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 Palm Beach
Dryer vent cleaning in Palm Beach typically costs $149 – $289 for a standard single-family home and takes about 60 – 90 minutes from setup to before-and-after photos. Most jobs are scheduled within 3 – 5 business days, and you’ll get a written price before we touch anything. If you’re on the island or just west of the bridge, call (737) 727-2314 and a live person answers, day or night.
We know Palm Beach homes differently than a generic vent company does. The oceanfront humidity and salt air change how lint behaves inside the run, and we plan for it. Our team works across the island, from the condominium corridors off South Ocean Boulevard to the older ranch-style homes near Wells Road, and we schedule around your day, not ours.
Why Cardinal Air Duct Cleaning Is Palm Beach’s Preferred Dryer Vent Cleaning Company
Palm Beach homeowners call us because we show up with professional-grade equipment and a written price before work begins. The tech who arrives is background-checked and in uniform, and you’ll know their name before they ring the bell. We run Rotobrush agitation tools and Nikro HEPA-rated negative pressure vacuums, which means loosened lint goes straight into a sealed canister, not back into your laundry room.
Our Dryer Vent Cleaning team has worked through enough Palm Beach condos and single-family homes to know where the trouble spots hide: long flexible duct runs behind drywall, sagging foil sections above garage ceilings, and louver boxes facing the ocean that collect salt residue. Every job carries the 365-Day Done Right Promise. If the work isn’t right within a full year, we come back and correct it at no charge. That’s the longest satisfaction window in the trade, and it applies to every booking without exception.
Omar Haddad leads our crew, and he holds every job to the Relay Standard: a live trackable arrival time, before-and-after photo documentation, and a digital invoice you can pay from a link. No waiting around for a four-hour window. No price shift once the tech is inside.
Commercial Dryer Vent Cleaning in Palm Beach
Commercial Dryer Vent Cleaning in Palm Beach handles multi-unit laundry rooms, condominium facilities, and small business operations where dryers run multiple cycles daily. A single clogged commercial exhaust line drags down every dryer connected to it, raises energy bills, and creates a fire hazard that building inspectors flag. In Palm Beach’s coastal air, lint clumps faster because salt and moisture bind it into a dense mat that a standard consumer cleaning won’t remove.
A commercial job in Palm Beach typically runs $350 – $850 depending on the number of dryers, the length of the run, and whether access requires a lift or ladder work. We use Abatement Technologies containment where needed and camera verification at every stage, so property managers see exactly what was removed.
Condominium and HOA Laundry Rooms
Condominium laundry rooms off South Ocean Boulevard and along the A1A corridor deal with constant humidity from outdoor vent louvers. The damp salt air seeps into the exhaust, saturates the lint, and causes it to mat against the duct walls. We coordinate with property managers and board members to schedule cleaning during low-use hours and provide photo documentation for maintenance records.
Restaurant and Fitness Facility Dryers
Restaurants and fitness clubs near Worth Avenue run laundry equipment hard, sometimes 10 – 14 loads a day. Their runs collect lint fast, and a failure shuts down operations. We schedule recurring service for these businesses and keep records so you can show compliance with fire code inspections.
Dryer Vent Cleaning Service in Palm Beach
Dryer Vent Cleaning Service in Palm Beach starts at $149 for a standard single-family home with a vent run up to 15 feet and accessible termination. Longer runs, roof terminations, and clogs requiring camera location cost more, and we’ll give you the exact number in writing before work begins. The job includes pulling the dryer out, disconnecting the transition hose, running rotary agitation tools through the full run, and extracting debris with a Nikro HEPA vacuum under negative pressure.
For Palm Beach homes, we also check the louver box at the exterior wall or roof. Salt air corrodes the flap over time, and a vent cap that won’t close lets rain and humidity blow straight into the run. If the cap is seized or missing, we’ll show you a photo and replace it. A new vent cap assembly usually runs $45 – $90 installed during the same visit.
Lint Removal and Camera Verification
We remove lint with mechanical agitation, not just compressed air. A quick blast of air clears the center of a run but leaves a thick residue stuck to the walls, and in Palm Beach that residue is usually damp and dense. We snake a camera through before and after, so you see the inside of your own vent, not a stock photo.
Vent Rerouting for Long Runs
Some Palm Beach homes, especially those built before the 1990s with laundry rooms far from exterior walls, have vent runs exceeding 35 feet with multiple elbows. That’s beyond manufacturer spec and a lint trap by design. We can reroute the run with smooth rigid duct, reduce the elbow count, and bring the airflow back to safe levels.
Trusted Brands We Service in Palm Beach
If your Palm Beach home has a dryer from LG, Samsung, Whirlpool, Maytag, GE, Electrolux, or Speed Queen, we service the vent run behind it regardless of brand. We also stock replacement vent caps and louver assemblies that fit most Palm Beach exterior wall and roof terminations, plus Guardsman filtration components for homes where dryer exhaust passes through a secondary filter box. Parts for common local configurations are on our trucks, so there’s no second visit just because a vent cap is seized or a transition hose is torn.
Common Dryer Vent Cleaning Problems We See in Palm Beach Homes
- Salt-dampened lint mats behind the louver. Ocean air carries fine salt particles that settle inside the vent and absorb moisture. The lint behind the wall gets heavy and compact, and a normal air-blast cleaning won’t dislodge it. We see this most often in condos along South Ocean Boulevard and homes within a block or two of the beach.
- Corroded aluminum flex duct in older homes. Homes near the Intracoastal Waterway and along Wells Road often have original foil flex duct from the 1980s or 1990s. Salt air accelerates corrosion, the duct sags, and lint catches in the low spots until the run is nearly sealed off.
- Roof terminations with seized flaps. Many Palm Beach homes vent through the roof, and the metal flap at the termination rusts in place from constant salt exposure. A flap that won’t open means the dryer works harder to push air, and a flap that won’t close lets rain and humidity pour in during storms.
- Dryers taking 60 – 90 minutes per load. That’s not normal for any modern machine. We recently cleared a run at a condominium laundry room off South Ocean Boulevard where property managers reported 90-minute cycles and a burnt smell near the exhaust. A camera inspection showed a compressed mat of salt-dampened lint packed against a sagging section of flex duct behind the drywall. After agitation and negative-pressure extraction with HEPA filtration, the dryers were back to a normal 45-minute cycle and the exhaust flap snapped open freely.
Pricing for Dryer Vent Cleaning in Palm Beach, FL
A standard single-family dryer vent cleaning in Palm Beach runs $149 – $289. That covers the full run from dryer connection to exterior termination, camera verification, and before-and-after photos. Condos and townhomes with shared laundry walls typically fall in the $169 – $249 range. Commercial jobs with multiple dryers or long runs start around $350 and go up based on footage and access. Vent cap replacement adds $45 – $90, and full vent rerouting with rigid duct runs $400 – $900 depending on length and wall access. Every quote is written down and handed to you before work starts. It doesn’t change at the door. Call (737) 727-2314 for a free estimate specific to your home.
We Also Serve Cities Near Palm Beach
Our crews cover Palm Beach and the surrounding communities, including West Palm Beach, North Palm Beach, Greenacres, and Palm Beach Gardens. If you’re just across the bridge or a few miles inland, the same pricing, the same written quote, and the same 365-Day Done Right Promise apply. Scheduling is coordinated from our South FL office, and our Palm Beach crews live and work in the area.
Serving Palm Beach, FL - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Palm Beach 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 Palm Beach
Most Palm Beach homes within a mile of the ocean need cleaning every 6 – 12 months, while inland Florida homes can often go 12 – 24 months. Salt air and constant humidity saturate lint and make it clump faster, which shortens the safe interval. If your dryer runs daily in a home off South Ocean Boulevard or near the Intracoastal, book a camera inspection at least once a year. Call (737) 727-2314 and we’ll check it while we’re there.
No. A fogging sanitiser sprays a chemical mist into the vent, which coats whatever is already inside but removes nothing. In Palm Beach’s humid air, the lint mat stays damp and combustible underneath, and the fire risk doesn’t go down. What actually works is mechanical source removal: agitation tools that break the lint free, paired with negative-pressure HEPA extraction that pulls it out of the run. That’s the only method aligned with NADCA standards. If someone offers you a $49 fogging treatment instead of a proper cleaning, they’re selling you a coating, not a fix.
If your dryer takes 60 minutes or more per load, the top of the machine runs hot to the touch, and there’s a musty or burning smell during cycles, the vent is clogged. Humidity alone won’t cause those symptoms. A visible buildup of lint on the exterior louver, or a flap that hangs open, are additional signs. In coastal Palm Beach homes, the damp lint can look like a thin paste rather than dry fuzz, which leads people to dismiss it. Don’t. Call us for a camera inspection and a free estimate.
Yes. We clean commercial dryer vents in condominiums, apartment buildings, HOAs, and small business laundry rooms throughout Palm Beach. We work around your building’s quiet hours, provide documentation for board records, and use HEPA filtration where shared spaces mean residents can’t be exposed to airborne lint. Pricing depends on the number of dryers and the run length, and we give a written quote before any work begins. Call (737) 727-2314 and describe your building; we’ll tell you what a cleaning involves and what it costs.
We do pull the dryer out to access the transition hose, but we almost never cut into walls. In Palm Beach homes where the lint mat is packed behind drywall, as with the sagging flex duct we found in a condo laundry room off South Ocean Boulevard, we can sometimes clear it from the exterior termination and interior access points without opening the wall. If a section of duct is collapsed or severely corroded, we’ll show you the camera footage, explain the rerouting option, and give you a written price before any cutting happens.
Written by Omar Haddad, Owner at Cardinal Air Duct Cleaning, serving Palm Beach with The Relay Visibility Guarantee.