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.
Fast, Reliable Dryer Vent Cleaning Across Garland
Dryer vent cleaning in Garland typically costs $129 – $289 for a standard single-family home, and a clogged vent in one of this city’s older ranch houses is a fire hazard that most homeowners don’t see until the dryer starts taking two cycles to finish a load. We serve every corner of Garland, from Camelot to Northlake to the neighborhoods east of Firewheel, and we know exactly how the attic runs and pier-and-beam layouts in this city fail over time. When you call Hollis Air Duct Dallas at (361) 309-6223, you get a written price before we touch anything, a uniformed background-checked technician at the door, and the 365-Day Done Right Promise behind the work.
Why Hollis Air Duct Dallas Is Garland’s Preferred Dryer Vent Cleaning Company
We’ve been cleaning dryer vents in Garland long enough to know which 1970s floor plans route the vent through a 20-foot attic run and which ones dump straight through the roof with three elbows. That local knowledge means we bring the right tools and the right replacement parts the first time, not after a second trip. Our reputation in Garland is built on showing up inside the quoted window, writing the price down before work starts, and leaving the laundry room and attic cleaner than we found them. Roy Castellanos leads our crews under The Garrison Code: background-checked, uniformed, trained to explain what they found in plain English, and held to a written standard, not a verbal promise. Homeowners across Garland tell us the same thing: they’ve been burned by no-shows and door-price jumps before, and they call us because our price doesn’t move once it’s on paper.
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Dryer Vent Inspection in Garland
A Dryer Vent Inspection in Garland is a camera-and-airflow check that gives you a written condition report on the entire duct run, from the dryer connection behind the machine to the termination hood outside. In Garland’s 1960s and 1970s homes, the original flexible foil duct is often still in place, sagging or crushed inside a hot attic where nobody has looked in 40 years. An inspection costs $89 – $149 in Garland, and if we find a blockage or damaged duct during the inspection, we’ll show you the camera footage and give you a flat written price for the fix before any additional work begins.
When a camera inspection makes sense
If your dryer takes longer than 40 minutes to dry a normal load, or if the laundry room feels humid while the machine runs, that’s a sign of restricted airflow somewhere in the run. In Garland homes with attic venting, we often find the lint isn’t just building up at the hood; it’s accumulating in the sagging low points along the run. An inspection tells you exactly where the problem is and whether the existing duct is worth cleaning or needs replacement.
What the inspection report covers
You get a written report showing airflow measurements, the condition of the duct material, any sagging or kinking, and a photo of what the camera saw. If the vent is clean but the dryer still runs long, we’ll tell you that too and point you toward the appliance repair, not sell you a cleaning you don’t need. That’s part of the standard we hold ourselves to in Garland.
Commercial Dryer Vent Cleaning in Garland
Commercial Dryer Vent Cleaning in Garland covers apartment complexes, laundromats, salons, gyms, daycare centers, and any property where multiple dryer cycles run daily through shared or long vent runs. Multi-unit properties in Garland, especially older brick apartment buildings along Belt Line Road and Broadway, build lint at a rate far beyond what a single-family home sees, and fire code compliance for unmaintained dryer exhausts is a real enforcement concern for property managers. Commercial cleaning in Garland typically runs $250 – $600 per vent stack, depending on run length, access difficulty, and how many units share a common duct, with a written quote after an on-site assessment.
Multi-dryer and stacked systems
Stacked dryers and multi-floor laundry rooms push lint into a common riser that often runs inside a wall chase with no cleanout access at the midpoints. We use negative-air equipment from Nikro to pull lint out of these runs without blowing it back into the building, and we document the before-and-after airflow numbers so you have a record for insurance and fire inspection purposes. Property managers in Garland call us because they need a vendor who shows up, charges what was quoted, and doesn’t disappear mid-project.
Recurring commercial service schedules
Laundromats and fitness centers in Garland usually need quarterly or semi-annual service, while smaller apartment buildings are fine with annual cleaning. We’ll set up a written schedule based on cycle counts, not a generic calendar, and we keep a record of every visit so the next inspection goes smoothly. The price for recurring commercial service is lower per visit than a one-time call because the access is known and the buildup is less severe.
Common Dryer Vent Cleaning Problems We See in Garland Homes
- Collapsed foil duct in attic runs. The 4-inch flexible foil installed in 1960s-80s Garland homes breaks down under attic heat. It sags, traps humidity and lint, and eventually collapses into a hard plug that pushes exhaust back into the laundry room.
- Vermin nesting in pier-and-beam crawl spaces. Older Garland homes on pier-and-beam foundations give rats and squirrels a path to the vent termination hood. They fill it with grass, paper, and droppings, cutting airflow to nearly nothing while the dryer still looks normal from the outside.
- Clay-dust and lint cementing on duct walls. East Garland properties near unpaved lanes and open ground pick up fine clay dust that coats the inside of the vent. Garland’s humidity binds that dust to the lint, forming a sticky film that hardens over time and requires mechanical agitation to remove, not just a quick blow-out.
- Long horizontal runs with no slope. Many Garland ranches were built with dryer vent runs that travel 15 to 25 feet horizontally through the attic before exiting. Those runs should slope toward the outside so moisture drains, but we routinely see them dead-level, which guarantees standing moisture and lint buildup at every joint.
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AfterPricing for Dryer Vent Cleaning in Garland, TX
A standard single-family Dryer Vent Cleaning in Garland runs $129 – $289, based on how long the vent run is, whether it passes through an attic or crawl space, and how much buildup is present. Homes with vent runs over 20 feet or with roof terminations are at the top of that range, while short, straight runs under 10 feet come in at the bottom. Commercial jobs are priced per vent stack after an assessment, as noted above. We write the full price down before any work starts, and it does not change at the door. Call (361) 309-6223 for an exact quote, and you’ll get a written number you can hold us to.
We Also Serve Cities Near Garland
Our crews cover Garland and the surrounding communities, including Sachse, Rowlett, Richardson, and Dallas. If you’re in one of those areas and your dryer is running long or your vent hasn’t been cleaned in years, call (361) 309-6223 and ask for a free estimate. We’ll schedule a time that fits your week, and we’ll be there when we said we would.
Serving Garland, TX - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Garland area and know this community well. Use the map below to see our service coverage - if you’re nearby, we can almost certainly help.
FAQs About Dryer Vent Cleaning in Garland
If your Garland home is near open fields, unpaved lanes, or any ground that kicks up clay dust, you should clean the dryer vent every 6 to 8 months instead of the usual 12-month interval. The fine dust from east Garland’s rural edges coats the inside of the vent and mixes with humidity to form a sticky film that accelerates lint buildup. Call (361) 309-6223 and we’ll set a reminder schedule that fits your property’s actual dust load, not a generic calendar.
Yes. Garland’s summer heat softens older flexible duct, which sags and traps moisture from the drying cycle, and that moisture can backdraft into the laundry room and raise the humidity enough to feed mold on drywall, flooring, and around the dryer itself. The fix is usually replacing the sagging run with rigid aluminum and correcting the slope so condensation can’t pool. We see this pattern regularly in Garland ranch homes with attic-vented dryers.
Yes. Standalone laundry rooms, shop dryers, and outbuilding systems on east Garland properties often have longer exterior wall penetrations, cheap flex connectors, and no hood at all, meaning dust, humidity, and pests all enter the vent from outside. We treat these with the same cleaning method but often recommend adding a hood and a short rigid section at the wall to keep the vent from pulling in outside contamination. The cleaning price is the same range; any added parts are quoted separately in writing before work.
Garland’s expansive clay soil swells and shrinks with moisture, and that seasonal movement can shift a slab foundation enough to pull duct connections loose where the vent passes through the wall or floor chase. A loose connection lets dryer exhaust leak into the wall cavity or crawl space, which in a pier-and-beam Garland home means warm, humid air condensing around floor joists. We check every accessible connection during a cleaning and will tell you if the duct has pulled loose at a joint, even if that’s not the reason you called.
It doesn’t change the dryer vent cleaning itself, but homes with wood heat in the Garland area often have drier interior air in winter, which makes lint even easier to ignite inside the vent. We’ll still clean the dryer vent to code and inspect the termination hood, and we’ll note anything about the nearby fireplace or stove venting that could share an attic space or wall chase with the dryer run. That shared-chase situation shows up in older Garland brick ranches, and it’s worth checking both systems at least once.
Contact Hollis Air Duct Dallas for Dryer Vent Cleaning in Garland
If your dryer is running long, your laundry room feels humid, or you haven’t had the vent looked at since you moved in, call (361) 309-6223 for a free estimate and a written price before any work begins. Roy Castellanos and the Hollis Air Duct Dallas team serve every Garland neighborhood with background-checked, uniformed technicians, professional-grade equipment from Nikro and Honeywell, and the 365-Day Done Right Promise: if it isn’t right, we come back at no charge and make it right. That’s the standard we put in writing on every job.
Written by Roy Castellanos, Owner at Hollis Air Duct Dallas, serving Garland and the surrounding communities under The Garrison Standard.