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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AfterFast, Reliable Dryer Vent Cleaning Across Boca Raton
Dryer vent cleaning in Boca Raton typically runs $150 – $275 for a standard single-family home and $125 – $200 for a condo unit, with most jobs completed in under two hours. We’re the local crew that shows up in uniform, prices the job in writing before touching anything, and stands behind it for a full year. Call (361) 326-5060 for a free estimate.
We’ve been working in Boca Raton long enough to know the difference between a beachside estate off A1A and a 1970s villa out west near Camino Real. Our dispatch is coordinated from our Miami office, but our technicians live and work in South Florida, which means we understand what hurricane-season humidity does to your dryer run, why seasonal condos need attention before you move back in, and where to find the crushed flex duct that builders hid behind drywall forty years ago. When you schedule Dryer Vent Cleaning with Hollis, you’re getting a crew that knows Boca Raton’s housing stock, not a franchise team reading from a national script.
Why Hollis Air Duct Cleaning Is Boca Raton’s Preferred Dryer Vent Cleaning Company
Boca Raton homeowners have a particular reason to be cautious about who they let into their laundry room. Many of you have already paid a low teaser price for “vent cleaning” that turned out to be fifteen minutes with a shop vacuum and a bill that somehow tripled at the door. We don’t work that way. Our price is written down before we start, and it doesn’t move.
We’re part of the Garrison Partners family, in business since 2004, and we operate under The Garrison Standard: arrive inside the quoted window, price in writing, complete the job by the book, leave the site clean. Every technician is background-checked and uniformed. Our phones are answered by a live person 24 hours a day, seven days a week. And every repair we make carries the 365-Day Done Right Promise – if the work fails within a year, we come back and make it right at no charge, including a free second visit.
Roy Castellanos leads our operation, and he set the standard we still follow: explain what we found, show the homeowner if they want to see it, fix what we said we’d fix, and guarantee it in writing. That’s the standard for Dryer Vent Cleaning in Boca Raton, and it’s why our customers in neighborhoods from Mizner Park to west Boca stay with us year after year.
Dryer Vent Cleaning Service in Boca Raton
Dryer Vent Cleaning Service in Boca Raton means more than pulling lint from the trap and calling it done. In this market, we regularly find hurricane-season moisture has turned the pipe into a mold-holding environment, or that decades of accumulation have caked the interior wall of the duct in a ring that restricts airflow and forces your dryer to run longer and hotter. Our process starts with a camera inspection so we can show you what’s actually inside the run, not guess from the outside.
We use Rotobrush rotary brush systems and Nikro negative-air machines to perform source removal – that means we dislodge the buildup at its origin and extract it completely, rather than pushing it deeper into the line. For a typical Boca Raton single-family home, this service runs $150 – $275. Condos and townhomes usually fall in the $125 – $200 range. If we find crushed flex, disconnected sections, or mold damage that requires re-routing or sealing, we’ll explain it, price it separately, and wait for your approval before proceeding.
Camera Inspection and Source Removal
Before we clean anything, we run a camera through the full length of your dryer vent. In Boca Raton’s older homes, this often reveals what a surface inspection cannot: a sagging flex section trapping lint in a low point, a disconnected joint behind the laundry wall venting moist air into your framing, or ring-shaped mold staining from the last extended power outage. Source removal with our Rotobrush system breaks that material loose and our Nikro negative-air unit pulls it out of your home entirely. We don’t blow it around your laundry room.
Condensation and Mold Treatment
Boca Raton’s subtropical humidity means a dryer vent that isn’t extracting properly becomes a condensation pipe. When that moisture combines with lint, you get a mold-friendly environment that sends musty air back into your home every time you run a load. If we find active mold during inspection, we’ll treat the affected section and recommend sealing or re-routing to prevent recurrence. This isn’t an upsell. It’s what the job requires in this climate.
Dryer Vent Installation in Boca Raton
Dryer Vent Installation in Boca Raton is often the real fix hiding behind a “cleaning” call. We see it constantly in the 1970s-80s villas off Camino Real and throughout west Boca: the original flex duct was crushed during a renovation, disconnected by a previous owner’s handyman, or routed through an attic space where it sags and traps lint. No amount of cleaning fixes a duct that doesn’t reach the outside. When we find this, we price the installation in writing and complete it to current code.
New installation or full re-routing in Boca Raton typically runs $300 – $550 depending on the path length, wall penetration requirements, and whether we’re working with stucco, concrete block, or frame construction. Beachside homes near A1A often have tighter mechanical chases and longer runs to reach an exterior wall, which can push toward the higher end. We use solid metal duct where code requires it, sealed with mastic at every joint, and we always verify proper termination with a cap that blocks rain and pest entry.
Re-routing Crushed or Disconnected Runs
In the 1970s-80s villas off Camino Real in east Boca Raton, we opened a dryer run with a crushed, disconnected flex section and a lint-caked aluminum pipe behind the laundry wall. After source removal with our Rotobrush and a camera inspection, we re-routed and sealed the run so the homeowner’s dryer vented to the outside again. The musty smell in the laundry went away the same day. This is what re-routing actually looks like, and it’s why we inspect before we quote.
Bird Guard and Vent Cap Replacement
Boca Raton’s bird population loves a warm dryer vent, and the original plastic caps on many homes have cracked in the Florida sun. We stock metal vent caps with integrated bird guards and install them as part of any installation or re-routing job. A proper cap keeps out rain, nesting material, and pests while allowing full airflow. It’s a small detail that prevents a much larger problem.
Trusted Brands We Service in Boca Raton
Our equipment roster includes Rotobrush rotary brush systems for mechanical agitation inside the duct, Nikro negative-air machines for contained extraction, and filtration and sealing products from Guardsman and Abatement Technologies. We don’t use hardware-store shop vacuums or flexible rods that lose their grip in a long run. For our Boca Raton customers, this means we carry the tools and materials to complete most jobs without a parts run, and we can source specialized components quickly when a luxury high-rise or estate home requires them. The brands matter because they determine whether we can actually reach and clear your full duct length, not just the first six feet.
Common Dryer Vent Cleaning Problems We See in Boca Raton Homes
- Hurricane-season outage moisture turns the dryer run into a mold-holding pipe. After a hurricane or even a long power outage, Boca Raton homes often see a spike in musty odors from the vents. The stagnant, humid air inside an unventilated duct creates ideal conditions for microbial growth that standard lint removal won’t address.
- The lint you can reach at the trap misses the caked ring inside the wall. Homeowners in Boca Raton regularly tell us they clean the trap every load, but the real blockage is two, four, or eight feet down the line where lint has adhered to the pipe wall in a dense ring that restricts airflow by half or more.
- 1970s-80s west Boca villas often hide crushed or disconnected flex behind the laundry wall. Original fiberboard or unlined flex duct in these homes degrades, gets compressed during flooring or cabinet work, or simply separates at a joint. A surface vacuum never fixes the real blockage because the air isn’t reaching the outside at all.
- Seasonal condos that sit vacant for months let the dryer vent load up with stagnant lint and dust. In Boca Raton’s large seasonal population, units that close up for summer accumulate material that standard cleaning doesn’t reach. The first loads in October push that stagnant debris into a compacted mass.
Pricing for Dryer Vent Cleaning in Boca Raton, FL
We’re direct about pricing because we’ve heard too many stories about Boca Raton homeowners who accepted a $49 coupon and ended up with a $400 invoice. Here’s what we actually charge:
- Standard dryer vent cleaning (single-family home): $150 – $275
- Condo or townhome unit: $125 – $200
- Dryer vent installation or full re-routing: $300 – $550
- Vent cap or bird guard replacement: $75 – $150 (often bundled with cleaning)
- Camera inspection with full report: Included at no charge with any cleaning service
What moves you within these ranges? The length of your duct run, whether we need to access an attic or crawl space, the condition of your existing material, and whether we find damage requiring repair or re-routing. We inspect first, explain what we found, and write the price down before any work begins. No per-vent pricing, no add-ons at the door, no bait-and-switch. Call (361) 326-5060 for an exact quote – estimates are free.
We Also Serve Cities Near Boca Raton
Our crews work throughout northern Broward and southern Palm Beach counties, including Deerfield Beach, Delray Beach, Coconut Creek, and Pompano Beach. If you’re just outside Boca Raton city limits, we still price by the same written standard and guarantee the same 365-Day Done Right Promise. Scheduling is coordinated from our Miami office with local technicians dispatched to your area.
Serving Boca Raton, FL - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Boca Raton 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 Boca Raton
Yes, and in Boca Raton’s seasonal market, vacant units often need it more than occupied ones. Months without airflow let humidity settle in the duct, compacting lint into dense masses and creating conditions for mold growth. We recommend a full inspection and cleaning before you resume regular use. Call (361) 326-5060 to schedule before your first load.
The smell comes from mold and bacterial growth in stagnant, humid air trapped inside your duct. Boca Raton’s hurricane-season power outages shut down ventilation for days, and the moisture that accumulates in a warm, dark pipe creates exactly the environment microbes need. Cleaning removes the growth, but we also inspect for condensation points and improper slope that let moisture pool. Call (361) 326-5060 if you’re noticing this – it’s not normal and it won’t resolve on its own.
We run a camera through the full length of the vent during our initial inspection. In west Boca’s older villas, we find crushed flex or disconnected joints in roughly one of every three homes we service. You can’t see it from the laundry room, and a vacuum hose from the outside won’t reach it. The camera shows us exactly where the break is and what’s behind your wall. Call (361) 326-5060 and we’ll show you what we find.
Yes. Condos often share vent chases with neighboring units, have longer horizontal runs with minimal slope, and use thinner-gauge duct material that dents and disconnects more easily. In Boca Raton’s luxury high-rises downtown and along the Intracoastal, we also work around tight mechanical chases and association requirements for access and scheduling. Our pricing reflects these differences – condo units typically run $125 – $200 versus $150 – $275 for single-family homes. Call (361) 326-5060 and we’ll confirm your building’s specific setup.
Yes. The U.S. Fire Administration identifies failure to clean dryer vents as the leading cause of home dryer fires. In Boca Raton specifically, the combination of year-round dryer use, high humidity that makes lint cling to pipe walls, and older duct materials that trap more debris creates elevated risk compared to drier climates. Source removal with professional equipment clears the material that household cleaning cannot reach. Call (361) 326-5060 for an inspection – we’ll show you exactly what’s in your vent and what it takes to clear it.
Written by Roy Castellanos, Owner at Hollis Air Duct Cleaning, serving Boca Raton since 2004.