Dryer vent cleaning
Whole-home duct cleaning
Camera inspection
Sanitizing & deodorizingWhole-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.
Fast, Reliable Dryer Vent Cleaning Across Dunwoody
Dryer vent cleaning in Dunwoody typically runs $149 – $289 for a standard single-family home, and a full inspection with camera verification is included on every job. We work in Dunwoody’s older subdivisions every week, so we know exactly what to expect when we pull up to a 1970s brick ranch or a 1990s two-story near Kingsley. The call is answered by a live person around the clock, and the price is written down before any work starts. If you live in Dunwoody and your dryer is taking longer than 45 minutes to dry a load, call (229) 489-7780 and we’ll sort out what’s going on.
Why Hollis Air Duct Sandy Springs Is Dunwoody’s Preferred Dryer Vent Cleaning Company
Dunwoody homeowners call us because our crews show up uniformed, on time, and ready to explain what they find in plain English. We’ve been operating since 2004 as part of the Garrison Partners family, and the standard has never changed: a written price before work begins, a job done by the book, and a site left clean. Every Dryer Vent Cleaning job we run in Dunwoody carries the 365-Day Done Right Promise in writing. If something fails within a year, we come back and make it right at no charge, including a free second visit. That means a rerouted vent section, a repaired joint, or a new cap that doesn’t hold up is on us, not on you.
We answer our own phones. No voicemail loops, no callback queues. When a Dunwoody homeowner calls at 9 a.m. with a dryer that won’t dry, a live person picks up and schedules the visit. Our technicians are background-checked and uniformed, and they carry professional-grade equipment from Rotobrush, Nikro, and Abatement Technologies. That’s the same class of tools commercial crews use, not hardware-store gear.
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Dryer Vent Repair in Dunwoody
Dryer Vent Repair in Dunwoody usually means one of three things: a collapsed flex run under attic insulation, a disconnected joint in a crawlspace, or a crushed elbow behind a wall. We see all three routinely in neighborhoods like Dunwoody North, Kingsley, and the subdivisions around Mount Vernon Road. The repair often costs $175 – $325 depending on whether we’re rerouting a section in rigid aluminum, sealing a joint, or replacing a wall cap. Here’s what the work actually involves in Dunwoody homes.
Collapsed flex runs and attic heat
Dunwoody’s attic temperatures in July and August routinely exceed 140°F. Flexible foil venting softens and sags under that heat, and the weight of blown insulation on top finishes the job. We remove the collapsed section, reroute the run in smooth rigid aluminum, and seal every joint so lint moves from the dryer to the outside the way it should.
Disconnected crawlspace joints
In homes with crawlspace runs, Georgia humidity works its way into any loose joint. Lint absorbs the moisture, clumps, and eventually blocks the pipe entirely. Worse, the metal corrodes at the seam. We find the bad section with a camera, cut it out, and splice in a new piece with sealed mechanical joints, not duct tape.
Dryer Vent Cleaning Company in Dunwoody
As a Dryer Vent Cleaning in Dunwoody company, we run the full service on every call: camera inspection first, then mechanical agitation, then negative-air extraction to pull every bit of loose lint out of the run. A standard clean in Dunwoody runs $149 – $289 for a single-family home, and that includes the inspection, the cleaning, and before-and-after photos of the vent interior. The whole job usually takes 60 to 90 minutes.
Camera inspection on every visit
We don’t guess at what’s blocking your vent. A small camera goes in from the dryer side and again from the exterior wall cap. The footage shows kinks, collapses, lint dams, bird nests, and moisture damage. You see it in real time, so there’s no mystery about what needs cleaning versus what needs repair.
Rotobrush agitation with negative pressure
A vacuum alone won’t dislodge hard-packed lint at elbows in long vertical runs. Our Rotobrush rotary system spins bristles along the interior wall to break the pack loose while the Nikro negative-air machine pulls everything out in one direction. That combination matters in two-story Dunwoody homes where the vent runs up through an exterior wall and out the roof or soffit.
Trusted Brands We Service in Dunwoody
Dunwoody homes have every kind of dryer vent setup, and we stock parts for all of them. We regularly service and install components from Honeywell, Aprilaire, and Abatement Technologies, and we carry rigid aluminum sections, wall caps, bird guards, and proper mechanical connectors on every truck. That means when we find a bad cap in Dunwoody North or a crushed run near Kingsley, we don’t need to schedule a second visit for parts. We fix it the same day, because the truck was loaded for the job before we left the shop.
Common Dryer Vent Cleaning Problems We See in Dunwoody Homes
- Flex duct collapsed under attic insulation. In Dunwoody North and Kingsley, summer attic heat softens flexible foil venting, and the weight of insulation on top crushes it flat. Airflow drops to almost nothing, and lint packs in behind the collapse.
- Hard-packed lint at elbows in long vertical runs. Two-story 1970s and 1990s homes often have vent runs that go up through an exterior wall and out the roof. Lint collects at every elbow, and after a few years it hardens into a plug that a vacuum alone can’t remove.
- Disconnected or poorly sealed crawlspace joints. Humid Georgia air enters at every loose seam, clumping lint and corroding the metal. By the time the dryer stops working, the pipe has already been compromised.
- Improper wall caps or missing bird guards. Dunwoody’s mature tree canopy means more birds, squirrels, and debris around exterior vent caps. A missing guard invites a nest, and a nest combined with lint is a dryer fire waiting to happen.
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AfterPricing for Dryer Vent Cleaning in Dunwoody, GA
For most Dunwoody single-family homes, expect to pay $149 – $289 for a full dryer vent cleaning with camera inspection. If we find a collapsed section, a disconnected joint, or a bad wall cap, the repair adds $175 – $325 depending on what’s involved. A full reroute in rigid aluminum through an attic or crawlspace can run higher for very long runs or unusually tight access. The price is written before any work starts, and it doesn’t move at the door. Every quote covers the entire job, not a teaser rate that balloons once we’re inside. Call (229) 489-7780 for a free estimate and we’ll tell you exactly what it costs for your home before anyone steps foot in it.
We Also Serve Cities Near Dunwoody
Our crews cover Dunwoody and the surrounding communities, including Sandy Springs, Holly Springs, North Atlanta, and Stone Mountain. If you’re just outside the Dunwoody perimeter, give us a call and we’ll tell you straight whether we can get a truck to your door this week. The same written pricing and the same 365-Day Done Right Promise apply everywhere we work.
Serving Dunwoody, GA - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Dunwoody 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 Dunwoody
Because those homes were built in the 1970s through the 1990s with flexible foil venting, and Dunwoody’s summer attic temperatures regularly exceed 140°F. The heat softens the foil, the insulation weight crushes it, and the run flattens. Newer subdivisions often use rigid aluminum from the start, which holds its shape. In older homes, we recommend replacing the entire flex run with rigid aluminum and sealing every joint.
Once a year, minimum. Dunwoody’s tree canopy sheds constantly, and exterior vent caps collect leaves, pine straw, and debris that accelerate blockages. If you dry more than four loads a week or your vent run is over 15 feet, twice a year is smarter. We’ll tell you honestly whether your home needs an annual or semi-annual schedule based on what the camera shows. Call (229) 489-7780 to set a baseline inspection and go from there.
It shows the exact condition of the run: kinks, collapses, disconnected joints, lint dams, bird nests, moisture damage, and corrosion. In older Dunwoody homes we often find flex runs crushed under attic insulation or joints that separated years ago in crawlspaces. You see the footage in real time, and you get a copy of the before-and-after images so there’s no question about what was cleaned or repaired.
Yes. When the vent can’t exhaust properly, warm, moisture-laden air backs up into the laundry room and seeps into surrounding walls. In Dunwoody’s humid summers this is worse, because the air outside is already saturated. A blocked vent also forces your dryer to run longer, which pulls more humid outside air into the house through the dryer itself.
Yes, and in Dunwoody’s older homes it’s often the single best thing you can do for your dryer’s airflow. Rigid aluminum holds its shape under attic heat, resists crushing under insulation, and collects less lint than foil. The upgrade typically adds $150 – $300 to a cleaning visit depending on run length and access. Call (229) 489-7780 and we’ll give you a written price for your specific home before any work begins.
What We Find in Dunwoody’s Older Homes, and What It Costs to Fix
In Dunwoody’s older subdivisions like Dunwoody North and Kingsley, our crews routinely find flex dryer vent runs collapsed under attic insulation, a failure accelerated by the area’s high summer attic temperatures, which can exceed 140°F. The home could have a functioning dryer at the appliance and a clean wall cap outside, but the middle section of the run is pinched flat under fiberglass. Lint packs in behind the collapse, the dryer heats up, and eventually the thermal fuse trips or the vent backs up with moisture. The fix is a reroute in smooth rigid aluminum with sealed joints, verified by camera from both ends.
Last week we cleaned a dryer vent in a 1980s brick ranch in the Dunwoody North subdivision where the flex run had kinked behind the wall and was partially crushed under attic insulation. Using our camera inspection, we identified the collapse and rerouted a smooth rigid aluminum section to restore proper airflow, then verified with a Rotobrush agitation tool and negative pressure that the lint pathway was clear end to end. That’s the kind of repair that doesn’t show up on a cheap vent-cleaning coupon, and it’s exactly the kind of problem that keeps coming back if it’s ignored.
Long vertical runs in two-story 1970s and 1990s homes accumulate hard-packed lint at elbows, requiring agitation tools beyond a simple vacuum. Disconnected or poorly sealed vent joints in crawlspaces allow humid Georgia air to enter, causing lint to clump and corrode metal runs. We explain all of this in plain terms before we touch anything, and the price for whatever we recommend is in writing first. Where other companies compete on the lowest teaser price, we compete on discipline: show up when we said, price it before we touch it, do it by the book, and stand behind it for a full year.
Written by Roy Castellanos, Owner at Hollis Air Duct Sandy Springs, serving Dunwoody and the surrounding area since 2004.