Dryer vent cleaning
Whole-home duct cleaning
Camera inspection
Sanitizing & deodorizingWhole-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.
Fast, Reliable Dryer Vent Cleaning Across Windcrest
Dryer vent cleaning in Windcrest typically runs $139 – $249 for a standard single-story ranch with a wall termination, and $199 – $349 when the vent runs through the attic or terminates on the roof. Most jobs are completed in 60 – 90 minutes by a two-person crew using professional negative-pressure extraction equipment. If you live near Crestway Drive, Midcrown, or the older streets off Eagle Crest Boulevard, we know exactly what your vent system looks like and what it takes to clean it right.
Call (430) 233-7681 for a written price before we ever step foot in your house. That’s how every job starts with Linden Air Duct San Antonio.
Why Linden Air Duct San Antonio Is Windcrest’s Preferred Dryer Vent Cleaning Company
Windcrest isn’t like the newer suburbs around San Antonio. These are 1960s and 70s brick ranches with original duct runs, HOA rules that actually get enforced, and neighbors who talk. We’ve learned that in this city, a bad vent cleaning job doesn’t just cost you money. It costs the technician a whole block’s worth of future work. That’s why our crews arrive with the tech’s name and photo sent to your phone before the visit, and a photo ID badge shown at the door. Every time. No exceptions. It’s the Threshold Standard, and it’s been our operating rule since 2004.
Marcus Veale leads our team here, and he holds every job to a written standard: the price goes in writing before work begins, and the work is covered by a 365-Day Done Right Promise. If something isn’t right, we make it right. In writing. A live person answers our phones around the clock, so when you call about your Windcrest dryer vent, you’re talking to a human who knows this area, not a call center.
Styles & brands we work with
Dryer Vent Repair in Windcrest
Dryer vent repair in Windcrest is often the real fix when a simple cleaning doesn’t solve the problem. Many original Windcrest homes were built with 3-inch flexible foil or vinyl dryer vent tubing. That material was barely adequate in 1972, and by now it’s frequently crushed behind drywall, kinked through the attic, or torn open where the run passes through the top plate. Our repair work involves running a camera through the full vent path, locating the crushed or separated section, and replacing it with rigid 4-inch galvanized duct. Depending on access, a Windcrest repair job runs $180 – $420 including materials.
Crushed and Undersized Vent Runs
We see this on nearly every slab-foundation ranch in Windcrest. The original 3-inch foil run gets pinched where it turns up through the wall cavity, and lint builds behind the kink until airflow drops to almost nothing. Replacing that run with smooth-walled rigid duct doesn’t just fix the clog; it cuts drying time and lowers the fire risk that comes with trapped lint.
Termination Hood Replacement
Plastic and foil termination hoods crack in the Texas sun and their flimsy damper flaps stop sealing. That lets humidity, gnats, and cottonwood fluff back into the vent run. We replace those with metal low-profile hoods that meet Windcrest HOA appearance rules while keeping the vent sealed when the dryer isn’t running. A hood replacement runs $60 – $140 as part of a service call.
Dryer Vent Cleaning Company in Windcrest
Linden Air Duct San Antonio is the dryer vent cleaning company Windcrest homeowners call when they want the full vent path actually cleaned, not just vacuumed from the wall connection. A proper cleaning starts at the lint trap housing, moves through the entire duct run with rotating agitation brushes under negative pressure, and finishes with a camera inspection at the termination hood so you can see the before and after. We use Rotobrush and Nikro systems with HEPA filtration so the lint we pull out of your vent doesn’t end up blown back into your laundry room.
Full-Path Cleaning With Before and After Photos
You get documentation of your own vent. That matters in Windcrest, where the HOA may ask about exterior work, and where you should be able to see proof that a 14-foot run with three elbows is actually clear. We photograph the termination hood and the interior walls of the duct before and after.
Roof and High-Wall Terminations
Plenty of Windcrest slab ranches vent through the roof or high on an exterior wall. That takes a second technician for ladder safety and a full exterior inspection, which single-person crews quietly skip. We don’t. If your vent terminates on the roof, both our techs are on the ground and on the roof until the job is done right.
Trusted Brands We Service in Windcrest
We work with the equipment brands that actually hold up in San Antonio’s heat and humidity. Our cleaning systems are from Rotobrush and Nikro, and we keep common Windcrest replacement parts on the truck: 4-inch rigid galvanized duct, metal termination hoods, bird guards, and damper flaps. When you have a cracked hood or a crushed run, we usually finish the repair the same visit because the part is already on hand.
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AfterCommon Dryer Vent Cleaning Problems We See in Windcrest Homes
- Hallway closet return-air lint buildup: Windcrest homes often have original return-air ducts pulling from hallway closet louvers, and those returns share the same hallway air as the laundry room. Lint and pet hair get drawn into the returns and pack the plenum, which is why dryer vent cleaning alone doesn’t always solve back-bedroom hot spots. The return needs source-removal cleaning too.
- Pest screens packed with cottonwood fluff: In spring, the open land and tree lines around Windcrest put a serious load of cottonwood and pollen into termination hoods. A screen that’s supposed to keep out birds becomes a solid wall of lint, and moisture backflows into the vent run.
- Crushed 3-inch original runs: The foil or vinyl flexible duct installed when these homes were built was never rated for decades of heat cycling. It collapses, tears, and separates inside wall cavities where you’d never see it without a camera inspection.
- Attic duct runs with low spots: Homes built between the 1960s and 1980s in Windcrest often have dryer vents sagging through hot attics. Every sag collects a pocket of lint and the humid air condenses there, turning the run into a mold source.
Pricing for Dryer Vent Cleaning in Windcrest, TX
A standard dryer vent cleaning on a single-story Windcrest home with an accessible wall termination runs $139 – $249. Add attic or roof access and you’re looking at $199 – $349. Dryer vent repair runs $180 – $420 depending on whether we’re replacing a crushed section, rerouting a run, or swapping a termination hood. Bird guard installation runs $45 – $90 as part of a service call. Every price is written down and agreed to before we begin. No per-vent pricing. No surprise invoice at the end. Call (430) 233-7681 for an exact quote.
We Also Serve Cities Near Windcrest
Our crews cover Dryer Vent Cleaning across the San Antonio metro, including San Antonio proper, Selma, Fair Oaks Ranch, and Alamo Heights. If you’re in one of those nearby cities, you’ll get the same written pricing and Threshold Standard verification that we bring to every Windcrest job.
Serving Windcrest, TX - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Windcrest 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 Windcrest
Every 12 months, minimum. Slab-foundation Windcrest homes often push dryer exhaust through 15 to 25 feet of duct with multiple turns before it reaches the exterior, and that’s a system that loads up with lint fast. In a hot, humid San Antonio summer where the dryer runs constantly for heavy cotton loads, we see real restriction developing inside six months. Annual cleaning keeps the run clear enough that airflow stays strong and lint doesn’t pack into the hidden low spots. Call (430) 233-7681 to schedule a written-price estimate.
Yes, and we do exactly that for Windcrest homeowners regularly. We install painted metal low-profile hoods that sit flush against the brick and meet the appearance standards Windcrest HOAs enforce. The hood gets matched to your exterior trim color, and we take before and after photos so you have documentation for the HOA if they ask.
Partially, but not completely. The dryer vent and the return-air ducts are separate systems, and the hallway closet returns pull from the same airspace the dryer often exhausts toward when it’s running. If your return plenum is already packed with years of lint and pet hair, cleaning the dryer vent alone won’t fix back-bedroom hot spots. Both systems need source-removal cleaning. We inspect the return plenum during the same visit and give you a written price for whichever service you actually need.
Cleaning removes the lint and debris from the existing vent path. Repair fixes the vent path itself. In Windcrest, where original 3-inch foil runs are common, we often find crushed sections or separated joints during a cleaning. If we can see the failure on our camera, we’ll show you, explain what it costs to fix, and get your written approval before doing any repair work. A cleaning alone runs $139 – $249; a repair runs $180 – $420.
Yes, with a two-person crew and proper ladder setup. Roof terminations on Windcrest two-story brick homes require someone on the roof and someone at the dryer connection, running the agitation and negative-pressure extraction as a team. We don’t send a single tech to skip the roof inspection. The full roof-side cleaning is part of the service, and we document the before and after from the rooftop termination.
Written by Marcus Veale, Owner at Linden Air Duct San Antonio, serving Windcrest and the surrounding San Antonio metro.