Whole-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.
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Dryer Vent Cleaning services in Round Rock typically run $89-$179 for a standard single-story home, completed in one visit, with a written price delivered before any work begins. The vent line – from the back of the dryer to the exterior termination cap – gets a full negative-pressure extraction pass plus a camera inspection so you can see exactly what was inside before we touched it. If you’d rather talk through the specifics first, call us at (737) 259-5752 and a live person will pick up.
This page covers vent cleaning as a stand-alone service: what it involves, what it costs in Round Rock’s specific housing stock, and what you receive when the job is finished. It sits underneath our full Dryer Vent Cleaning in Round Rock service, which addresses more complex duct configurations, rerouting, and code compliance work. If you’re not sure which one applies to your situation, the pricing section below will help you sort it out.
CleanRun Air Duct Cleaning Round Rock has been documenting duct and vent work since 2013 – 52,000-plus homes served across the metro, every one quoted in writing before a panel comes off or a brush touches the line. Tomas Reyes built the company around a simple idea: show the customer what’s inside before saying a word about what needs to happen next.
When You Need Vent Cleaning
Most Round Rock homeowners don’t think about the dryer vent until something goes wrong. That’s understandable – it’s behind the wall, out of sight, and easy to assume it’s fine. Here’s what the camera actually shows us when it isn’t:
- Drying cycles that run 45-75 minutes instead of 30. When lint accumulates at the first elbow behind the dryer – a common finding in the slab-foundation homes built in Round Rock’s Brushy Creek-area subdivisions throughout the 2000s – airflow restriction forces the heating element to work longer to remove the same moisture. Your utility bill climbs before the dryer shows any outward sign of trouble.
- A vent hood flap that stays partially open or doesn’t open at all. The exterior termination cap on most Round Rock homes sits on the south or west side of the house, exposed to full afternoon sun. Plastic flap mechanisms get brittle in Central Texas summers. When they stick open, birds and wasps build inside the duct run; when they stick shut, the vent can’t exhaust at any useful rate.
- A burning smell during or after a cycle. Lint is combustible. A 3-inch compacted debris column at a 90-degree elbow – a configuration we see regularly in two-story homes where the vent transitions from a first-floor laundry room to a second-story exterior wall – gets hot enough to produce a noticeable odor before it ever reaches ignition temperature. This is the point where you stop running the dryer and call. Do not attempt to clear a burning-smell scenario yourself by removing the vent connection behind the dryer; the debris may be compacted beyond what a DIY pull-apart can address, and the connection points on flexible duct sections can be fragile.
- Excessive heat and humidity in the laundry room. A partially blocked vent exhausts some air into the room rather than outside. In Round Rock’s already-humid late-spring months, a laundry room that feels noticeably warmer and damper than the rest of the house is often a vent restriction problem, not an HVAC problem.
- The dryer was installed or moved more than 12 months ago. Any time the connection behind the dryer is disturbed, the flexible transition duct – the short accordion-style connector between the dryer exhaust port and the wall – can get kinked or partially crushed if pushed back too close to the wall. We find this in probably one in four post-move inspections in Round Rock homes.
- The vent run is longer than 20 feet or has more than two 90-degree elbows. International Residential Code Section M1502 sets equivalency rules for vent length: each 90-degree elbow reduces the allowable total run. Homes in Teravista and Forest Creek, where floor plans tend to push the laundry room toward the interior of the house, frequently have runs that are close to or beyond the code limit – and every foot of added length means more places for lint to settle.
Our Vent Cleaning Process
Every vent cleaning job at CleanRun follows the same documented sequence. Nothing gets skipped because it’s a “quick job.” The photo record exists for every step.
- Written price before any work starts. Haven Standard Clause 1 is non-negotiable: you receive a written scope and a firm price before a brush goes into the line. We measure the run, identify the number of elbows, note the termination cap type, and account for any known obstructions. That number doesn’t change unless you ask us to add something.
- Pre-work camera inspection with documented photos. A flexible inspection camera goes into the vent run from the dryer end. We photograph the interior of the line – the lint accumulation, any kinks in the flex connector, debris at the elbows, the condition of the termination cap from inside. You see exactly what we saw before we did anything. This is the before-and-after record that’s been standard practice at CleanRun since the first job in 2013.
- Negative-pressure extraction setup. A Nikro negative-pressure collection unit is connected at the exterior termination point. Negative-pressure extraction means we’re pulling air and debris toward the outside of the house – not blowing it back through the laundry room. The unit runs throughout the brush pass so that dislodged lint has nowhere to go except into the collection system.
- Rotary brush pass through the full duct run. A rotary cleaning brush, sized to the duct diameter, runs the length of the line from the dryer connection to the cap. Elbow sections get extra attention because lint compacts most heavily where airflow direction changes. We don’t declare a vent clean when the brush clears the run once; we pass until the extraction air reads clean and the camera confirms it.
- Termination cap inspection and cleaning. The exterior cap gets cleared of any debris, nest material, or built-up lint on the flap and screen. If the flap mechanism is damaged or the cap style is a louvered type that traps lint easily, we document that in writing and quote a replacement cap as a separate line item – no bundling it into the original price without your approval.
- Post-work camera verification and photo record delivery. The camera goes back in. We photograph the same sections of the duct run that appeared in the pre-work images. You receive both sets – before and after – as part of the standard job record. The 365-Day Done Right Promise is attached to that record in writing: if something isn’t right, we come back and make it right, no manager approval required.
BeforeAfterVent Cleaning Pricing in Round Rock
Vent cleaning in Round Rock runs $89-$179 for the majority of jobs. Here’s what moves the number:
| Scenario | Typical Range |
|---|---|
| Standard single-story run, under 20 ft, 1-2 elbows | $89-$119 |
| Two-story run, 20-35 ft, 3-4 elbows (common in Teravista and Forest Creek floor plans) | $129-$159 |
| Extended run with bird or wasp nest obstruction at termination cap | $149-$179 |
| Termination cap replacement (louvered plastic cap to code-compliant flap cap) | $45-$75 added line item |
| Flex transition duct replacement (the 4-inch accordion connector behind the dryer) | $35-$55 added line item |
A few things that do not affect the price: the age of the house, whether the dryer is gas or electric, and how dirty the vent turns out to be once the camera goes in. We price on run length and configuration, not on what we find after the job starts. Haven Standard Clause 1 means the written number you approve is the number on the invoice.
If you’ve received a competitor’s written estimate, bring it. CleanRun offers a Free Second Opinion on any written quote – we put our own number next to theirs, in writing, before you make a decision.
To get a firm written price for your Round Rock home, call (737) 259-5752. The estimate is free and the number we give you holds.
FAQs – Vent Cleaning
How often should dryer vent cleaning be done in Round Rock?
Once per year is the standard interval for a household running 5-7 dryer loads per week, though a Dryer Vent Inspection may reveal you need more frequent service. Round Rock-specific factors can shorten that: homes in older sections of the Brushy Creek area often have original flex duct that corrugates internally over time, creating more lint-catch points than smooth-wall rigid duct. If your dryer cycles are already running long, don’t wait for the annual mark – call (737) 259-5752 and we’ll put a camera in the line the same week.
Is dryer vent cleaning worth it, or is it a scam?
The U.S. Fire Administration attributes roughly 2,900 residential dryer fires per year to lint accumulation – that’s a documented federal figure, not a scare tactic. What makes the service feel like a scam in some cases is that many companies use a shop vac and charge $79 without putting a camera in the line, so you have no way to know whether anything actually changed. CleanRun photographs the interior of the duct run before and after every job; if the after photo looks the same as the before photo, the work wasn’t done. That photo record is included in every job as a standard deliverable, not an upsell.
Can I clean my dryer vent myself?
You can clean the first few feet of the duct run behind the dryer using a brush kit from a hardware store, and that’s a reasonable maintenance habit between professional visits. What a brush kit won’t reach is the debris compacted at elbows deeper in the wall, or a partial nest obstruction at the exterior cap. More practically: if your vent run is two stories, has more than two elbows, or you’re smelling any burning odor from the dryer, don’t push into the line yourself. Dislodging a compacted lint column from the wrong direction can pull debris back into the dryer housing rather than out through the cap. Call us instead.
What’s the difference between dryer vent cleaning and air duct cleaning?
They’re separate systems. The dryer vent is a single dedicated exhaust line that runs from the back of your dryer to the exterior wall – its only job is moving hot, humid air and lint out of the house. Air duct cleaning covers your HVAC system: the supply and return runs, the plenum (the main distribution box connected to your air handler), and all the registers throughout the house. Cleaning one has no effect on the other. If you’re looking at both, CleanRun can scope and quote them on the same visit under a single written price. Start with the full picture at our home page if you want to see the complete service list before calling.
Why CleanRun for Vent Cleaning in Round Rock
The vent cleaning market in Round Rock has plenty of $79 coupon offers. Most of them involve a shop vac run from the dryer end, no camera, and no documentation. You’re left trusting that something happened.
CleanRun operates differently. The written price comes before the work. The camera goes in before the brush. The photo record – interior of the duct run, before and after – comes out with the technician when the job is finished. That record is yours. The 365-Day Done Right Promise is attached to it in writing: if the work isn’t right within that window, we come back. No policy review, no manager discretion.
Technicians are background-checked, uniformed, and identified by name before arrival – Haven Standard Clause 3: Verified Crews. The equipment we use includes Nikro extraction systems and Abatement Technologies collection units; both are trade-recognized names you can look up independently before agreeing to a price.
We’ve been doing this in Round Rock since 2013. More than 52,000 homes served across the metro, every one with a written price before work started and a documented photo record when the crew left. That’s the track record, and it’s the only persuasion we need.
For vent cleaning, the full Dryer Vent Cleaning in Round Rock service, or anything in between, call (737) 259-5752. A live person answers every call. The written estimate is free, and the price we give you is the price on the invoice.
Written by Tomas Reyes, Owner at CleanRun Air Duct Cleaning Round Rock, serving Round Rock.