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 Altadena
Dryer vent cleaning in Altadena typically costs $120 – $240 for a standard single-dryer home and takes about an hour to complete. We schedule cleanings Monday through Saturday, and our Altadena crews carry the full Rotobrush kit so lint, dust, and ash come out in one visit. Call (626) 469-5477 for a written quote before anyone touches your vent.
We work in Altadena every week, from the bungalows off Lake Avenue to the ranch homes up toward Chaney Trail. The housing stock here runs older, the lots open up to real dust, and the foothills bring ash during fire season. That combination puts extra load on dryer vents in ways a flatland house never sees. You need a crew that knows what that looks like before they open the access panel.
Why Hollis Air Duct Pasadena Is Altadena’s Preferred Dryer Vent Cleaning Company
Altadena homeowners call us because the work is priced in writing before we start and covered by the 365-Day Done Right Promise. That promise is specific: if something fails within a year of the job, we return and make it right at no charge, including a free second visit. There is no fine print to decode and no moving target once the technician arrives. Roy Castellanos, who leads the team, expects every job to run by The Garrison Standard: arrive inside the quoted window, price it on paper, do the work by the book, and leave the site cleaner than we found it.
Our techs are background-checked and uniformed, so you know who is at the door before you open it. The equipment is the same gear commercial duct crews run: Rotobrush agitation systems for breaking lint loose, Nikro negative-air machines for pulling it out without blowing it through the laundry room, and filtration from Honeywell and Aprilaire. We also offer Air Duct Cleaning in Altadena using this same professional-grade equipment. No hardware-store brushes, no shop-vac improvisation.
Most Altadena jobs are scheduled within a few days, not weeks. And when you call our number, a live person answers, not a callback queue. That matters when a dryer is putting off a burning smell and you want an answer now.
Styles & brands we work with
Dryer Vent Cleaning Company in Altadena
As a Dryer Vent Cleaning company serving Altadena and the surrounding foothill streets, we approach this job as a system cleaning, not a quick poke at the exterior vent hood. The work involves pulling the dryer, running a rotary brush through the full vent run, capturing lint and debris with negative pressure, and checking the termination point outside. A standard single-dryer home in Altadena runs $120 – $240.
What the Job Involves
We clear the entire vent path from the dryer collar to the exterior hood. On older Altadena homes where the vent run passes through a crawlspace, we inspect that section for separations and crushed pipe while we are in there. The goal is a clear airway and a vent cap that seals properly against wind and pests.
When to Book It
If the dryer takes two cycles to get towels dry, the exterior flap is not opening, or the laundry room gets hot and smells faintly of burnt dust, the vent is telling you something. In Altadena’s dust-heavy air, that point arrives sooner than it does in Pasadena or Alhambra.
Dryer Vent Inspection in Altadena
A Dryer Vent Inspection in Altadena means sending a camera through the entire vent run to see exactly what is inside before any cleaning starts. For a home up against the San Gabriels, that step is not a sales add-on. It tells us whether the blockage is lint, ash, a separated joint in the crawlspace, or a rodent nest past the baffle. Inspections run $70 – $120 when booked as a standalone visit, and the fee is applied toward cleaning if we proceed the same day.
Camera Inspection
We ran a camera on a mid-century ranch off Lincoln Avenue where the vent passed through an unsealed crawlspace. Nearly 60% of the airway was blocked with a gray, talc-fine dust from the surrounding dirt roads mixed with dark ash that had settled in during the last Angeles National Forest fire. The homeowner had no idea because the exterior hood still opened. That is what a camera finds before a brush does.
When Inspection Comes First
If your home was built before 1980, the vent pipe may be original galvanized steel, and it may have separated at a seam under the house. Running a cleaning brush through a separated pipe pushes lint into the crawlspace. We inspect first, then clean. It keeps the job honest and keeps the mess out of places it should never be.
Trusted Brands We Service in Altadena
We service dryers from every major manufacturer, but the vent cleaning equipment we bring matters more to the outcome. Our crews run Rotobrush agitation systems and Nikro negative-air machines, the same gear commercial facilities rely on, paired with Honeywell and Aprilaire filtration components. That combination means lint and ash come out of the pipe and into a sealed capture system, not back into your laundry room. We keep the common vent parts for Altadena homes on the truck: replacement caps, bird guards, and flex-to-rigid transition collars for older ranch houses.
See the difference
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AfterCommon Dryer Vent Cleaning Problems We See in Altadena Homes
- Dust and tumbleweed packing the exterior hood. Open lots and unpaved road shoulders in the Altadena foothills send fine dust and dried brush into vent caps. When the hood packs shut, backpressure builds and the dryer runs hotter, longer, and still leaves clothes damp.
- Ash and soot inside the vent after wildfire season. Santa Ana winds carry smoke and fine ash from the Angeles National Forest straight into exterior vents. After a significant brush fire, we pull dark, sooty buildup out of supply registers and vent pipes in homes blocks from the burn zone.
- Separated vent pipe in the crawlspace. Older ranch homes and 1920s bungalows often have vent runs pieced together under the house. Galvanized seams fail, the pipe separates, and lint dumps into the crawlspace for years, where it holds smoke odor and feeds pests.
- Missing backdraft damper on exterior caps. During Santa Ana wind events, embers and wind-driven debris can enter an unprotected vent hood. On a vent with heavy lint accumulation near the cap, that is a fire risk. We check the damper on every Altadena job and recommend replacement when it is missing or stuck open.
Pricing for Dryer Vent Cleaning in Altadena, CA
A standard dryer vent cleaning in Altadena runs $120 – $240. That covers a single dryer, a vent run up to roughly 20 feet, and normal lint and dust loading. If the run is longer, has multiple elbows, or includes a crawlspace section with access issues, the price moves toward the top of that range. A camera-only inspection runs $70 – $120 and is credited toward the cleaning if we do both the same day. Bird guard installation, cap replacement, and vent rerouting are quoted separately, in writing, before any work begins. Call (626) 469-5477 and we will give you a fixed number for your specific home before the truck heads your way.
We Also Serve Cities Near Altadena
Our crews cover the foothill communities and the surrounding basin, including Pasadena, San Gabriel, Alhambra, and Arcadia. If you live in one of those areas and want the same Dryer Vent Cleaning crew and the same written pricing standard, call (626) 469-5477 and we’ll get you on the schedule.
Serving Altadena, CA - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Altadena 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 Altadena
Every 12 months is the practical minimum for most Altadena homes. The combination of unpaved road dust, open-lot pollen, and wildfire ash shortens the safe interval compared to homes in the basin below. If you border open land or live above the 300-foot mark toward the foothills, you may need it more often. Call (626) 469-5477 and we can inspect your vent and tell you what your specific run needs.
Yes. Santa Ana winds push fine dust, dried debris, and occasionally live embers into exterior vent caps. We see a measurable bump in calls during and just after major wind events, most of them for hoods packed with dust or dampers that are jammed open. An inspection after a strong wind season costs $70 – $120 and is credited toward cleaning if we proceed.
It can and regularly does. Wildfire smoke particles are fine enough to draw through the vent termination whenever the dryer runs during a burn event, and they settle as a dark, sticky film inside the pipe. That film captures lint faster than a clean metal surface would. Call (626) 469-5477 for an inspection, especially if you noticed smoke odor in the laundry room during the last fire season.
Because the original galvanized vent pipe in pre-1980 ranch homes often separates at the seams, usually in the crawlspace where nobody sees it. Running a cleaning brush through a separated pipe pushes lint out into the crawlspace and misses the blockage entirely. Our camera inspection confirms the pipe is intact before we clean, and it costs $70 – $120, credited toward the full cleaning.
Exterior vent caps should have a working backdraft damper and a fine-mesh guard to block wind-driven embers and rodents. On older Altadena homes, we frequently find the damper missing or corroded. We check the termination point on every job and quote a replacement cap if needed, always in writing before we touch it. Call (626) 469-5477 and we will walk you through what your vent currently has and what it should have.
Written by Roy Castellanos, Owner at Hollis Air Duct Pasadena, serving Altadena and the surrounding foothill communities.