Residential Dryer Vent Cleaning Inspection

An inspection answers a question rather than performing a task: what is actually in there, and is it safe? We do a lot of these for people buying or selling a home, and for homeowners who have a suspicion they cannot confirm from the outside of a wall.

Why this is the service we are built for

The company is run by prior home inspectors. Documenting a system's condition, distinguishing a cosmetic issue from a safety defect, and writing it up so a third party can act on it is the discipline we came from — and it is a different skill from cleaning a duct.

What gets examined

• Airflow, measured. A reading at the termination with the dryer running, compared against what your appliance should produce. This is the single most informative number about a vent, and it is not a matter of opinion.
• The full interior, on camera. The run gets scoped end to end so accumulation, damage, sags and separations are seen rather than inferred.
• Material and code compliance. Whether concealed sections are rigid metal as required, whether prohibited vinyl or foil accordion duct is buried in a wall, whether the diameter matches the appliance, whether interior screws are catching lint.
• Routing and length. Developed length and elbow count against the allowable maximum, plus pitch — an uphill run that pools condensate is a recurring-clog diagnosis, not a one-time cleaning.
• The termination. That it exits outdoors and not into an attic, soffit, crawlspace or garage; that the hood opens fully and closes fully; that no screen or nest is restricting it.
• Evidence of past leakage. Lint deposits, moisture staining or elevated humidity along the route, which is how a separated joint inside a wall gives itself away.

What you receive

Findings with photographs and camera stills, the airflow reading, and each item sorted into what is a safety hazard, what is a code deficiency, and what is merely worth knowing. Where something needs correcting we say what the correction is, so the report is usable in a negotiation or by another contractor. An inspection is a finding, not a sales pitch — if the vent is in good condition, that is a perfectly good result and we will tell you so.

Real estate transactions

Dryer vents sit in a gap: general home inspections often note the vent only in passing, and it is rarely scoped internally. For a buyer that gap can hide a concealed run of prohibited duct or a vent discharging into an attic. For a seller, having the report in hand before listing removes an item that would otherwise surface late. We work to transaction timelines and write reports that a party who was not present can read.

When to inspect rather than clean

Book an inspection when symptoms persist after a recent cleaning, when you have no idea where the vent runs or when it was last serviced, when you have bought a home whose laundry looks improvised, when there is unexplained humidity near the vent path, or when you need documentation for an association or insurer. If it turns out cleaning is what the system needs, the inspection tells you that too.

Common questions

Is cleaning included? No — keeping them separate is deliberate. You get an unbiased assessment, and if cleaning is warranted you can schedule it knowing why.

Can you inspect a vent you cannot access? We scope as far as the run allows and state plainly what could not be reached, rather than implying coverage we did not achieve.

How long does it take? Most single-family inspections take under an hour, including walking you through what the camera found.

Book a dryer vent inspection

Call (904) 426-2036 or book online. Veteran-owned, licensed and insured, with before-and-after photos on every job. Same-day and emergency slots 7am–3pm.