The whole run, not the first metre
Rotary brushing from the machine's connection to the exterior hood, including the elbows where lint actually packs.
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Dryer Vent Cleaning
Same tools, same access problem, same fire risk — a lint-packed dryer duct is the other vent in your house that nobody looks at.
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AirflowMeasured before and after
Full runMachine to exterior hood
AnnualRecommended interval
Lint is the reason dryers start fires
Lint is an excellent fuel and a dryer duct is a warm tube full of it. Clothes dryers are behind thousands of home fires a year in the United States and failure to clean them is the leading cause. The everyday version of the problem is less dramatic and much more common: a restricted duct makes the machine run two or three cycles to do one load's work, which shortens its life and shows up on the bill. Valley houses make it worse than average, because so many are single-storey with the laundry set in the middle of the plan and a long duct run — sometimes twenty feet with three or four elbows — before it reaches an exterior wall.
What we stand behind
If something we swept or repaired is not right, we come back and put it right at no charge. That has not changed in ten years and it is not going to.
What you get
Why This Job Is Worth Doing Properly
Airflow measured
We check the flow before and after, so the improvement is a number rather than a claim.
Hood and flap checked
A stuck or missing exterior flap lets birds in and stops the duct venting. It gets fixed or replaced.
Shorter drying cycles
The most immediate thing people notice. One cycle instead of two is the usual result on a badly restricted run.
Contained, not blown around
Lint is captured at the machine end. It does not end up over the laundry room.
Done on the same visit
If we are already there for the chimney, this adds very little time.
Worth a look
Signs the duct is blocked
- Clothes still damp after a full cycle, or needing two cycles
- The dryer or the laundry room getting noticeably hot while running
- A burning or scorched smell during a cycle
- Lint visible around the exterior hood, or the flap not opening
- More than a year since the duct was last cleared
- A long duct run, or one that goes up through the roof
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Step by step
How We Work Through It
Pull the machine out
Carefully, and with the gas or power disconnected where that applies.
Inspect the connection
The flexible section behind the dryer is where crushing and kinking usually hide.
Brush the full run
Rotary rods driven the whole length, worked from both ends where access allows.
Clear the exterior hood
Flap freed or replaced, birdguard checked.
Measure the airflow
Before and after, so you can see what changed.
Reconnect and test
The machine goes back, runs a cycle, and vents properly before we leave.
Questions
Dryer Vent Cleaning FAQs
How often should a dryer vent be cleaned?
Once a year for a typical household. More often if you have a long run, a large family, or you dry pet bedding and heavy fabrics regularly.
My duct goes up through the roof. Is that a problem?
It is harder to clean and it collects more, because lint has to travel against gravity. It is also the configuration we see fail most. Perfectly workable, but it wants doing on schedule.
Can I not just do it with a shop vac?
You will get the first couple of feet. The lint that matters is packed into the elbows partway along, and a vacuum will not reach or dislodge it.
Do you clean the machine as well as the duct?
We clear the lint trap housing and the connection at the back. Internal appliance repair is a different trade and we will say so rather than guessing at it.
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The Chimney Guys
14250 Emelita St
Sherman Oaks, CA 91401
(818) 806-6528
info@thechimneyguys.cc
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