Dryer Vent Cleaning in San Leandro, CA

Frequently Asked Questions

1. My laundry is in the garage corner and the vent only goes a couple feet through the wall. Does that short a run even need cleaning?

   Yes, and short runs fool a lot of people here. The punch-through wall vents common in San Leandro's postwar ranches and the Washington Manor tracts are only a few feet long, but the lint still has to make it out the hood, and that hood is usually low on a side or rear wall where it gets covered by shrubs, fence boards, or whatever's stacked against the house. A blocked exit backs lint up the whole run no matter how short it is. The other issue with short runs is the flex behind the dryer: when the dryer gets pushed back against the wall, that last stretch gets crushed into a kink, and the lint piles up right there.

2. What usually turns out to be wrong when a San Leandro homeowner calls us?

   A few things come up again and again. Original foil flex transition hose behind the dryer, crushed or sagging because the appliance sits tight to a garage or service-porch wall. Exterior hoods sitting low enough that landscaping, fencing, or stored items block the flap from opening. Rodent nesting inside the duct or packed behind the flapper also happens more than people expect in detached and attached garages on flat ground. Any of these shows up as long dry times before it shows up as anything dramatic.