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 San Gabriel
A clogged dryer vent in San Gabriel isn’t something to put off. It forces your dryer to run longer on every load, drives up your electric bill, and creates the exact conditions for a lint fire. Our Dryer Vent Cleaning crews work throughout San Gabriel, from the Mission District to the neighborhoods off Las Tunas Drive, and we show up with professional-grade Rotobrush equipment and a written price before we touch anything. Call (626) 469-5477 and we’ll walk you through what your home needs.
Why Hollis Air Duct Pasadena Is San Gabriel’s Preferred Dryer Vent Cleaning Company
Most of the calls we get from San Gabriel come from homeowners who already suspect something’s wrong. The dryer takes two cycles to finish a load. The laundry room feels humid. The outside vent flap doesn’t open. Those are the exact signs we look for, and they’re common in this city’s older housing stock. Our San Gabriel customers tend to have pre-1970 homes with vent runs that were installed when dryers were smaller and lint was less of a known hazard. We know where those runs hide and what it takes to clean them properly.
Every technician who arrives at your door in San Gabriel is background-checked and uniformed. The price is written down before any work starts, and it doesn’t move. That’s The Garrison Code: arrive inside the window, price in writing, finish by the book, leave the site clean. Roy Castellanos runs our operation and holds every job to the 365-Day Done Right Promise. If the work fails within a year, we come back and make it right at no charge. That’s in writing on every invoice.
We’ve cleaned vents in 1920s bungalows near the San Gabriel Mission, 1950s ranches north of Valley Boulevard, and newer tract homes east of San Gabriel Boulevard, and we also offer Air Duct Cleaning in San Gabriel for homes that need full system service. The job changes with the house. A newer home with a short, straight run might take 45 minutes. An older home with an 18-foot crawl space run and original 3-inch metal ducting takes longer and often needs repair, not just cleaning. We’ll tell you which one you have before we start.
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Dryer Vent Installation in San Gabriel
Dryer Vent Installation in San Gabriel is a common job for us, and it’s often the right fix for homes built before 1970. Many of those original runs are undersized 3-inch pipe, which was standard at the time but can’t handle the airflow of a modern dryer. Others have rusted through at the seams from decades of crawl space moisture, or they sag between supports and collect lint in the low spots. The real fix is often a new run, not another cleaning.
A new vent run in San Gabriel typically costs between $190 and $340 for a standard installation with accessible access. That range covers the new 4-inch rigid metal duct, support straps where needed, and a new vent hood with a working flap. If your run travels through a raised foundation crawl space, the price can shift based on how long the run is and how much clearance our techs have to work. We’ll write the exact number down before any work starts.
You should consider replacement if we find rust-through holes, crushed sections, disconnected seams, or a run that’s still 3-inch pipe and chronically clogs even after cleaning. None of those conditions get better with time. A new run moves air at the rate your dryer was designed for, which means shorter dry times and less lint left behind in the duct.
Full Vent Run Replacement
When the entire run from dryer to exterior wall needs replacing, we measure the actual distance and quote the job as one flat price. That price includes the duct, straps, wall penetration work if needed, and sealing at both ends. No per-foot upcharges at the door. You’ll know the number before we start pulling the old pipe out.
Transition Duct Fixes
The short piece of duct behind the dryer is often the first failure point. It gets crushed when the dryer is pushed back, kinked at a bad angle, or it’s the wrong material entirely. We replace it with a rigid metal transition that fits the space and leaves enough clearance for the dryer to sit properly. This small fix often resolves airflow problems without touching the rest of the run.
Dryer Vent Repair in San Gabriel
Dryer Vent Repair in San Gabriel is what we do when a run is worth saving but has a specific failure: a broken seam, a loose joint, a crushed section, a missing strap, or a vent hood that no longer closes. Not every older vent needs full replacement. Some just need the right repair, done with the right materials, and sealed so lint stops escaping into the crawl space.
Repair work in San Gabriel typically runs between $85 and $220 depending on what’s wrong and where it’s located. A vent cap replacement with a new hood and flap is at the lower end. Repairing a disconnected seam 15 feet into a raised foundation crawl space is more involved, because accessing that section takes time and care. We’ll show you what we found, explain what it costs, and get your sign-off before we fix it.
The most common repair on older San Gabriel homes is a seam that’s pulled apart in the middle of a long run. That’s where lint-laden hot air leaks into the subfloor, and it’s also where rodents find an entry point. We seal those seams with foil tape, not duct tape, and we strap the run so it can’t sag again.
Vent Cap and Flapper Replacement
The exterior vent hood takes the most abuse from sun, wind, and birds. A stuck or missing flapper lets Santa Ana grit blow directly into the run. We replace the whole hood, not just the flap, and we’ll install a bird guard if birds have been nesting at the opening.
Crawl Space Run Repair
If your home in the Mission District or nearby older neighborhoods has a dryer vent running through the crawl space, we’ll camera-check the entire run before and after the repair. You’ll see exactly what we see. We replace crushed sections, reconnect separated joints, and strap the run every four feet so it stays where it belongs.
Trusted Brands We Service in San Gabriel
The equipment matters, and we don’t use hardware-store gear. Our crews run Rotobrush rotary brush systems for agitation inside the vent, paired with negative-air machines that keep dust and lint from entering your home during the job. For filtration and air-quality work we stock products from Aprilaire and Guardsman, so if your home in San Gabriel also needs filtration help, we can handle it in the same visit. Parts for common vent hoods and caps are kept on the truck, which means most repairs finish in a single trip.
Common Dryer Vent Cleaning Problems We See in San Gabriel Homes
- Rust-through holes in original metal ducting. Decades of crawl space moisture in raised foundation homes eats through thin metal from the outside, even when the inside looks clean. Lint escapes through these holes, and rodents use them as a doorway. A camera inspection finds them; a repair seals them.
- Hard, wind-driven blockages from Santa Ana events. Fine grit blows into exterior hoods with missing or stuck flappers, then mixes with lint to form a cement-like plug. This needs aggressive mechanical cleaning with a rotary brush, not just a vacuum pass. It’s a seasonal pattern we see every fall in San Gabriel.
- Undersized 3-inch original vent runs. Homes built in the 1920s and 1930s in the Mission District often have 3-inch pipe that clogs fast, even after a thorough cleaning. The fix is a new 4-inch run, and we’ll tell you if that’s what your home needs instead of a repeat cleaning every year.
- Sagging, unsupported runs in crawl spaces. Long horizontal runs with no support straps bow between joists and collect lint in the low spots. Cleaning helps temporarily, but the run needs strapping to stay clear. We strap every run we touch to code.
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AfterPricing for Dryer Vent Cleaning in San Gabriel, CA
A standard dryer vent cleaning in San Gabriel runs $120 to $180 for a home with an accessible, up-to-code vent run. If your home is older and the run travels through a raised foundation crawl space or exceeds 12 feet, expect $160 to $240 because of the additional access time. Repairs and replacements are priced separately: vent cap replacement runs $85 to $140, seam repairs run $100 to $220, and full vent run replacement runs $190 to $340. Every job gets one written price before work starts. Call (626) 469-5477 for an exact quote for your home. Estimates are free.
We Also Serve Cities Near San Gabriel
Our crews serve San Gabriel and the surrounding communities. If you’re in Temple City, Alhambra, Rosemead, or Arcadia, we’ll bring the same written pricing, background-checked techs, and 365-Day Done Right Promise to your door. Scheduling works the same way: call (626) 469-5477 and a live person answers, day or night.
Serving San Gabriel, CA - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the San Gabriel 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 San Gabriel
Dry air doesn’t prevent lint buildup; it changes how the lint behaves inside the vent. In San Gabriel’s low-humidity climate, lint dries out quickly and becomes brittle, which makes it break apart and pack tighter inside the run where it can’t be blown out by airflow. Add Santa Ana wind grit to the mix and you get a hard, compacted blockage that needs mechanical removal, not just a vacuum. We price that as part of the standard cleaning when we see it. Call (626) 469-5477 to schedule.
Homes built before 1970 were often fitted with 3-inch metal ducting, which is too small for modern dryers that move more air and produce more lint. Those runs have also had 50 to 100 years of crawl space moisture working on them, so rust-through holes, separated seams, and sagging sections are common findings. Cleaning removes the lint but doesn’t fix the underlying pipe. When we find those conditions, we’ll show you the camera footage and quote a replacement. The price range is $190 to $340 for a standard run, and you’ll know the exact number before we start.
You should expect the technician to access both ends of the vent: the dryer connection inside and the exterior hood. In a raised foundation home, part of the run may travel through the crawl space, which means our tech will need access to that area, usually through a crawl space door or access panel. We run a rotary brush through the full length of the vent while a negative-air machine keeps dust from entering your living space. Afterward, we camera-check the entire run so you can see that it’s clear. The whole job typically takes 60 to 90 minutes, longer if we find damage.
Santa Ana winds blow fine, gritty dust directly into exterior vent hoods that have missing or stuck flappers. That dust mixes with lint and hardens into a stubborn blockage. The prevention is a properly functioning vent hood with a flapper that closes tightly, plus a bird guard if birds have been an issue. We stock vent hoods and guards on the truck, and we’ll replace yours during a cleaning visit if it’s not sealing. That replacement runs $85 to $140 installed.
No. The lint trap catches only a portion of what your dryer produces; the rest moves into the vent run and either exits the home or accumulates inside the duct. In San Gabriel’s older homes, visible lint in the trap often tells you very little about what’s packed inside an 18-foot crawl space run. The only way to know is a camera inspection, which we include as part of every cleaning. Call (626) 469-5477 and we’ll show you exactly what’s in your vent before and after.
Call Hollis Air Duct Pasadena for Dryer Vent Cleaning in San Gabriel
If your dryer is taking longer than it should, or you can’t remember the last time the vent was cleaned, call (626) 469-5477. We’ll answer in person, schedule a window that works for you, and show up with a written price. The 365-Day Done Right Promise covers every job we do in San Gabriel. If the work isn’t right within a year, we come back and make it right. No charge.
Written by Roy Castellanos, Owner at Hollis Air Duct Pasadena, serving San Gabriel and the San Gabriel Valley since 2004.