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 Citrus Heights
Dryer vent cleaning in Citrus Heights typically runs $150 – $280 for a standard single-story ranch home, and most jobs are completed in under two hours. If your dryer takes two cycles to finish a load or the laundry room feels unusually warm, the problem is almost never the lint trap. It’s the vent run hidden in your wall, attic, or garage.
We’ve worked in Citrus Heights long enough to know what we’re walking into. The city is built on 1955 – 1980 tract homes, most of them single-story ranches with original dryer vent runs that are too long, too narrow, and routed through uninsulated attics or garages where lint packs solid over decades. Our crews dispatch from the Sacramento office and carry rigid pipe, proper termination caps, and bird guards on every truck, so we can clean what you have and fix what’s actually broken while we’re there. Call (361) 326-5060 for a free estimate.
Why Hollis Air Duct Cleaning Is Citrus Heights’s Preferred Dryer Vent Cleaning Company
Hollis Air Duct Cleaning has been part of the Garrison Partners family since 2004, and our Citrus Heights customers know the difference between a crew that vacuums out the lint trap and one that traces the full vent run to its termination. We show up in uniform, background-checked, with the written price already agreed to before we touch a tool.
Our 365-Day Done Right Promise covers every dryer vent job in writing. If the work fails within a year, we come back and make it right at no charge, including a free second visit. No negotiating, no runaround.
Phones are answered by a live person 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Scheduling is coordinated from our Sacramento office, and we serve Citrus Heights neighborhoods from the Sunrise Boulevard corridor to the Greenback Lane area without treating your call like a dispatch to a distant zip code.
We price by the system, not by the foot. One flat price per dryer vent, agreed in writing before work starts. The number does not move at the door.
Commercial Dryer Vent Cleaning in Citrus Heights
Commercial Dryer Vent Cleaning in Citrus Heights covers multi-unit properties, homeowner associations, and small commercial laundry facilities where accumulated lint creates fire risk and drives up utility costs across multiple units. In Citrus Heights’s older condo complexes and fourplexes near Antelope Road, we regularly find shared vent runs that haven’t been accessed in years, with lint packed at every joint and transition.
A typical commercial dryer vent cleaning in Citrus Heights runs $280 – $550 depending on the number of units, vent run length, and access difficulty. We inspect with a camera, provide written findings, and clean using rotary brush systems and negative-air extraction.
Multi-Unit Vent Systems
Shared vent runs in 1970s apartment complexes often terminate at a single roof or wall cap. When one unit’s dryer runs, it pressurizes the whole system and blows lint backward into inactive lines. We map the run, clean each branch, and install backdraft dampers where code allows.
HOA and Property Management Programs
We set annual or semi-annual cleaning schedules for Citrus Heights property managers, with written documentation for insurance and fire inspection records. Every visit includes before-and-after photos of the vent interior.
Dryer Vent Cleaning Service in Citrus Heights
Dryer Vent Cleaning Service in Citrus Heights means clearing the entire lint pathway from the dryer’s transition duct to the exterior termination, then inspecting for crushed sections, improper materials, and dangerous routing. Most Citrus Heights homes need more than a shop-vac at the wall; they need the full run accessed, brushed, and extracted with professional equipment.
A standard residential dryer vent cleaning in Citrus Heights costs $150 – $280. If we find a crushed flex section, disconnected joint, or need to reroute through rigid pipe, repair work typically adds $120 – $340 depending on materials and access.
Camera Inspection and Documentation
We run a borescope through every vent we clean. You see what we see: lint density, joint separations, bird nests, and the condition of the termination. No guesswork, no “trust us” claims.
Rerouting and Code Corrections
Many Citrus Heights ranches have flex duct buried in walls or sagging through attics. We replace these with smooth-wall rigid pipe where accessible, re-route to proper exterior terminations, and seal with mastic. The work is priced in writing before we cut.
Trusted Brands We Service in Citrus Heights
Our trucks carry professional-grade equipment from Rotobrush and Abatement Technologies, with filtration and sealing products from Aprilaire and Guardsman. We don’t use hardware-store attachments or consumer vacuums on dryer vent runs. For Citrus Heights homes with older duct systems, we stock rigid pipe, proper termination caps, and bird guards sized for the 4-inch standard common to most 1960s and 1970s construction. If your vent needs a component we don’t carry, we source it fast rather than improvising with the wrong material.
Common Dryer Vent Cleaning Problems We See in Citrus Heights Homes
- Low-soffit terminations on 1960s ranches. The vent blows lint back into the attic or against the fascia board instead of clearing the building envelope. Homeowners never see the buildup because it’s above eye level and behind trim. We relocate these to gable-end or proper wall terminations where possible.
- Sagging flex runs through uninsulated attics. The 1955 – 1980 homes in Citrus Heights often have long flex duct routed over ceiling joists. It kinks at every low point, lint collects in the belly of the sag, and air velocity drops until the dryer overheats and trips its thermal limiter.
- Garage-wall transitions hidden behind storage. Many tract homes here route the vent through the garage wall to a side termination. The connection behind the drywall or shelving comes loose, or a bird nests in the cap, and the homeowner smells warm, moist air in the garage for months before calling.
- Crushed flex behind laundry room walls. Builders in the 1960s and 1970s sometimes pinched flex duct between studs or compressed it with plumbing stacks. The restriction isn’t visible until we camera the run. A homeowner near Sunrise Boulevard and Greenback Lane in a 1968 single-story ranch told us the dryer took two full cycles to dry a load; a camera inspection showed a crushed flex section buried behind the laundry wall and lint packed solid through the attic termination. We cleared the lint pathway, replaced the crushed flex with rigid pipe re-routed to code, and sealed the termination. The next load dried in about 40 minutes.
Pricing for Dryer Vent Cleaning in Citrus Heights, CA
Most residential dryer vent cleanings in Citrus Heights fall between $150 and $280. That covers a single dryer, standard access, full brushing and extraction of the vent run, camera inspection, and written documentation. Commercial multi-unit jobs run $280 – $550.
What moves the price: length of the vent run, number of turns, whether we need attic or crawl-space access, and whether we find damaged materials that need replacement. Rerouting a crushed flex section with rigid pipe typically adds $120 – $340. Bird guard installation runs $45 – $85 per cap. We give you one flat price per system, in writing, before any work starts. No per-foot add-ons, no surprises when the truck is in your driveway.
Estimates are free. Call (361) 326-5060 and we’ll give you a straight answer on what your specific setup should cost.
We Also Serve Cities Near Citrus Heights
Our crews cover Orangevale, Fair Oaks, Roseville, and Antelope from the same Sacramento dispatch point. If you’re searching for Dryer Vent Cleaning in Citrus Heights or nearby, the same crew, equipment, and written guarantee apply. We don’t subcontract to distant operators or charge travel fees for these adjacent cities.
Serving Citrus Heights, CA - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Citrus Heights 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 Citrus Heights
Your 1955 – 1980 ranch likely has a longer, more convoluted vent run than newer construction. Builders in that era often routed flex duct through unconditioned attics or garages with multiple turns, and the low air velocity lets lint settle at every sag and joint. Newer homes use shorter rigid runs with straighter paths. Call (361) 326-5060 and we’ll camera your run to show you exactly where the restriction is.
We run a borescope camera through the full vent run from the interior access point to the termination. The camera shows crushed sections, separated joints, lint density, and the condition of the exterior cap. You see the feed in real time. There’s no diagnostic charge separate from the cleaning estimate.
Yes. The exterior cap is where most failures finish: bird nests, missing flappers, lint packed against the screen, or a termination that blows back into the soffit or attic. We inspect it, clean it, and document its condition. If it needs replacement or relocation, that’s priced separately and approved by you before we proceed.
It can be. Garage-routed vents in Citrus Heights tract homes often have hidden transitions behind drywall or storage systems that come loose, and the garage environment exposes the duct to temperature swings that degrade flex materials faster. We inspect the full run including the garage portion, and if the routing is no longer to code, we’ll explain your options for rerouting with rigid pipe. Call (361) 326-5060 for a free evaluation.
Every 12 to 18 months for a typical household, and every 6 to 12 months if you dry pet bedding, heavy towels, or multiple loads daily. After major wildfire smoke events in the Sacramento Valley, we also recommend inspection because ash particles can clog exterior termination screens. The 365-Day Done Right Promise covers our work for a full year, so if lint buildup returns faster than expected, we’ll reassess at no charge.
Written by Roy Castellanos, Owner at Hollis Air Duct Cleaning, serving Citrus Heights and the Sacramento Valley since 2004.