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 Fort Worth
Dryer vent cleaning in Fort Worth typically costs $149 – $289 for a standard single-family home, depending on vent length and access. Most jobs take 60 – 90 minutes and are booked within a few days. That’s the honest answer up front. If you live in an older pier-and-beam house in Ridglea or Arlington Heights, you may also need vent repair or sealing work, which we’ll cover below.
We’re Cardinal Air Duct Fort Worth, and we work exclusively in Fort Worth’s housing stock: the 1920s bungalows off Camp Bowie Boulevard, the 1950s ranches in Wedgwood, the pier-and-beam homes that settle and shift with our clay soil. Our techs know what they’ll find before they pull the first vent cover off the wall. Call (817) 730-6759 and a live person answers, day or night.
Why Cardinal Air Duct Fort Worth Is Fort Worth’s Preferred Dryer Vent Cleaning Company
We built our Fort Worth reputation on something simple: we tell you the price before we touch the vent, and we show you photos of the work after. No bait pricing, no door-knock upcharge. Omar Haddad leads our Fort Worth team, and he holds every tech to the Relay Standard: a live trackable arrival window, before-and-after photo proof, and a digital invoice you can pay from your phone.
Every Fort Worth job is backed by the 365-Day Done Right Promise. If the work isn’t right within a full year, we return and correct it at no charge. That’s a written guarantee, not a verbal wave-off. Our techs are background-checked and uniformed, and they run Rotobrush brush systems and Nikro HEPA vacuums. Not a shop-vac strapped to a truck.
Fort Worth homeowners routinely tell us the same thing: they had no idea how much lint was in that vent, and no one ever showed them photos before. We change that. When we finish, you’ll see exactly what we pulled out and what the vent looks like inside. Dispatch and scheduling are coordinated from our Dallas-Fort Worth office, and our crews serve Fort Worth neighborhoods daily.
Styles & brands we work with
Commercial Dryer Vent Cleaning in Fort Worth
Commercial Dryer Vent Cleaning in Fort Worth serves the older laundromats, apartment complexes, and salon operations scattered through neighborhoods like Stop Six, Polytechnic, and along Lancaster Avenue. These facilities run multiple dryers for hours daily, and their vents clog faster than any residential system. Lint accumulation in a commercial run is a serious fire hazard, and Fort Worth code inspectors increasingly flag them during routine occupancy checks.
Multi-Unit and Laundromat Systems
A commercial clean in Fort Worth typically runs $349 – $899 depending on the number of dryers, roof access, and vent run length. We use negative-pressure extraction with Nikro HEPA vacuums. That means loosened lint goes directly into the vacuum, not back into the customer area or onto the roof. We’ll also inspect rooftop terminations, which in older Fort Worth buildings often lack proper dampers.
Inspection and Documentation
For property managers, we provide camera inspection footage and a written report after every commercial job. That documentation matters when insurance carriers or fire marshals ask for proof of maintenance. We schedule around business hours, including early morning slots before the first customers arrive. Call (817) 730-6759 and we’ll give you a written quote before anything starts.
Dryer Vent Cleaning Service in Fort Worth
Dryer Vent Cleaning Service in Fort Worth starts at $149 for a single-story home with a direct vent run under 15 feet. Most standard homes fall in the $169 – $229 range. If your vent runs through a crawl space, attic, or exceeds 25 feet, expect $229 – $289. Every quote is written and handed to you before a single duct is touched.
The Cleaning and Camera Inspection
Our tech runs a Rotobrush through the full vent length, then follows with a Nikro HEPA vacuum under negative pressure. After the clean, we run a camera from the laundry wall to the exterior termination. You’ll see the before and after. If we find a crushed section, a disconnected joint, or a missing damper, we’ll show you that on camera too, then quote the repair separately before doing any additional work.
What We Find in Older Fort Worth Homes
In Fort Worth homes built before 1970, we regularly find crushed aluminum runs under pier-and-beam crawl spaces and disconnected joints in attic runs. A clean fixes the lint, but it won’t fix a crushed pipe. Our 365-Day Done Right Promise covers the entire scope: if a repair we make fails within a year, we return free of charge. That’s uncommon in this trade, and we wrote it down because Fort Worth homeowners deserve it in writing.
Trusted Brands We Service in Fort Worth
We service and replace dryer vents for every major appliance brand Fort Worth households actually run: LG, Samsung, Whirlpool, Maytag, GE, and Speed Queen. We also stock Guardsman vent guards and termination caps locally, so we can replace a damaged exterior vent on the same visit. Our techs carry Rotobrush and Nikro equipment on every truck, plus Honeywell and Guardsman filtration components when a home’s air quality needs attention beyond the dryer vent itself. Whether your dryer is a front-load LG in a Ridglea laundry room or a top-load Whirlpool in a Benbrook utility closet, we know the vent configuration and the common failure points.
Common Dryer Vent Cleaning Problems We See in Fort Worth Homes
- Crushed vents under pier-and-beam homes. Fort Worth’s clay soil expands and contracts, shifting foundation piers. That movement kinks and crushes the 4-inch aluminum runs common in 1920s – 1970s houses. A clean won’t fix it. We replace the crushed section and seal every seam with foil tape.
- Unsealed return ducts pulling dryer exhaust back inside. During Fort Worth dust storms, unsealed return ducts near the laundry area pull fine red grit and lint into the living space. Within days of a clean, registers show a film of dust. We seal the return duct and install a proper damper at the vent termination.
- Original 1950s hard-pipe vents with no damper. Many Ridglea and Arlington Heights homes still have their original rigid vents terminating under attic eaves with no backdraft damper. Cedar pollen and paper wasps enter each spring and block the termination point.
- Dryer exhaust re-entering through crawl space access. In Fort Worth’s older pier-and-beam homes, disconnected vent joints in the crawl space allow moist, lint-heavy exhaust to dump under the house. That attracts pests and raises indoor humidity. We camera-inspect every crawl space run to confirm the full path is connected and sealed.
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We Also Serve Cities Near Fort Worth
Cardinal Air Duct Fort Worth serves the neighborhoods of Fort Worth plus the surrounding cities of Haltom City, North Richland Hills, Hurst, and Keller. If you’re in one of those communities and your dryer vent hasn’t been cleaned in years, call us and we’ll schedule a visit. Our Dryer Vent Cleaning in Fort Worth team covers the entire metro area with the same written pricing and 365-Day Done Right Promise.
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.
FAQs About Dryer Vent Cleaning in Fort Worth
Because the original vent run likely sags into crawl-space dirt or kinks behind a foundation pier, trapping lint and soil particles within months. A quick cleaning doesn’t address the sag or the kink. We camera-inspect the full run, find the crushed or sagging section, replace it, and seal every seam with foil tape. That’s the fix that prevents rapid refilling. Call (817) 730-6759 and we’ll show you the camera footage before we repair anything.
Yes, a crushed vent restricts airflow dramatically, even with a spotless lint trap. Drying time jumps from 40 minutes to 90 minutes or more, and the dryer runs hotter as it works harder. In Fort Worth’s pier-and-beam homes, we commonly see airflow readings of 80 – 90 CFM on crushed runs, compared to 130 – 150 CFM after repair. The fix is replacing the crushed section, not just cleaning it.
Yes, it can. When a vent termination lacks a proper damper, high cedar and grass pollen counts in March through May push pollen back through the vent and into the dryer drum, leaving a fine yellow film on clothes. We install Guardsman termination caps with backdraft dampers to stop that. Spring is also when paper wasps begin nesting in open vent terminations around Arlington Heights and Ridglea.
We run a Rotobrush from the laundry wall and a reverse extraction from the exterior termination, meeting in the middle. If the run is too long for that, we access the attic through the existing scuttle and disconnect a joint to clean the remaining section. No drywall is cut, no ceiling is opened. All attic access is done by a uniformed, background-checked technician who will show you before-and-after photos of the full run.
Yes. We clean multi-dryer rooftop and sidewall exhausts with Nikro HEPA vacuums and Rotobrush systems built for commercial vent runs. Fort Worth’s older laundromats often have 6-inch or 8-inch hard-pipe runs that haven’t been cleaned in years. We provide camera documentation and a written report for insurance or fire marshal records. Commercial pricing starts at $349. Call (817) 730-6759 for a quote.
Call Cardinal Air Duct Fort Worth Today
You’ll get a written price before work begins, a live trackable arrival window, and before-and-after photos of your own vent, taken with our camera. Omar Haddad and the Cardinal Air Duct Fort Worth team cover every neighborhood in Fort Worth. If your dryer has been running longer than 45 minutes per load, or you haven’t thought about the vent in years, call (817) 730-6759. A live person answers, gives you an honest range, and books the visit. The estimate is free. The 365-Day Done Right Promise is in writing.
Written by Omar Haddad, Owner at Cardinal Air Duct Fort Worth, serving Fort Worth and the surrounding metro area.