Dryer Vent Cleaning in Los Angeles, CA

Frequently Asked Questions

The vent hood on the outside of my house is cracked and the flap won't close — fix it or replace it?

Usually replace, because the part is cheap next to the labor of getting to it. On the older basin bungalows and Spanish houses, the termination is often a small painted-over metal hood on a service porch wall with a two-foot run behind it. Those seize up from years of paint and grit and are easier to swap than to free up. The one case where repair makes sense is a hillside or multi-story roof termination where the cap itself is sound and only the flapper or the screen behind it is the problem. If your hood has a screen or a mesh insert, that's a replace-with-a-proper-vent-cap situation regardless of condition, since screens are a lint trap, not a pest solution. We tell you which you're looking at once we've seen the exit.

How fast can someone get out here?

Los Angeles is a driving problem more than a scheduling problem. We book by area and by half-day window so we're not crossing the basin at the worst hours. A Valley morning and a Westside afternoon on the same day is realistic. A canyon address plus a downtown mid-rise on the same run is not. Most homes get scheduled within a few days. If your dryer is running hot, shutting off mid-cycle, or taking two and three cycles to dry a load, say so when you call and we'll work you in sooner, since that's the condition that precedes a lint fire.