Whole-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.
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AfterFast, Reliable Dryer Vent Cleaning Across Clovis
Dryer vent cleaning in Clovis typically runs $149 – $289 for a standard single-family home, depending on run length and access. Most jobs take 60 – 90 minutes and include a camera inspection, lint removal, termination-flap service, and before-and-after photos of your own duct. If you live in the 93611 or 93612 ZIP and your dryer takes two cycles to finish a load, the vent is almost certainly the problem. Call Cardinal Air Duct Cleaning at (737) 727-2314 for a written price before any work starts.
Why Cardinal Air Duct Cleaning Is Clovis’s Preferred Dryer Vent Cleaning Company
We’re the Dryer Vent Cleaning team Clovis homeowners call when they want a real answer about their vent, not a coupon that doubles once the van pulls up. Every job from Cardinal includes one flat price per system, agreed before we touch anything. That’s the Relay Standard, and it applies in Clovis the same way it applies everywhere else we work. You get a live trackable arrival window, a background-checked technician in uniform, photo proof of the work, and a digital invoice you can pay from your phone.
Our crews run professional-grade equipment, not a truck-mounted shop vac. We use Nikro HEPA-rated vacuum extraction and Rotobrush rotary agitation tools, which matters when we’re clearing a 15-foot attic chase through a Clovis stucco home. Omar Haddad leads our team, and he’s built the operation around one idea: homeowners should never have to guess whether the work was actually done. The 365-Day Done Right Promise backs every booking. If the work isn’t right within a full year, we return and make it right at no charge.
Dryer Vent Inspection in Clovis
A Dryer Vent Inspection in Clovis is our camera-scoped evaluation of the entire vent run, from the dryer connection to the outside termination. It finds the problems you can’t see from the laundry room: lint plugs behind the first elbow, partially detached joints inside a wall cavity, crushed flex hose in an attic chase, and termination flaps that are stuck open or screened over. In Clovis, where most vent runs exit through stucco walls or rooflines rather than straight pipes, these obstructions develop faster than most homeowners realize. A standard inspection runs $89 – $129 when booked as part of a cleaning. Booked alone, it’s $119 – $149.
When do you need one? If your dryer has ever tripped a thermal fuse, if the outside flap doesn’t open when the dryer runs, or if you just bought a home in the 93612 area and have no idea what the previous owner’s vent situation is. That last one is common. Clovis homes change hands regularly, and vent runs are rarely part of a standard pre-purchase inspection.
Camera-Scoped Evaluation
We run a small inspection camera down the full length of your vent. It records what’s inside: lint depth, joint separation, kinks, and any damage from prior cleanings. You see the footage. No vague “it was pretty dirty” report; you get actual images of your own vent, before and after.
Airflow Testing and Lint Clearing
We measure blower-motor airflow at the exterior termination before and after the job. A healthy residential dryer should move a strong, steady stream. Once we clear the lint with agitation tools, we re-test and show you the improvement. If the reading doesn’t return to spec, we’ll tell you what’s wrong and give you a written repair estimate.
Commercial Dryer Vent Cleaning in Clovis
Commercial Dryer Vent Cleaning in Clovis is for laundromats, apartment complexes, gyms, salons, and any multi-unit property where dryers run for hours every day. These vents accumulate lint at a rate residential systems never see, and the consequences of neglect scale up too: longer dry times for tenants, higher utility bills for the property, and a real fire hazard in a building full of people. Commercial jobs in Clovis typically run $400 – $1,200 depending on the number of dryers, run length, and roof or wall access. Multi-story buildings on Herndon or Shaw with roof terminations fall at the higher end of that range.
We schedule commercial work around your tenants’ hours where possible. Our teams use Abatement Technologies containment where needed to keep lint out of occupied spaces, and we always provide the written price per system before the job begins. Property managers in Clovis especially appreciate that: no per-vent line items that mysteriously multiply when the crew finds three elbows and a roofline cap.
Multi-Unit and Apartment Cleaning
In an apartment complex, one clogged shared chase can affect four or five units. We map each dryer’s run, identify the shared sections, and clean the full pathway. If a termination flap on a second-floor stucco wall is stuck, we replace it on the spot with a part from our stock, not a special order.
Laundromat and Fitness Facility Maintenance
Laundromats in Clovis need a recurring schedule, not a one-time visit. Most operators we work with book quarterly or semi-annual cleanings. The dryers hold up better, the utility bill drops, and no one’s closing the place down because a lint fire started at the dryer bank. We offer maintenance agreements with written, fixed per-visit pricing.
Trusted Brands We Service in Clovis
We work on every major dryer brand you’ll find in Clovis homes: Whirlpool, Maytag, LG, Samsung, Electrolux, Amana, and Speed Queen on the commercial side. And we stock common termination caps, Guardsman vent kits, and replacement dampers right on the truck, so your vent cap replacement doesn’t turn into a two-visit job. If we’re installing Aprilaire or Honeywell accessory components, we’ve got them. Our techs are trained on both gas and electric dryer vent runs, and we’ll advise you on whether your existing run meets current Clovis code for termination location and clearance.
Common Dryer Vent Cleaning Problems We See in Clovis Homes
Clovis has a specific housing pattern: big tracts of 1990s and 2000s stucco homes in the 93611 and 93612 ZIPs, plus older ranch-style houses near Old Town Clovis. That means long vent runs. The laundry room sits in the middle of the house, and the vent has to travel through an attic chase or a stucco wall to get outside. Those longer runs hold lint in ways a short, straight pipe never would. Here’s what we see most:
- Lint plugs behind the first elbow. In a long run, the first 90-degree turn is where lint mats up. The dryer trap catches maybe a third of what’s moving. The rest packs into the elbow and the first few feet of pipe, especially in attic chases where heat and humidity bake it hard.
- Stuck-open termination flaps on stucco walls. East-side homes near Buchanan High get afternoon heat and wind, and the outside flap takes the brunt. When it jams open, birds, wasps, and lint all come back inside the chase.
- Screened-over vent caps. Well-meaning homeowners add a screen to keep pests out, but lint clings to it in one season. A Clovis summer will crust that screen solid. Your dryer will trip its thermal fuse and shut down before you notice the warning signs.
- Crushed or sagging flex hose in attic runs. Attic heat softens flex hose, and it sags between straps. That creates a low spot where lint and moisture pool. We replace crush-prone sections with rigid or semi-rigid pipe so the run holds its shape.
In the Buchanan-area tract off Gettysburg Avenue, our tech pulled a Guardsman dryer vent kit and ran a camera inspection down a run that exited through stucco on the east wall. The homeowner had cleaned the trap weekly, but the run held a matted lint plug behind the first elbow and the outside flap was stuck open. The blower motor’s airflow reading was well under spec. We cleared the lint pathway with agitation tools, serviced the termination, and showed before-and-after photos of the customer’s own duct before we left. That’s the kind of thing a weekly trap cleaning never catches.
Pricing for Dryer Vent Cleaning in Clovis, CA
Here’s what Clovis homeowners should expect to pay, based on the jobs we run across the 93611, 93612, and 93619 ZIP codes:
- Standard residential dryer vent cleaning: $149 – $289, one flat price per system. That covers a single dryer, a run up to 20 feet, camera inspection, lint removal, airflow test, and before-and-after photos.
- Dryer vent inspection only: $119 – $149.
- Vent cap or termination flap replacement: $45 – $95 depending on the part and access. Wall-mounted ground-level flaps cost less; roofline caps with ladder work cost more.
- Commercial dryer vent cleaning: $400 – $1,200 depending on the number of dryers and run complexity.
- Bird guard installation: $85 – $150 including the guard and labor.
These are written prices. You’ll get one flat figure, in writing, before we start. That figure does not change when our tech finds two elbows and a roofline termination instead of a straight pipe. Some Clovis homeowners hear a per-vent quote from another company, then watch the invoice grow with every register. We don’t work that way. Call (737) 727-2314 for a free estimate, and we’ll give you the real number over the phone based on what you tell us about your home.
We Also Serve Cities Near Clovis
Our crews run routes through Clovis and the surrounding Central Valley every week. If you’re in Fresno, Sanger, Fowler, or Madera, we’ll schedule you the same way we schedule our Clovis customers: written price before work begins, trackable arrival time, and photo proof of the work. Call (737) 727-2314 and a live person answers, 24/7.
Serving Clovis, CA - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Clovis 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 Clovis
Most Clovis homes need a dryer vent cleaning every 12 – 18 months, though it depends on the run. Long stucco-wall and attic-chase runs in tract homes built in the 1990s and 2000s collect lint faster than short, straight pipes. If your dryer takes two cycles to finish a load, or the outside flap doesn’t open when the dryer runs, you’re overdue regardless of the calendar. Annual is the safe standard for Clovis households with two or more loads per week. Call (737) 727-2314 and we’ll help you figure out what your specific home needs.
Per system, always. One flat price covers your entire dryer vent, from the dryer connection to the outside termination, no matter how many elbows or how long the run. We quote per system, in writing, before we start. We don’t add line items for elbows or extra vents once we’re on the job. That’s the entire point of the upfront price.
Every Clovis dryer vent cleaning includes a camera inspection of the full run, powerful lint removal using Rotobrush and Nikro equipment, a check and service of your outside termination flap, an airflow verification test, and before-and-after photos of your own duct. The price you’re quoted is the price you’ll pay, and if anything isn’t right within 365 days, we return and fix it at no charge.
Yes. We clean commercial dryer vents at laundromats, apartment complexes, gyms, salons, and any multi-unit property in Clovis. Commercial jobs run $400 – $1,200 depending on the number of dryers and run length, and we schedule around tenant hours where it matters. Written price per system, before any work starts, every time.
Roof terminations need more attention than wall exits, especially on the older ranch homes near Old Town Clovis. Debris, moisture, and animal activity collect at a roofline cap, and a Clovis summer bakes it all into a hard crust. Those runs clog faster and the caps wear out sooner, so we treat them with a more involved cleaning process and a longer inspection. If your roof isn’t safe to access, we’ll tell you before we start and quote accordingly.
If you’re in Clovis and your dryer’s running hot, taking forever, or you just want a real pair of eyes on the vent, call (737) 727-2314. We’ll give you a written price over the phone, schedule a trackable arrival window, and have a background-checked tech at your door, in uniform, with the right equipment. Check our work with the before-and-after photos we send you before we leave.
Written by Omar Haddad, Owner at Cardinal Air Duct Cleaning, serving Clovis and the surrounding Central Valley for over two decades.