Dryer Vent Cleaning in the Chicago Suburbs

What $149 dryer vent cleaning includes

One price, one visit, and six things done every time.

• One flat price. $149 whether the run is 10 feet to a side wall or 30 feet up to a roof cap.
• The whole run, not the first few feet. A rotary brush on a flexible rod goes the full length, vertical sections included.
• The lint leaves the house. A HEPA-filtered vacuum at the collection end catches what the brush knocks loose.
• The outside cap cleared. We clear the termination and check that the damper opens freely, roof caps included.
• The hose behind the dryer checked. A crushed or kinked transition hose is one of the most common restrictions we find.
• A straight answer. When to clean it again, or whether you need to at all.

Signs your dryer vent needs cleaning

• Towels that used to dry in one cycle now need two
• The top of the dryer is too hot to rest your hand on at the end of a cycle
• Weak air at the outside hood, or a flap that barely lifts
• A burning smell while the dryer runs
• Lint collecting around the outside vent or behind the dryer
• Nobody can remember the vent ever being cleaned

Check it yourself in five minutes. Run the dryer and hold your hand near the outside hood. Strong, warm air and a flap standing open usually means the run is fine. If everything checks out, skip the appointment. We would rather you figured that out yourself than paid us to tell you.

Why it matters. The most recent US Fire Administration report on clothes dryer fires (2008 to 2010) counted about 2,900 residential dryer fires a year. Failure to clean was the leading factor, at 34 percent.

Roof and second-floor dryer vents

A basement laundry room vents sideways through the wall. Short run, easy to reach. A second-floor laundry room has nowhere sideways to go, so the vent climbs through the framing to a roof cap or runs across the ceiling to a gable wall. Longer, more vertical, and out of sight, so nobody checks it.

We rod vertical runs from inside, clear the roof cap itself and confirm the damper opens. Roof vents are included in the $149, not an add-on.

How often should dryer vents be cleaned?

Once a year works for most households, but it is not a rule. A short run with light laundry can go 18 months. A long roof run in a house doing laundry every day may need it twice as often. Airflow at the outside hood tells you more than the calendar does.

The better question is whether the vent has ever been cleaned. Plenty of suburban homes built in the 1980s and 1990s are still on their original vent, and it has never been cleaned.

Dryer vent and air duct cleaning on one visit

Booking duct cleaning anyway? The crew can usually do the dryer vent on the same visit. Our air duct cleaning is $249, $399 or $599 per furnace system depending on the package, never priced by the vent. If the vent itself is crushed, disconnected or badly routed, see dryer vent installation.

Where we clean dryer vents

We clean dryer vents across the north, west and south Chicago suburbs from offices in Glenview, Oak Brook and Addison. For local details, see dryer vent cleaning in Glenview, Naperville, Schaumburg, Northbrook and Downers Grove, or check every town on our service areas page.

Dryer vent cleaning FAQ

Ready to book? Call 847-565-7990 or book online. Want the full price picture first? Read our guide to dryer vent cleaning cost.