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 Hurst
Dryer vent cleaning in Hurst typically runs $129 – $249 for a standard single-family home, and it’s usually completed in under 90 minutes. If you live in a 1950s – 1970s brick or pier-and-beam house near Pipeline Road, Precinct Line Road, or the neighborhoods around Hurst Hills, your vent almost certainly has decades of lint packed into places you can’t see. That buildup doesn’t just slow your dryer down. It’s the leading cause of dryer fires in Tarrant County, and Hurst’s older homes carry more risk than most because so many vents terminate under the house rather than through an exterior wall.
Our crews serving Hurst know exactly what to expect before we even ring the bell. Call (817) 730-6759 and a live person answers. No voicemail tag, no four-hour arrival windows. You’ll get a written price before we start, and before-and-after photos when we finish.
Why Cardinal Air Duct Fort Worth Is Hurst’s Preferred Dryer Vent Cleaning Company
Hurst homeowners call us because we treat dryer vent work like the fire-prevention job it is, not a quick vacuum-out. Our Dryer Vent Cleaning techs run Rotobrush rotary systems paired with Nikro HEPA-negative extraction units, so loosened lint goes into a sealed vacuum, not back into your laundry room. We’re held to The Relay Visibility Guarantee: a live trackable arrival window, before-and-after photo proof, and a digital invoice payable from your phone. You’ll know the tech’s name before they arrive. They’ll be in uniform, background-checked, and driving a fully stocked van.
Omar Haddad leads our team, and he holds every Hurst job to the same standard: if the work isn’t done right within 365 days, we come back and correct it at no charge. That’s the 365-Day Done Right Promise, and it applies to every dryer vent cleaning, repair, and inspection we complete in Hurst. Written price before work starts. Written guarantee on every repair. Free second visit if a repair fails.
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Dryer Vent Repair in Hurst
Dryer Vent Repair in Hurst usually means one of three things: a crushed or disconnected flex run under a pier-and-beam home, a bad flapper at the exterior vent hood, or a booster fan choked with hard-water scale and lint. In Hurst’s mid-century housing stock, we frequently find vent runs that cross joist bays where the original installer used flexible foil instead of rigid metal. That foil sags, kinks, and traps lint at every low point. The repair isn’t complicated, but it requires a camera inspection to find the exact failure. Our techs use push-cameras on every repair, not guesses.
Most dryer vent repairs in Hurst run between $150 and $380, depending on access and materials. A simple cap replacement might be under $100. A full re-route from a crawlspace to an exterior wall is a bigger job, often $350 and up, because it means cutting a new penetration and sealing it properly against Hurst’s humidity and occasional severe storms.
Crawlspace Vent Re-Routing
Many Hurst pier-and-beam homes have dryer vents that dead-end in the crawlspace. That’s a code violation waiting to fill your floor joists with damp lint. We pull the old run, replace it with rigid 4-inch metal, and route it to a proper exterior termination with a pest-resistant hood.
Vent Hood and Damper Replacement
Hurst’s storms and hard water are rough on exterior vent hoods. Flappers warp, springs corrode, and birds find their way in. We replace the whole assembly when needed, not just the plastic flap, so the seal actually holds when the dryer isn’t running.
Dryer Vent Cleaning Company in Hurst
A Dryer Vent Cleaning Company in Hurst needs to do more than run a brush through the pipe. Hurst’s older single-family homes, especially the brick ranches built between 1955 and 1975, often have long vent runs with multiple elbows tucked into framing that was never designed for modern dryer airflow. Our Hurst jobs start with a camera inspection of the full run, because a cleaning that misses a crushed section just sends you back to the same slow-dry cycle in three months.
A standard dryer vent cleaning in Hurst runs $129 – $249. That includes the camera check before and after, the full brush-and-extraction cleaning, and a written report with photos. Homes with exceptionally long runs, say 25 feet or more with multiple bends, may run higher because the job takes longer and we’re not cutting corners to hit a coupon price.
Camera-Inspected Cleaning
Before we run the Rotobrush, we push a camera through your entire vent run. We’re looking for crushed flex, disconnected joints, and lint packed hard against the pipe walls. You see the footage. You get the photos. No cleaning happens blind.
Lint Removal and Booster Fan Service
If your Hurst home has a long vent run, there’s likely a booster fan in the line. Hurst’s hard water leaves scale on the fan blades and the damper, which reduces airflow and lets lint build up faster. We pull the fan, clean the scale off, and confirm it’s moving air the way it should.
Trusted Brands We Service in Hurst
The brand of dryer you own doesn’t change how we clean the vent, but it does affect what we see when we open things up. We work on dryers from Whirlpool, LG, Samsung, GE, Maytag, and Electrolux, and we keep common replacement parts for Guardsman vent hoods and dampers on our trucks so Hurst customers aren’t waiting a week for a simple cap swap. Our cleaning equipment runs Rotobrush brush heads with Nikro HEPA filtration, and for homes with unusually long or damaged runs, we use Abatement Technologies containment to keep the workspace clean. If your vent is already in rough shape, we’ll tell you before we start and give you a written price for the fix so you can decide on the spot.
Common Dryer Vent Cleaning Problems We See in Hurst Homes
- Crushed flex runs under pier-and-beam homes: In Hurst’s crawlspace houses, the vent often crosses a joist bay with flexible foil duct that gets pinched or crushed over time. Lint packs behind the crush point, dry time doubles, and the dryer’s high-limit switch eventually burns out from overwork.
- Clogged low return registers: Many Hurst homes have return air registers mounted low on walls, right at floor level. They pull in dryer lint, pet hair, and carpet fibers, which then coat the evaporator coil and blower motor, cutting HVAC airflow and making the whole system work harder.
- Hard water scale on booster fans and dampers: Hurst’s municipal water leaves mineral scale inside booster fans and at the vent hood damper. The scale restricts movement, creates backpressure, and traps lint at the damper blade. We see this constantly in homes near Hurst Hills and east of Precinct Line Road.
- Birds and rodents in unguarded vents: Exterior vent hoods without proper guards become nesting sites, especially in Hurst’s mature tree-lined neighborhoods. A bird’s nest packed into a vent hood is a fire hazard and a health risk, and removal is part of a proper cleaning, not an upcharge.
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Here’s what Hurst homeowners should expect to pay for dryer vent work in 2026:
- Standard dryer vent cleaning: $129 – $249 for a typical single-family home with a vent run under 25 feet.
- Camera inspection (included with cleaning): $75 – $125 if booked as a standalone diagnostic.
- Vent hood or cap replacement: $85 – $180, including parts and labor.
- Crawlspace re-route to exterior wall: $350 – $550, depending on run length and wall material.
- Booster fan cleaning or replacement: $120 – $300, depending on fan model and location.
What moves the price is access and run length. A short run through an exterior wall on a brick-and-slab home is quick. A long run through a damp crawlspace with four elbows takes longer and may need repair before cleaning can happen. You’ll get a written price before any work starts, and it won’t change at the door. Call (817) 730-6759 for a free estimate.
We Also Serve Cities Near Hurst
Our Hurst crews regularly work in Dryer Vent Cleaning in Hurst and the surrounding Tarrant County communities. If you’re in North Richland Hills, Haltom City, Fort Worth, or Keller, we can often schedule a visit within the same week, and the same written-price guarantee applies everywhere we work.
Serving Hurst, TX - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Hurst 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 Hurst
Because the vent runs under the house, through crawlspaces where damage happens out of sight, so a camera inspection is the only way to see crushed flex duct, disconnected joints, or dead-end terminations before you clean. In Hurst’s pier-and-beam homes, we find crushed or disconnected runs in roughly one out of every three jobs. The camera tells us whether we’re cleaning a sound vent or repairing a damaged one, and you see the same footage we do.
Yes. Hard water scale collects on dryer booster fan blades and vent hood dampers, which restricts airflow, creates backpressure, and causes lint to accumulate faster than it would in soft-water areas. In Hurst, this scaling shows up most often in homes with long vent runs that need booster fans. We clean the scale off during a standard vent cleaning and replace the fan if the motor has been working against the resistance too long. Call (817) 730-6759 and we’ll check it.
Every 12 months at minimum. Hurst’s older brick homes from the 1950s through the 1970s often have vent runs that are longer, narrower, and more convoluted than modern code allows, so lint accumulates faster. If you’re drying more than four loads a week or have pets, consider every six months. Once we clean and inspect the first time, we’ll tell you what schedule makes sense for your specific vent layout.
Clothes take two or three cycles to dry, the dryer’s exterior feels unusually hot, there’s a musty smell in the laundry room, or you can see lint pushing out around the vent hood outside. Any one of those in a Hurst home with an older vent run is reason enough to schedule a camera inspection. Waiting usually means the dryer’s high-limit switch fails next, which turns a $150 cleaning into a repair. Call (817) 730-6759 and describe what you’re seeing. We’ll tell you straight whether it needs attention.
Yes, and in Hurst it happens more than people expect. Many homes here have return air registers mounted low on walls near the laundry area, and they pull in the lint that escapes from a clogged dryer vent, along with carpet fibers and pet hair. That lint coats the evaporator coil and blower motor, which reduces cooling performance and drives up your summer electric bill. A clean dryer vent reduces the load on your HVAC system, especially in Hurst’s hot, humid summers when the air conditioner is already working hard.
Call for Dryer Vent Cleaning in Hurst
If your dryer is taking longer than it used to, or you’ve never had the vent on your Hurst home inspected, call (817) 730-6759. A live person answers. You’ll get a straight answer, a free estimate, and a written price before any work starts. No bait-and-switch, no pressure. Just a clean vent and a dryer that works the way it should.
Written by Omar Haddad, Owner at Cardinal Air Duct Fort Worth, serving Hurst and the surrounding Tarrant County area.