Dryer Vent Inspection in Houston, TX

What we find that a tech with a leaf blower does not

Lint tells a story if you read it. Dry gray fluff means the duct breathes. Matted felt means moisture is sitting inside. Felt that smells sour means a sag holds water. We pull a sample and hand it to you. That one handful decides whether cleaning is enough.

Slinky-style flex duct behind the dryer is the usual culprit. Push the machine back and it folds. The fold becomes a lint shelf. We swap it for rigid aluminum or semi-rigid, then mark the floor so the dryer stops at the right depth.

Roof terminations on two-story builds are their own problem. Lint binds with pine needles and oak catkins into a mat. Birds and wasps build in the hood. We check the hood from the roof, not the attic hatch. Inside the attic we hand-feel every joint for warm leaking air. A disconnect there soaks insulation and stains the decking underside.

We also check the booster fan if one exists. Long runs sometimes have one buried in a joist bay. Homeowners rarely know it is there. Dead boosters choke the run worse than lint does.

Photos go to you labeled by location, not a generic before-and-after pair.