Dryer vent cleaning
Whole-home duct cleaning
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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 Antonio
Dryer vent cleaning in San Antonio typically costs $129 – $279 for a standard single-family home, with the job completed in about an hour to ninety minutes. The real question most San Antonio homeowners ask us is whether their vent can wait another season. If you live off a caliche road or anywhere west of Loop 1604 where the Hill Country dust blows, the honest answer is usually no. Our crews know precisely which neighborhoods clog fastest, because we work them every week. Call (903) 354-8393 and we’ll give you a written price before anyone touches your dryer.
And if your vent run is long, sagging, or shared with a wood stove, we’ll tell you that too, before we start, not after the invoice is written. That’s how Paul Adeyemi has run this company since 2005, and it’s the only way we know how to work in San Antonio.
Why Mortons Air Duct San Antonio Is San Antonio’s Preferred Dryer Vent Cleaning Company
San Antonio homeowners call us because our Dryer Vent Cleaning team treats your laundry room like it’s our own. Shoe covers go on at the front door. Drop cloths go down before the hose comes out. If your toddler is napping down the hall, we work with quieter tools and keep the noise at the dryer, not through the whole house. If your dog is anxious, we’ll let you know before the equipment fires up so you can move him to another room. These details matter to families, and they matter to us.
We’re the team that shows up in uniform, background-checked, with commercial-grade gear from Rotobrush and Nikro in the truck, not rental equipment that might work. Every job is backed by the 365-Day Done Right Promise. If it’s not right, we make it right, full stop, even if you discover the problem months later. That promise is stamped on every work order, not just offered when someone asks. And before we leave, you get a photo of the clean-up. Visual proof that your laundry room is better than we found it.
San Antonio homeowners also get the Cedarwell Care Promise on every visit: a written price before work starts, flooring protected start to finish, and a live person answering the phone whenever you call. No voicemail tree, no chatbot. When you need us, a human picks up.
Styles & brands we work with
Dryer Vent Cleaning Company in San Antonio
Finding a Dryer Vent Cleaning Company in San Antonio that shows up on time, tells you the price up front, and leaves the place cleaner than it found it shouldn’t be this hard. But we hear the horror stories weekly: crews that start at a coupon price and find “complications” once the dryer is pulled out. We don’t work that way. When we service your vent, you get one flat price for the whole system, agreed to before anything is unplugged.
What the job involves depends on your home. Most San Antonio dryers vent through an exterior wall with a short run under ten feet. Those clean quickly. But ranch-style homes and rural properties around the city often run fifteen to thirty feet of foil flex through attics, crawl spaces, or outbuildings. Those longer runs collect more lint at every sag and bend, and they need more time and a different approach. The good news is we’re set up for both.
Standard Vent Cleaning
We connect a negative-pressure vacuum system to your vent, then feed rotary agitation tools through the full run to dislodge lint that a simple brush can’t move. For most single-story homes in San Antonio, this takes about an hour. For two-story homes with roof terminations, add a little time for roof access and safety setup.
Long-Run and Outbuilding Vents
Vents that run through a detached garage or a crawl space need camera inspection before we start cleaning, so we know what’s packed in there and where. That’s standard on our longer runs, and it’s the difference between a clean vent and one that just looks clean from the outside. San Antonio’s caliche dust settles hard in low points, and it won’t come out with a quick vacuum pass.
Dryer Vent Inspection in San Antonio
A Dryer Vent Inspection in San Antonio is what we recommend when you’ve just bought a home, when your dryer’s been running slower, or when you haven’t thought about the vent in two or three years. We camera the full run from the dryer connection to the exterior termination. You’ll see what we see, on the spot, before anyone recommends cleaning. If it’s clear, we’ll tell you that and leave. If it’s loaded, the photos make the case better than we ever could.
Inspections run $69 – $99 when booked as a standalone service. If you add cleaning at the same visit, we’ll credit the inspection toward the total. For rural San Antonio properties with long runs, we strongly recommend pairing inspection with cleaning, because a vent can look fine at the dryer end while the last eight feet near the hood are packed solid.
Real-Estate and Pre-Listing Inspections
If you’re selling a home in San Antonio, a camera inspection with photos gives your buyer confidence that the vent isn’t a fire risk and the dryer won’t trip the thermal cutoff a month after closing. We provide a short written summary with the images, so it’s easy to include in your disclosure packet.
When the Dryer Feels Hot
If the top of your dryer is hot to the touch or your clothes are taking two cycles to dry, the vent is usually the first thing to check. We’ll inspect the full run and the exterior hood, because on San Antonio homes with caliche dust, the exterior screen can clog completely while the interior pipe stays relatively clear.
Trusted Brands We Service in San Antonio
We work on dryers from every major brand you’ll find in San Antonio homes: Whirlpool, Maytag, LG, Samsung, GE, and Kenmore are what we see most. The vent itself is brand-agnostic, which means the cleaning approach depends on the run length, the termination type, and the junk packed inside, not the name on the dryer. That said, the equipment we bring matters. We run Rotobrush agitation systems and Nikro negative-air machines on our San Antonio routes because cheap hardware-store brushes can’t dislodge lint that’s been baked hard by a South Texas attic. We carry common replacement parts locally in our San Antonio office, so vent cap swaps and hood screen replacements usually happen same-visit, no second trip needed.
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AfterCommon Dryer Vent Cleaning Problems We See in San Antonio Homes
- Caliche dust caked into the exterior vent hood. Homes off unpaved Hill Country roads and long private drives get a fine gray film that coats the hood screen and chokes airflow. From inside, the dryer seems fine, but the vent acts clogged. We remove, clean, or replace the hood as part of the job.
- Long foil vent runs with hard-packed sag points. Ranch-style and rural San Antonio homes often have fifteen to thirty feet of flexible foil in the attic or under the house. Lint settles in the low spots, then humidity from our long hot summers bakes it hard. A standard brush-and-vac pass leaves it behind. We use rotary agitation and camera verification on these runs.
- Cedar pollen and ash mixed into the lint. In late winter, mountain cedar is at its peak across San Antonio. If your home also has a wood-burning stove or fireplace, fine ash mixes with the pollen and lint, creating a rough, sticky lining that clings to the vent walls. Standard brushes skim over it. Our agitation tools break the bond, then the negative pressure extracts it completely.
- Damp vents near the Medina River and Salado Creek. Homes close to waterways in southern and western San Antonio sometimes show moisture in the vent run. Lint absorbs the damp, grows dense and matted, and can even support mold growth in the right conditions. If we see moisture during an inspection, we’ll tell you and recommend a vent cap replacement or a moisture barrier fix before it becomes a bigger problem.
Pricing for Dryer Vent Cleaning in San Antonio, TX
Standard dryer vent cleaning in San Antonio runs $129 – $179 for a single-family home with a short, direct exterior wall vent. Two-story homes with roof terminations, or homes where the vent runs through a crawl space or detached structure, typically run $179 – $279. Vents over twenty-five feet add time and are quoted individually after a quick inspection. Vent cap replacement runs $40 – $90, depending on the cap style, and bird guard installation runs $45 – $75. No per-vent pricing, no surprise add-ons. One written price for the system, before work begins.
What affects cost in San Antonio specifically: run length, access difficulty, termination height, and whether the vent is caked with hardened caliche dust and cedar pollen that needs extra agitation. We’ll tell you the price up front, and it won’t change unless you approve additional work first. Call (903) 354-8393 for an exact quote. Estimates are free.
We Also Serve Cities Near San Antonio
Our San Antonio crews regularly run routes out to Schertz, Helotes, Bulverde, and Boerne. The homes are similar, the caliche dust is the same, and the cedar pollen doesn’t respect city limits. If you’re on the far north side near Stone Oak or heading west toward Alamo Ranch, you’re well inside our normal service area.
Serving San Antonio, TX - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the San Antonio 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 Antonio
Every 10 to 14 months, assuming the home has a typical 8-to-15-foot vent run. Homes on caliche roads load faster because the dust is fine enough to pass through a lint screen and dense enough to cake the vent walls. If you run the dryer daily with a family and pets in the house, lean toward the shorter end of that interval and call (903) 354-8393 for a free estimate.
Yes. Cedar pollen is microscopic and sticky, and it moves through window screens, dryer intakes, and open doors the same way it gets into everything else. Once inside the vent, it bonds with lint and creates a dense, allergen-loaded coating that keeps recirculating every time the dryer runs. Cleaning the vent removes that accumulated pollen and cuts down the allergen exposure in your laundry area. We also recommend checking your exterior vent hood screen during cedar season, since it catches pollen like a filter and clogs quickly.
Yes, it does. Long runs through outbuildings or crawl spaces tend to sag, creating low spots where lint settles and compacts. A basic brush-and-vac can pass through and leave those clumps behind. Our San Antonio crews use rotating agitation tools and camera verification to confirm the full run is clear from the dryer port all the way through to the exterior hood, before we call the job done.
Lint accumulation in long, unmaintained vent runs, particularly in homes where the dryer moved from a garage or utility room to an interior closet over the years. Many of those runs are fifteen feet or more, with bends and low spots that ordinary annual checks never reach. Add caliche dust and wood-stove ash, and the lining becomes fire-ready. This is why we camera-inspect every run over ten feet before cleaning. If you’re not sure what’s in your vent, call (903) 354-8393 for a free inspection quote.
Yes, it can. A clogged vent forces the blower to work against a pressure head it was never designed for, which shortens motor life and can trip the thermal cutoff, especially in San Antonio where dryers already run hot during the summer. The caliche dust that’s so common here packs tight and doesn’t shake loose, which means the restriction gets worse every load until something gives. If your dryer is running hotter than it used to or taking two cycles, have the vent inspected before the motor fails. We’ll fix the restriction and you’ll get more years out of the appliance.
Written by Paul Adeyemi, Owner at Mortons Air Duct San Antonio, proudly serving San Antonio with clean vents, honest pricing, and the 365-Day Done Right Promise.