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.
Trusted Dryer Vent Cleaning for Fort Worth Homeowners
Dryer vent cleaning in Fort Worth typically costs between $89 and $185 for a standard single-family home, takes about 45 to 90 minutes, and can be scheduled any day of the week. Lint buildup inside your dryer vent is the leading cause of dryer fires in Tarrant County, and the dust that settles in North Texas homes from our clay-heavy soil makes vents clog faster here than almost anywhere else. Cardinal Air Duct Fort Worth has cleaned thousands of dryer vents across Fort Worth, and we back every job with a written guarantee. Call (817) 730-6759 to get a firm price before we ever ring your doorbell.
Dryer Vent Cleaning Service
A Dryer Vent Cleaning Service removes the compacted lint, dust, and debris from the full length of the vent run, from the back of your dryer to the exterior vent cap. Over time, that fluffy gray lint you see in the dryer’s own filter also escapes into the vent line itself, where it hardens and narrows the air path. In Fort Worth’s older neighborhoods like Ridglea Hills and Wedgwood, we regularly find vents packed so tight that the dryer has to run two full cycles to dry one load of towels. Cardinal Air Duct Fort Worth uses a Rotobrush rotary brush system paired with a Nikro HEPA vacuum to scrub the vent walls while pulling debris out through negative pressure, not pushing it back into your laundry room. A standard residential cleaning runs $89 to $185 depending on vent length and accessibility.
What Gets Removed
We extract lint mats, lint balls, bird nesting material, and the fine dust that settles inside every bend and seam of your vent pipe. Our technicians also clear the exterior vent flap, which often seizes shut with dirt and humidity in Fort Worth’s spring and fall seasons. A blocked exterior flap is one of the fastest ways to overheat a dryer.
When to Book It
Most Fort Worth households should clean their dryer vent once a year. Homes with large dogs, long vent runs, or dryers used for three or more loads per week often need service every six to nine months. If your dryer takes longer than 40 minutes on a normal load, it’s time.
Explore our full Dryer Vent Cleaning in Fort Worth page for neighborhood-level guidance, or check out our related home services hub.
Styles & brands we work with
Dryer Vent Installation
Dryer Vent Installation means running a brand-new vent line from your dryer’s exhaust port to the outside of your home, using the correct rigid or semi-rigid metal ducting, properly supported and sealed. Fort Worth homes built before 1990 often still have accordion-style foil or white vinyl vent hose, both of which are fire hazards under current building codes and should be replaced outright. Cardinal Air Duct Fort Worth installs code-compliant vent systems using rigid metal ducting with taped seams and proper slope so condensation runs outside, not back into your dryer. Standard residential dryer vent installation in Fort Worth runs $150 to $350 depending on vent run length and exterior wall access.
New Construction and Renovations
When flippers and general contractors are finishing a remodel in Fairmount or Mistletoe Heights, we install the vent run before drywall goes up. That’s the cheapest moment to get the vent path right, with as few bends as possible. Every additional 90-degree turn cuts dryer airflow by roughly 20 percent.
Replacement of Old or Undersized Vents
Many older Fort Worth homes have laundry rooms in the center of the house with vent runs exceeding 25 feet. Once a run passes 25 feet, code requires a booster fan; we size and install inline booster fans that turn on automatically with the dryer. We also replace crushed flexible lines that were jammed between the wall and the dryer, which is one of the most common defects we see in rental properties and older homes.
If you’re in the northeast Tarrant area, our Dryer Vent Cleaning in North Richland Hills team covers installation work there too.
Dryer Vent Repair
Dryer Vent Repair fixes damage or disconnection anywhere along the vent line, from a crushed pipe behind the dryer to a broken exterior cap that’s letting rain, birds, or rodents into the wall cavity. In Fort Worth, where February freezes and July heat stress plastic vent caps, we repair cracked louvers and torn duct seams regularly. Cardinal Air Duct Fort Worth repairs include a written guarantee on every repair, plus a free second visit if the repair fails within the 365-Day Done Right Promise window. Most dryer vent repairs in Fort Worth run $95 to $220, with the exact price written down before any work starts.
Disconnected or Separated Ducts
Dryer vibration quietly separates duct joints over time, especially where the line passes through the attic or between floors. A separated joint means lint and moisture are blowing into your walls or attic, which is both a fire hazard and a mold invitation in Fort Worth’s humid spring months. We locate the separation, refit the sections, and tape every seam with foil tape rated for dryer heat.
Exterior Vent Cap Replacement
A broken vent cap allows birds to nest inside the vent, which then blocks airflow and brings mites and droppings into the system. We replace failed caps with louvered metal models that open when the dryer runs and snap shut when it doesn’t. We also install pest guards for homes in Sansom Park and Lake Worth where birds are persistent.
Dryer Vent Cleaning Company
A Dryer Vent Cleaning Company should give you three things before you ever open your front door: the technician’s name, a written price, and proof the work was done. That’s the standard Cardinal Air Duct Fort Worth works to on every job. We’re part of the Relay Home Co. family, founded in 2005, and we hold every independently owned location to The Relay Visibility Guarantee: a live trackable arrival time, before-and-after photos of your actual vent, and a digital invoice you can pay from your phone. Our technicians are background-checked and arrive in uniform. Standard cleaning, repair, and installation pricing stays in the $89 to $350 range depending on the scope of work.
How We’re Different
Most dryer vent companies in Fort Worth quote a low teaser price and then add per-vent fees, trip charges, and “materials” once their tech is inside your laundry room. We don’t do that. The price we hand you before touching anything is the price you pay at the end. That’s the whole point of a written price before any work starts.
What Customers Actually See
After every cleaning, we show you before-and-after photos taken inside your vent line with a cable camera. You’ll see the lint mass leave and the clean metal behind it. No other company in the Fort Worth market routinely provides photo documentation of the inside of your vent.
For homeowners toward the northeast side of the metro, see our Dryer Vent Cleaning in Keller service area page.
Dryer Vent Inspection
A Dryer Vent Inspection is a camera-based look inside your entire vent run, checking for clogs, disconnections, code issues, and fire hazards that a visual sweep can’t reach. Homeowners in Fort Worth book inspections most often right after buying a home, after a chimney sweep or general inspector flags the dryer vent on a closing report, or after a neighbor’s laundry room fire gets them thinking. Cardinal Air Duct Fort Worth charges $49 for a standalone inspection, and that fee is credited toward any cleaning or repair we perform on the same visit. Many insurers now want documented dryer vent inspection for underwriting policies on older homes in neighborhoods like Berkeley Place and Oakhurst.
Real Estate and Pre-Purchase Checks
Realtors across Tarrant County call us during the option period when a general home inspection notes “dryer vent needs evaluation.” We give you dated photos, a written report of the vent’s condition, and a quote to fix anything we find. The report is written in plain language, not a wall of HVAC jargon.
Post-Repair Verification
If you’ve had vent work done by another company or a handyman, we can verify the work was done correctly before you sign off. We commonly find improperly joined duct sections, foil tape peeling, or a vent capped on the outside that was never re-opened. A $49 verification visit has saved customers from far costlier re-work.
Commercial Dryer Vent Cleaning
Commercial Dryer Vent Cleaning handles the long vent runs, rooftop terminations, and high-duty-cycle equipment used in laundromats, apartment complexes, salons, gyms, and hotels throughout Fort Worth. These systems accumulate lint far faster than residential units and are subject to more stringent fire code enforcement by the Fort Worth Fire Department. Cardinal Air Duct Fort Worth cleans commercial systems with the same Rotobrush and Nikro equipment we use on single-family homes, scaled up for larger line diameters and longer runs. Commercial dryer vent cleaning in Fort Worth typically runs $250 to $900 per system, priced by vent length, roof access, and accessibility of the termination point. Jobs are quoted in writing before work begins, always.
Multi-Unit Property Programs
Apartment owners along Bryant Irvin Road and Hulen Street keep us on annual or semi-annual cleaning schedules for every unit on the property. We document each vent’s before-and-after condition per unit and provide a single consolidated invoice and photo file for the property file. That documentation matters when the fire marshal comes through.
Restaurants and Salons
Salons and pet grooming shops in Fort Worth run dryers constantly and their lint mixes with hair, product residue, and even adhesive dust. These vents clog at triple the rate of a home laundry vent. We schedule quarterly cleanings for high-volume commercial users and offer reduced per-visit pricing when you put multiple locations on a maintenance plan.
Brands We Service
We service every major dryer brand in Fort Worth, and we carry the right profile brushes and adapters to properly connect to each one’s vent outlet. Whether you own a Maytag, Whirlpool, LG, Samsung, or an older Kenmore, the vent side of the machine is where we focus, and the process is the same: clean, verify, document.
Our equipment fleet includes Rotobrush rotary brush systems and Nikro HEPA-rated vacuum units. We also use Guardsman filtration products when a home needs whole-house air quality support beyond the laundry room. Whether you have a Guardsman filter system, a Honeywell thermostat running your HVAC, or any other make, we can help.
See the difference
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AfterSigns You Need a Pro Right Now
- Clothes come out hot but damp after a full cycle. When the vent can’t push hot, moisture-heavy air outside, that heat stays trapped in the drum. Your dryer is working twice as hard and the vent is likely more than half blocked.
- The laundry room feels humid after the dryer runs. Warm, damp air leaking into the room instead of exhausting outside means the vent line is either disconnected, punctured, or severely restricted. In Fort Worth’s already-humid autumn, this can also seed mold in the adjacent wall cavity.
- You smell a burned odor while the dryer runs. A scorched smell often signals lint smoldering inside the vent. Shut off the dryer, unplug it if you can reach the plug safely, and call a professional before running it again. This is a fire indicator, not something to keep monitoring.
- The exterior vent flap never opens or sticks in the open position. Lint and dirt lock the louvers shut, which backs up the entire system. An open flap after the cycle ends means birds or rodents may have made a home in the line.
- It’s been over a year since the last professional cleaning. Tarrant County’s fine clay dust and pet hair infiltrate laundry spaces constantly. Annual service is the low-cost way to keep the system safe and the dryer running efficiently, especially if your vent run is long or turns multiple corners.
Our Process, Step by Step
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You call for a free estimate. A live person answers at (817) 730-6759, any hour of any day. We ask about your home’s size, dryer location, and whether you know roughly how long the vent run is. You get a written price immediately, before anyone is dispatched.
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Your technician arrives with a live tracking window. You’ll know your technician’s name before they pull up. They arrive in uniform, walk the vent path with you, and confirm the scope of work and the exact written price before touching anything.
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We clean the full vent run with powered equipment. The Rotobrush rotary brush scrubs the vent walls while the Nikro HEPA vacuum maintains negative pressure, drawing every particle it loosens out of the system and into the vacuum. Nothing is pushed into your living space, and we don’t use shop-vac shortcuts.
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We verify with camera documentation. Before we leave, we run a cable camera through the clean vent and show you the comparison against the before photos. If we spot a defect or code issue, we show you that too and quote any repair in writing.
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You pay from a digital invoice. We send the invoice to your phone before we pull away from the curb. Pay by link, get your receipt and photos in the same message, and your 365-Day Done Right Promise is active from that moment. If the work isn’t right within 365 days, we return and correct it at no charge.
How Much Does Dryer Vent Cleaning Cost in Fort Worth?
A typical residential dryer vent cleaning in Fort Worth runs $89 to $185. The final number depends on three things: how long the vent run is, how accessible the exterior termination point is (ground-level vent caps are cheaper to service than second-story or roof exits), and how badly clogged the line is. A standard single-family home with a vent run under 15 feet and easy outdoor access lands around $100 to $125. Homes with attic vent runs, rooftop terminations, or a second-floor laundry room push toward the top of that range.
Dryer vent installation runs $150 to $350, repair work lands between $95 and $220, and a standalone camera inspection is $49, credited toward any work we perform in the same visit. What affects the price most on a new installation is whether the home’s framing requires the vent to travel through interior walls or up through the roof, and whether a booster fan is needed to meet code on long runs. Our free estimates include all of it: no trip charge, no materials charge layered on later, no per-vent pricing games. You’ll get one flat price for the entire job before anything starts.
Our Service Area Near Fort Worth
Cardinal Air Duct Fort Worth covers all of Fort Worth plus the surrounding Tarrant County communities. We run routes through Burleson, Watauga, Hurst, White Settlement, Azle, Everman, River Oaks, Sansom Park, and Haltom City on a regular weekly schedule, which means most appointments land within a few days of calling. Travel time to North Richland Hills and Keller runs about 20 to 30 minutes from our Fort Worth base. Dryer Vent Cleaning in North Richland Hills and Dryer Vent Cleaning in Keller are both active service areas with full schedule availability. And for your whole-home air quality beyond the laundry room, our home service page covers air duct and HVAC cleaning across the same map.
Serving Fort Worth, TX - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Fort Worth area and know this community well. Use the map below to see our service coverage - if you’re nearby, we can almost certainly help.
Frequently Asked Questions About Dryer Vent Cleaning in Fort Worth
Dryer vent cleaning removes the hardened lint, dust, and debris from the metal or flexible duct that carries hot exhaust air from your dryer to the outside. A powered brush scrubs the vent walls while a HEPA vacuum pulls the loosened material out through negative pressure so it doesn’t re-enter your home. It restores proper airflow, shortens dry times, and removes the leading fuel source for dryer fires. Call (817) 730-6759 for a free estimate on your Fort Worth home.
Most residential dryer vent cleanings in Fort Worth take 45 to 90 minutes from arrival to final walkthrough. Longer vent runs, second-story exits, or heavy clogs may push a visit to two hours. We’ll give you a realistic window when you book, and your live tracked arrival time comes straight to your phone.
Residential dryer vent cleaning in Fort Worth runs $89 to $185, with most standard homes falling between $100 and $125. The exact price depends on vent run length, exterior access, and clog severity. We write the price down before any work starts, and it doesn’t change at the door. Call (817) 730-6759 and we’ll quote your home over the phone.
Yes. We service Samsung, LG, Whirlpool, Maytag, Kenmore, and virtually every other dryer brand on the market in Fort Worth. The vent side is universal, and we carry a full set of adapters and profile brushes to match each brand’s outlet configuration. Our cleaning process doesn’t interfere with your dryer’s warranty.
We respond as fast as our schedule allows, and a live person is available to take your call 24/7 at (817) 730-6759. If you smell burning or notice the vent flap jammed shut, call immediately and describe what’s happening. We’ll prioritize situations where fire risk is present and get a technician routed to you as quickly as the day’s schedule permits.
Every dryer vent cleaning and repair from Cardinal Air Duct Fort Worth is covered by the 365-Day Done Right Promise. If the work isn’t right within 365 days, we return and correct it at no charge. Any repair we perform also carries a written guarantee, plus a free second visit if that repair fails.
Clear a path to the dryer and remove anything sitting on top of or directly beside it. If your vent exits through a side wall, make sure we can reach the exterior cap without moving heavy landscaping or locked gates. We handle everything else, including moving the dryer if the clearance allows it. You don’t need to be home for the entire visit, but we do need access to the property and the laundry room.
Schedule Your Dryer Vent Cleaning Service in Fort Worth Today
Call (817) 730-6759 now and get a written price for dryer vent cleaning in Fort Worth before the call ends. A live person answers every hour of every day, your technician arrives with a trackable window, and you’ll see before-and-after proof of the work from inside your own vent. No pressure, no surprises, just a clean vent and a dryer that works like it should. Written by Omar Haddad, Owner at Cardinal Air Duct Fort Worth, serving Fort Worth since 2005.