A dryer vent job starting at $150 covers a standard single-dryer setup. One dryer, one run, one termination point, whether that’s the roof, a side wall, or six feet from the machine. It follows a $59 inspection. That’s credited into the job if you proceed. Past that, it’s priced on site, not guessed at over the phone.
What it costs
| Job | Starting price |
|---|---|
| Dryer vent inspection | $59, credited to the job if you proceed |
| Dryer vent cleaning, one dryer, one run, one termination point | from $150 |
Those are starting numbers, not a menu of tiers. For the current price ranges across everything else I run, from chimney sweeps to crown rebuilds, that page lays it out on one screen. Call (916) 833-2959, 7am to 7pm, seven days, and ask for the $59 dryer vent inspection. It folds straight into the $150 cleaning if you go ahead, so you’re never paying for both.
What the $150 covers
The starting price covers the full line, not just the easy part. That’s the transition duct at the back of the dryer, the run through the wall or attic, and the exterior hood.
Each one gets cleared and vacuumed. Loosened lint doesn’t get a chance to resettle a few feet further down. This is the whole job, not a version priced to look cheap on paper.
I check the exterior hood on every visit too, not just the line inside the wall. If its flap doesn’t lift freely when the dryer runs and close back down on its own, the job isn’t finished. Price or no price. I run the dryer before I leave. Real airflow at the hood is what tells me the job’s actually done, not just a clean brush.
What actually moves the price
Here’s the thing about ground floor, second floor, and roof terminations: a lot of companies quote three different numbers for those, as if a longer run automatically means a bigger job. I don’t work that way. The $150 starting price covers one dryer, one run, one termination point, and it stays the same regardless of where that termination sits.
What moves the number isn’t the floor. It’s what the $59 inspection actually finds once I’m looking at the line.
- A crushed or disconnected section of duct needs replacing, not cleaning. That’s a repair, priced once I’ve seen it.
- A full reroute, common after a remodel moved the laundry room, changes the whole job.
- More than one dryer on the property, like a rental with shared laundry, means more than one line to clear.
- A vent that’s never been serviced in the life of the house sometimes has years of packed lint that one brush pass doesn’t fully clear.
A lot of the newer builds in Roseville, Rocklin, and El Dorado Hills put the laundry room on the second floor. The duct runs sideways through a wall cavity before it ever gets a straight shot outside. That’s a longer run, with more elbows, than a single-story ranch with the machine six feet from an exterior wall. Same price either way. What it can move is how long the inspection takes to see the whole line.
So when someone asks how much to clean a dryer vent that’s genuinely never been touched, the honest answer starts with the $59 inspection, not a number off the top of my head. If the inspection turns up a crushed run instead of just lint, dryer vent repair in Sacramento is the page that covers what that actually runs. That’s not part of the $150 starting price. For most houses, none of that applies: I get the duct run cleared end to end and confirm real airflow before I call the job done.
What a low quote usually means
You’ll find dryer vent cleaning advertised under $100 if you go looking. Somebody’s paying for that gap, and it’s usually not the company.
A rushed job brushes the first six feet and calls it finished. The rest of the run, especially anything through an attic or up to a roof hood, gets skipped. It takes longer, and nobody’s checking behind the truck.
Some outfits do the thing I mentioned above, too. They quote a low number sight unseen, then find out it’s a second-floor laundry room or a roof termination once someone’s already standing in your house, and the price climbs. That’s the three-different-prices problem showing up as a bait and switch, not an honest starting number.
The $59 inspection is the part that gets skipped when a quote sounds too clean. It’s also the part that tells you honestly whether $150 covers your job or something more is going on back there.
How this compares
$150 to start sits in the middle of what I see advertised locally, not the cheapest number and not the highest. What’s different is the $59 inspection folding into that price instead of sitting on top of it, one starting number instead of a range built around variables nobody bothers to explain.
I run this myself, seven days a week, with no dispatcher marking up a subcontractor’s time before it reaches you.
Is dryer vent cleaning worth it?
Yes, once it’s actually been a year, or your dryer needs two cycles to dry one load. A clogged vent is a fire risk, not just a slow machine. Packed lint sitting against a hot heating element is exactly how these fires start. At $150 to start, that’s cheaper than the risk.
When you don’t need to spend on this
You don’t need to budget for the $150 cleaning every year on a light-use household. If loads are drying in one cycle and the vent was serviced within the last twelve months, the $59 inspection alone usually confirms there’s nothing worth spending the extra $150 on yet.
Where the math flips is a vent that’s never been serviced, on a house more than five years old. Waiting for a symptom before booking anything tends to cost more in the end. It shows up as months of a slower dryer running up the power bill, or a repair bill instead of a cleaning bill once something’s actually crushed or packed solid.
How much does dryer vent cleaning cost near me?
The number doesn’t change by town. A dryer vent in Rocklin, Auburn, Folsom, or Sacramento gets the same $59 inspection and the same $150 starting price as one in Nevada City. What actually moves the total is the vent itself, not the map. I won’t quote it differently based on your zip code.
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How much does it cost to have a dryer vent cleaned?
It’s $150 flat, no matter which floor the laundry room sits on. That price follows the $59 inspection, credited straight into the job if you move forward. You only pay the $59 by itself if you decide not to. One number, no surprise add-on once I’m on the roof.
Why do dryer vent cleaning prices vary?
Mostly because other companies price the ladder work, not the vent. A single-story ranch and a three-story home with a roof termination are, to them, two different jobs. I charge one number, $150, because the cleaning itself doesn’t change. What changes is how many companies pad the quote for access.
Booking it
Don’t wait for a burning smell to make the decision for you. Call (916) 833-2959, 7am to 7pm, seven days, and ask for the $59 dryer vent inspection. It’s credited into the $150 cleaning if you go ahead, so you’re paying for one visit. Or use online booking if you already know what you need.
I run the schedule myself, and I’m licensed through the CSLB for masonry work, C-29, #1150991.