressure to contain everything the brush dislodges, followed by clearing the exterior cap assembly. The goal is to restore full airflow so your dryer can move hot, moist air outside efficiently and reduce the fire risk that compacted lint creates. Most Austin homeowners should have this done every 12 to 18 months.
A standard dryer vent cleaning in a single-family Austin home takes 45 to 90 minutes from setup to photo documentation. The main variables are the length of the vent run, how much lint has packed into the duct, and whether the exterior cap is on a roof or an easy-to-reach wall. If we find damage or a code violation during cleaning that requires repair, we’ll give you a separate written price and usually handle it on the same visit. Call (940) 283-6595 to get an exact time estimate for your home’s specific vent configuration.
Most Austin homeowners pay between $150 and $300 for a complete dryer vent cleaning, with longer runs and heavier lint accumulation on the higher end of that range. Longer roof-terminated runs on two-story homes cost more than short horizontal runs on single-story homes. We give you a written flat price before any work begins, and that is the final price on your invoice. Call (940) 283-6595 for a free estimate based on your specific home and vent setup.
Yes, we service dryer vent systems behind every major dryer brand including Samsung, LG, Whirlpool, Maytag, and GE, along with vent-side equipment from Aprilaire, Honeywell, and Guardsman. The vent cleaning and repair process is the same regardless of the dryer brand, because the ductwork is the same kind of rigid or flexible metal in nearly every Austin home. We do not sell dryer replacements, and we won’t push a brand change unless your existing dryer is genuinely unsafe to operate. The vent is our specialty, and we focus the entire visit on making that system safe and efficient.
We understand that a burning smell from the dryer vent is an urgent issue that can’t wait, and our live phone line at (940) 283-6595 is answered by a real person 24/7. While we don’t promise same-day emergency dispatch in every case, we do prioritize urgent calls and will get a technician to you as quickly as the Austin schedule allows. If you smell burning or see smoke from the vent, stop using the dryer immediately and call us. We’ll assess the situation over the phone and help you determine the safest next step.
Every dryer vent cleaning, installation, and repair from Cardinal Air Duct Austin is covered by our 365-Day Done Right Promise. That means if the work isn’t right within a full year, we return and correct it at no charge to you. The promise covers every job we do, not select visits, and it’s backed in writing. No other dryer vent cleaning in Austin offers a satisfaction window this long, because most crews prefer to disappear after the invoice is paid. We’re built on the opposite standard.
There’s very little you need to do before we arrive. Pull the dryer away from the wall if you’re comfortable doing so, and clear any items stored on top of or around the dryer so our technician has full access to the connection point. If your dryer is gas-powered, you don’t need to shut off the gas line yourself, but you should let us know it’s a gas dryer when you call so the technician can plan accordingly. Everything else, including the exterior vent cap access, is handled by us.
Schedule Your Dryer Vent Cleaning Service in Austin Today
If your dryer vent in Austin hasn’t been cleaned in over a year, the fix is one phone call away. Call (940) 283-6595 for a free, no-obligation estimate, and we’ll give you a written price before any work starts. Our line is answered by a live person 24/7, and every booking comes with a trackable arrival window, before-and-after photo proof, and the full 365-Day Done Right Promise behind it. The dryer vent in your home is a safety system, not an afterthought, and it’s overdue for a professional look.
Written by Omar Haddad, Owner at Cardinal Air Duct Austin, serving Austin since 2005.