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 Old Greenwich
Dryer vent cleaning in Old Greenwich typically costs $150 – $290 for a standard single-family home, and most jobs are completed in under 90 minutes. The real variable here isn’t the cleaning itself, it’s the run: many older Old Greenwich homes have long, pre-code vent paths that take more access work than a modern townhouse off Sound Beach Avenue. If you call Cardinal Air Duct Cleaning at (737) 727-2314, you’ll get one flat price per system agreed in writing before our technician touches a single duct, not a teaser rate that swells once we see how long your run actually is.
We know Old Greenwich’s housing stock because we work in it every week. The antique colonials in Shorelands, the capes near Binney Park, the waterfront builds along Shore Road: none of them share a standard vent layout. That local familiarity means we show up knowing what to look for before we ring the bell. Call (737) 727-2314, and a live person answers, any hour.
Why Cardinal Air Duct Cleaning Is Old Greenwich’s Preferred Dryer Vent Cleaning Company
Old Greenwich homeowners keep our schedule full because we do the unglamorous thing well: we document everything. Every job includes before-and-after photos of your own dryer vent, a written price before we begin, and a 365-Day Done Right Promise. If the work isn’t right within a year, we return and correct it at no charge. No asterisks, no fine print.
Omar Haddad leads our team with an insistence on the boring basics: background-checked, uniformed technicians whose names you know before they arrive, professional-grade equipment from Rotobrush and Nikro rather than truck-mounted shop-vac shortcuts, and a written guarantee on every repair. We’ve built a strong local reputation across Old Greenwich and the surrounding villages because we hand you proof of what came out of your vent, not a story about what probably did.
Our technicians arrive with a live trackable arrival window, the way every Relay Standard booking works. You’re not sitting home through a four-hour window wondering if anyone’s coming. You see the van moving toward Todd’s Point, you know the tech’s name, and you know the price before the door opens. It’s the only way we work.
Dryer Vent Inspection in Old Greenwich
A Dryer Vent Inspection in Old Greenwich is a camera-scoped walkthrough of your entire vent run, from the dryer connection to the exterior termination point. In a village where many homes predate modern vent codes, this isn’t a formality: the run may pass through finished walls, bend sharply inside an old addition, or terminate on a second-floor sidewall you can’t easily reach. Most inspections in Old Greenwich run $95 – $150, and if we find a blockage during an inspection, we’ll show you the camera footage before recommending any cleaning or repair.
What the inspection covers
We run a camera through the full duct, checking for lint accumulation, crushed or disconnected sections, and obstructions at the flap or cap. You’ll see the images for yourself.
We also check airflow at the termination point and verify the exterior flap opens fully when the dryer runs. Many older Old Greenwich homes have flaps that are painted shut, rusted, or blocked by bird nests.
When to schedule it
If your dryer takes two cycles to dry a load, the laundry room runs unusually hot, or you can’t remember the last time anyone looked at the vent, book an inspection. It’s also a sensible step before buying an older home in Old Greenwich, where you inherit whatever sins the previous owner left inside the walls.
Commercial Dryer Vent Cleaning in Old Greenwich
Commercial Dryer Vent Cleaning in Old Greenwich covers multi-unit buildings, laundromats, salons, and any property running dryers more than a residential schedule would justify. For Old Greenwich properties, that often means older multi-family homes converted into apartments near the train station, or small commercial spaces off the Post Road. Pricing for commercial jobs starts around $300 and scales with the number of units and the length of the shared vent runs; a four-unit building with a common roof termination typically lands between $400 and $700.
Multi-unit and shared runs
Older Old Greenwich buildings frequently have shared or parallel vent runs that meet in a common stack or terminate at a single roof cap. That layout means lint from every unit accumulates in the same path, and cleaning one unit’s branch without clearing the common run solves nothing. We scope the entire system and quote one price for the full job.
Documentation for property owners
Property owners and building managers in Old Greenwich get the same before-and-after photo documentation homeowners receive, plus a digital invoice payable by link. If you manage a rental or a commercial space, that documentation is your proof of due diligence on a fire hazard that insurers increasingly ask about.
Trusted Brands We Service in Old Greenwich
We service dryer vents on all major brands, including LG, Samsung, Whirlpool, Maytag, GE, and Electrolux. Our work is brand-agnostic because the vent doesn’t care who made the dryer, but our cleaning equipment does carry recognizable names: Rotobrush rotary brush systems for mechanical agitation, Nikro HEPA-rated vacuums for negative-pressure extraction, and Abatement Technologies containment units when we’re working inside finished Old Greenwich homes where escaping dust isn’t acceptable. We stock common vent caps, hoods, and flaps locally, so most Old Greenwich repairs don’t require a second visit.
Common Dryer Vent Cleaning Problems We See in Old Greenwich Homes
- Long, pre-code vent runs. Much of Old Greenwich’s housing stock, especially the antique colonials and capes in Shorelands and along the waterfront, was built before modern vent codes existed. Dryer runs here often stretch 20 to 40 feet through finished walls, flex-ducted around old framing, and terminate through second-floor sidewalls or roofs rather than a short straight shot to an exterior wall.
- Blocked exterior terminations. On multi-story homes, the outside flap is frequently painted shut, rusted, or jammed with debris from Long Island Sound storms. The dryer is pushing air against a closed door, which means the run packs with lint even if the trap is clean.
- Lint packing in concealed sections. Older Old Greenwich homes often have vent runs that pass through spaces homeowners can’t see: behind plaster, inside old chimneys, under floors added during renovations. Lint accumulates in those hidden sections because nobody’s ever actually scoped the full run.
- Per-vent pricing surprises. It happens often enough that we hear about it weekly: a crew quotes a low web price to get the van in the drive, then pads the invoice for “long run” upcharges once they see a second-floor termination. That’s the exact bait-and-switch we built our flat per-system pricing to eliminate.
Pricing for Dryer Vent Cleaning in Old Greenwich, CT
Here are honest numbers for the Old Greenwich market. A standard single-family dryer vent cleaning runs $150 – $290, one flat price per system agreed before we start. A camera inspection runs $95 – $150. Adding a bird guard or replacing a vent cap runs $60 – $140. A full vent reroute, which we occasionally recommend for older Old Greenwich homes where the existing run is unsafe or impossible to clean properly, runs $350 – $700 depending on access.
What affects price: the total length of the run, the height of the exterior termination (second-floor and roof work costs more because it takes more setup), and whether the duct is rigid metal or older flex that needs replacement. You’ll always see your written price before any work begins. Call (737) 727-2314 for a free estimate, and we’ll give you a real number, not a vague range you’ll still be guessing at when the van pulls up.
We Also Serve Cities Near Old Greenwich
Our Dryer Vent Cleaning team covers the surrounding villages, including Riverside, Cos Cob, Stamford, and Greenwich. If you’re anywhere in the coastal Fairfield County corridor, we can reach you quickly and bring the same flat-price, photo-documented service we provide here in Old Greenwich.
Serving Old Greenwich, CT - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Old Greenwich 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 Old Greenwich
Yes, in almost every case. The key is that we camera-scope the full run before and after cleaning, so we’re not guessing at what’s inside. Older Old Greenwich homes often have flex-ducted, multi-story runs that a basic brush pass can’t fully clear. That’s why we use Rotobrush rotary agitation plus Nikro HEPA vacuum extraction, and why we check the exterior termination every time. If a section is crushed, disconnected, or too deteriorated to clean safely, we’ll show you the footage and quote a repair or reroute before proceeding. Call (737) 727-2314 and we’ll give you an honest read on what your specific run needs.
No, and we never will. We charge one flat price per system, agreed in writing before we start. The per-vent pricing model is how the industry’s worst players work: a low teaser quote, then upcharges for the long runs and second-floor terminations common in Old Greenwich’s older homes. Your price is your price, set before the first tool comes off the van. Call (737) 727-2314 for your written quote.
You’ll see before-and-after photos of your own duct, taken with our camera scope during the cleaning. Every Old Greenwich job includes this documentation, no exceptions. If a company can’t or won’t show you photos of what came out of your vent, you’re trusting a story instead of proof. We show you what the run looked like before, what it looked like after, and exactly what we pulled out. That’s the standard we hold every booking to.
For most Old Greenwich homes, every 18 to 24 months is right. The village’s older housing stock and longer vent runs mean lint accumulates faster here than in newer builds with short, straight ducts. But honesty cuts both ways: if you’re a single person with a modern vent run and you clean your lint trap every load, you may not need us for three years. If you run a family laundry load daily in a century-old colonial, annual cleaning isn’t excessive. We’ll tell you what your specific situation warrants, not what our calendar wants. Call (737) 727-2314 and ask.
Yes. We clean commercial dryer vent systems across Old Greenwich, including laundromats, multi-unit residential buildings, and small businesses along the Post Road corridor. Commercial jobs start around $300, with most Old Greenwich multi-unit buildings falling between $400 and $700 depending on the number of units and the complexity of shared runs. Every commercial job includes photo documentation of the full system and a digital invoice payable by link. Call (737) 727-2314 and we’ll schedule an assessment.
Written by Omar Haddad, Owner at Cardinal Air Duct Cleaning, serving Old Greenwich and surrounding Fairfield County communities with air duct, HVAC, and dryer vent cleaning under the Relay Home Co. standard since 2005.