Dryer Vent Cleaning in Boerne, TX

Frequently Asked Questions

My laundry room is upstairs and the vent goes out through the roof — how do you clean that without getting on my metal roof?

Most of the newer acreage and golf-area homes around Boerne run a long duct through the attic to a roof cap, and we clean those mainly from the dryer end with a rotating brush pushed the full length of the run. We do go up to check and clear the cap itself, because that's where lint packs first on a long horizontal run. On standing-seam and R-panel metal roofs we're careful about where we step and we reseat the cap properly when we're done. A cap left loose or a screw backed out of a metal panel turns into a leak the next time a Hill Country storm comes through sideways.

We're in one of the older limestone houses near downtown and the laundry was added into a converted room. Is that a problem?

It's the most common headache we see in the older part of Boerne. When laundry gets retrofitted into a former bedroom, pantry, or back porch of an 1880s-era limestone or frame house, the vent usually takes the shortest path somebody could cut. That often means a tight 90 right behind the dryer, a crushed section of flex, or a run that dumps out low on a wall where it gets blocked by shrubs. Short paths aren't bad on their own; the kinks and the crushed transition hose are what choke airflow. We'll tell you honestly if what you have is just dirty or if the duct itself is the problem. A lot of the fix on these houses is replacing a few feet of bad flex with rigid pipe.

What makes a Boerne dryer vent clog up faster than it should?

Two things specific to out here. One is cedar season: the Ashe juniper breaks around Kendall County throw a heavy pollen load, and that fine material gets pulled in with makeup air and binds to lint inside the duct instead of blowing through. The other is caliche dust. If you're off a county road or have a caliche driveway, that chalky grit comes in the same way and makes the lint pack denser and stickier than ordinary house lint. Homes on long attic runs see it worst, because there's more pipe for it to settle in.

How fast can you get out here, and do you do same-day?

Same-day happens, usually when we already have a truck on this side of 46 or coming up from San Antonio and a slot opens. It's more realistic to plan on the next day or two for a standard cleaning. If your dryer is running hot, shutting off mid-cycle, or you're smelling scorched lint, say so when you call and we'll treat it as urgent rather than routine. For acreage addresses well off the main roads, give us a gate code or a landmark. We lose more time finding driveways out here than we do driving.