Northern Virginia · Home Ventilation
Dryer Vent Cleaning in Northern Virginia
A full clear-out of the lint packed inside your dryer duct — the buildup that doubles your dry times, spikes your energy bill, and turns the duct into a real fire risk.
- Licensed in Arlington County · Insured in Virginia
- Serving Northern Virginia
- Local crew, full-lifecycle
What's included
Here's exactly what we do.
Lint doesn't just collect in the trap. It packs the length of the duct behind your dryer, especially on the long runs common in Northern Virginia townhomes and colonials. That restriction traps heat and moisture, wears out the appliance early, and is one of the most common preventable fire risks in a home.
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Airflow check at the exit
We measure how much air is actually making it out of the exterior vent — the honest baseline for how clogged the run is.
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Rotary brushing the full run
A rotating brush travels the entire duct length, breaking loose compacted lint the shop-vac alone can't reach.
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Capture, not scatter
Debris is vacuumed as it's loosened so lint ends up in our collection, not on your laundry-room floor.
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Exterior vent & flap
We clear the wall or roof termination and make sure the damper flap opens and closes freely — a common hidden clog point.
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Airflow verified again
We re-measure after cleaning so you can see the improvement, and flag any damage if the duct itself is the problem.
Signs you need this
If any of these sound familiar, let's talk.
- Clothes take two cycles — or come out hot and still damp
- The dryer or laundry room feels unusually hot during a cycle
- A burning or musty smell when the dryer runs
- The outside vent flap barely opens or is packed with lint
- It's been over a year since the vent was last cleared
- Your dryer is a longer run through the wall, attic, or roof
The full-lifecycle difference
Most companies stop at the clean. We don't.
Dryer Vent Cleaning is one piece of the picture. Because we own the whole lifecycle — clean, repair, re-route, install, and fan replacement — we can actually solve the problem instead of handing you a bill and a referral.
Cities we serve
Dryer Vent Cleaning across Northern Virginia.
We work throughout the region. Choose your city for local details on dryer vent cleaning.
What it costs
Real prices, posted upfront.
Here's what this work runs in Northern Virginia. Every home is different, so we look at what you actually have first — then you get the exact price before we lift a tool. Here's what moves the number.
Dryer Vent Services
- Dryer vent cleaning — first floor
- $199
- Dryer vent cleaning — second floor (up to 25 ft)
- $275
- Roof vent exit cleaning
- $350+
- Bird guard / vent cover
- $65–$170
- Flexible hose replacement
- $15 per foot
Duct length & routing
A short back-of-wall vent is quick. Long runs through ceilings, attics, or up to a roof termination take more time and equipment.
Termination type
Roof and second-story exits require safe access and add to the job versus a ground-floor side-wall vent.
How packed it is
A vent that hasn't been touched in years, or one shared with a bird nest or debris, is a heavier clear-out.
Repairs we find
If the duct is crushed or disconnected, cleaning alone won't fix it — we'll quote the repair transparently rather than pretend a clean solved it.
Dryer Vent Cleaning FAQ
Questions homeowners actually ask.
The clearest sign is drying that takes more than one cycle, or a dryer and laundry room that run hot. A weak or lint-packed exterior vent flap is another giveaway.
Once a year for most households. More often if you do heavy laundry loads, have a long duct run, or own pets that add to the lint load.
Yes. Lint is highly combustible and restricted airflow makes dryers overheat. In the residential clothes-dryer fires studied by the US Fire Administration, failure to clean was the leading contributing factor, accounting for 34%.
Usually, when lint is the cause. If the duct is crushed, too long, or poorly routed, cleaning helps but won't fully solve it — and we'll tell you straight if that's what we find.
Yes. Those runs are exactly where lint hides. We access the termination safely and clear the full length, not just the reachable section.
We show you and quote the repair or re-route separately. Because we own the full lifecycle, you won't be sent off to find another company to fix it.
Case study
Recent Work in McLean: Dryer Vent Disconnection Repaired & Cleaned
When we inspected the dryer vent at a McLean home, we found the real problem up in the attic: the vent duct had come disconnected. Instead of carrying hot, moist, lint-heavy air outside, it was dumping it straight into the attic — sitting in the insulation, right next to wiring. Left that way, a disconnected run is both a moisture problem (damaged insulation, mold) and a fire risk, since lint collects in the cavity where it doesn't belong.
What we did: we replaced the duct system and secured it properly — reconnecting the run and fastening it so it stays connected and vents fully to the outside. We also cleaned the vent line itself; you can see the before-and-after inside the duct, where years of lint were cleared back to clean metal.
The result: a dryer vent that's reconnected, secured, and clear — venting outside the way it should, not into the attic.
Before and after — real photos from this job:
The problem we found on site:
Completed by Alex M., Lead Technician. When a dryer runs long or hot, the cause is often in the run itself — we inspect the full line, and if it's disconnected or crushed, we repair or re-route it, not just clean it.
What customers say about our dryer vent cleaning
Quoted exactly as written, with a link to the original review.
Dryer Vent Cleaning review from Northern Virginia
“…my very clogged dryer vent… He understood how my dryer vent was set up. (It's not typical.) And my dryer is working again!”
S LeeRated 5 out of 5·
60-Day Workmanship Guarantee
If something isn't right with our work, we come back and fix it within 60 days. No hassle, no extra charge.
Let's get your vents working again.
Call for a straight answer, or book an inspection online. We'll tell you what you need — and only what you need.