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 Mountain View
Dryer vent cleaning in Mountain View typically costs $185 – $375 for a standard single-family home and $150 – $260 per unit for condos that share a stack. Most jobs take 60 – 90 minutes once we’re on site. If you own a home off El Camino Real or a condo near Castro Street, call (855) 550-3778 and we’ll give you a straight quote before any work begins.
Mountain View’s housing stock creates specific dryer vent problems that a generic cleaning company won’t catch. Dense apartment buildings downtown route exhaust through shared vertical stacks. Eichler homes in 94040 hide rigid metal vents under low-slope roofs where crush points collect lint for decades. New townhomes off Shoreline run flexible ducting that sags and kinks. We work in every ZIP from 94035 through 94041, and we know what each neighborhood throws at us before we ring the bell.
Why Heritage Duct Cleaning Is Mountain View’s Preferred Dryer Vent Cleaning Company
Homeowners in Mountain View call us because we show up with the same equipment restoration contractors use: Rotobrush and Nikro agitation systems under negative pressure, not a shop vac from the hardware store. Our techs train on the full air pathway, including Honeywell ventilation controls you’ll find in a lot of the newer builds near North Bayshore.
Noel Carvalho leads our team, and he’s built the business around one principle: inspect first, clean second, report third. Every Mountain View job includes camera inspection of the full vent run before and after cleaning. You see what we saw. That matters in a city where a 1964 Eichler and a 2021 townhouse can sit three blocks apart and need completely different vent approaches.
We also do Dryer Vent Cleaning as part of a broader service set that includes Air Duct Cleaning and Air Duct Repair. If your dryer vent inspection turns up a crushed pipe or a disconnected seam, we fix it on the same visit. Most companies clean and leave. We diagnose and repair.
Styles & brands we work with
- Whole-home duct cleaning
- Dryer vent cleaning
- Camera inspection
- Sanitizing & deodorizing
Dryer Vent Installation in Mountain View
Dryer Vent Installation in Mountain View comes up more often than people expect. Old galvanized runs in postwar homes off Grant Road have reached the end of their service life. Some were never sized correctly. Others were screwed together with sheet metal screws that catch lint at every joint. When replacement beats repair, we scope the job, quote one flat price, and handle the full install: rigid or semi-rigid metal venting, proper support brackets, sealed seams, and a code-compliant exterior termination.
Installation pricing in Mountain View runs $280 – $520 for a standard single-story replacement and $450 – $750 when the run goes through a crawl space or up through a low-slope roof. Condo stack connections typically fall between $220 – $350 per unit, depending on access and whether the building requires fire-rated collars. We give you the number before we start, and that number doesn’t move.
Full vent replacement for aging homes
Homes built in the 1950s and 60s throughout 94040 and 94041 often still have original 4-inch rigid metal venting. Over six decades, the seams loosen, the pipe sags, and lint embeds in every imperfection. In many cases, the inside diameter has narrowed to 2 inches or less. Replacing the run removes the fire risk and cuts dry time dramatically.
If you’re in an Eichler tract and your laundry room sits against an interior wall, the vent run likely travels up through the roof. Those runs need special attention. We map them with a camera before we pull anything apart.
New construction and townhome installs
Newer townhomes near downtown Mountain View and along the North Bayshore often use flexible foil ducting that was fast to install but doesn’t hold up long term. The foil tears, the spiral ribs collect lint aggressively, and the whole thing can kink behind a wall. We replace flex runs with smooth rigid metal wherever the path allows, which means fewer cleanings needed down the road.
Dryer Vent Repair in Mountain View
Dryer Vent Repair in Mountain View is where we spend a good chunk of our week. The most common call: a dryer suddenly takes two or three cycles to finish a load. When we camera the vent, we usually find one of three things: a crush point where the pipe passes under a low-slope roof, a disconnected seam in a crawl space, or a bird nest in an uncapped exterior termination. All three are fixable in one visit.
Repair pricing in Mountain View runs $190 – $320 for a typical section replacement or reconnection. Bird guard installation and cap replacement add $95 – $165 depending on ladder access. If we find multiple issues, we bundle the quote and you approve it before any work happens. No surprise line items.
Crush point repair under low-slope roofs
Older Eichler and Streng homes around Monta Loma and Cuesta Park have shallow roof cavities. The original rigid duct often passes through a space so tight that someone stepped on it decades ago or a beam settled into it. The pipe flattens, lint backs up behind the restriction, and the dryer motor works itself to an early death. We cut out the crushed section, replace it with new rigid metal, and support the run so it doesn’t happen again.
Shared stack connection repair in condos
Condos and apartments in downtown Mountain View frequently route dryer exhaust through a common vertical stack. If the connection at your unit’s wall collar is loose, heat, moisture, and lint leak into the wall cavity and sometimes into neighboring units. We repair the collar, re-secure the transition duct, and verify the whole shared run is clear using a camera pushed from your unit’s access point. The building’s stack is the property manager’s asset, but your connection into it is your vent’s weakest link.
Trusted Brands We Service in Mountain View
We work on dryers and ventilation pathways connected to Honeywell and Aprilaire systems, which are common throughout Mountain View’s newer builds and remodels. That means our techs understand the full air pathway, not just the foil tube behind the machine. We carry common replacement fittings, caps, collars, and bird guards in our trucks, so a typical repair in Mountain View doesn’t wait on a part order. The equipment we run, Rotobrush and Nikro with Abatement Technologies filtration, is the same class of gear restoration contractors use for fire and flood mitigation jobs.
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AfterCommon Dryer Vent Cleaning Problems We See in Mountain View Homes
- Shared stack backpressure in downtown condos. A unit’s dryer vent often feeds into a vertical run shared by several floors. One neighbor’s lint buildup raises backpressure for everyone, and the symptom shows up in your unit first: longer dry times, hot laundry room, or a burning smell when the dryer runs hard.
- Crushed rigid duct under low-slope roofs. In Eichler tracts off Calderon and around Monta Loma, the original vent runs through cathedral ceilings with almost no attic access. Over time, the pipe gets stepped on during a roof repair or pinched by truss movement, and lint packs in behind the restriction.
- Original galvanized runs in 60-year-old homes. Homes built between 1955 and 1970 in 94040 and 94041 often still use 4-inch galvanized pipe. Seams rust, screws catch lint, and the interior surface turns rough. After one cleaning, these runs clog again quickly unless the pipe is replaced or the seams are addressed.
- Birds nesting in uncapped exterior terminations. Mountain View’s mild climate keeps birds active year-round. An uncapped vent on a single-story home off Middlefield or San Antonio is an open invitation. Nests, feathers, and droppings block airflow and introduce a real fire hazard. We install shielded bird guards on the same visit.
Pricing for Dryer Vent Cleaning in Mountain View, CA
A standard dryer vent cleaning in Mountain View runs $185 – $375 for a detached single-family home where the vent exits through an exterior wall. Homes with roof-routed vents, especially the low-slope Eichler-style runs, fall in the $250 – $400 range because ladder work and longer hose runs are involved. Condo units connected to shared stacks typically run $150 – $260 per unit, depending on stack access and how far we need to camera the shared section. Bird guard installation adds $95 – $165. We quote one flat price per system before we start. Call (855) 550-3778 for a free estimate in Mountain View.
We Also Serve Cities Near Mountain View
Our team serves Mountain View plus the surrounding cities: Sunnyvale to the east, Cupertino to the south, Palo Alto to the north, and Santa Clara to the southeast. If you’re just over the border, you still get the same commercial-grade equipment and the same flat-rate pricing.
Serving Mountain View, CA – Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Mountain View 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 Mountain View
Yes. We clean the full run from your dryer connection to the stack, then camera the stack itself as far as practical from your access point. Shared stacks mean one blocked run affects every unit, and we scope the work to catch the blockage wherever it sits. Call (855) 550-3778 and we’ll walk a tech through your building’s layout before quoting.
The cause is usually a restricted vent, not the dryer. In Mountain View apartments, the vent run is often short, shared through a stack, and rarely cleaned by the owner. Lint packs in at the wall collar, the stack transitions, and the exterior cap. After a proper cleaning, dry times drop back to normal. If they don’t, the dryer’s own blower is worth checking, but vent blockage accounts for the large majority of long dry-time calls we see in Mountain View buildings.
Yes. We work in downtown Mountain View buildings with alley access, podium garages, and street parking limits all the time. Our equipment runs off portable power and we carry tools in compact cases that fit through building stairs and service elevators. If the building requires scheduling with a concierge or property manager, we’ll coordinate that before the appointment.
They do. Eichler homes route the dryer vent through a low-slope roof cavity with very little clearance. Crush points, sagging sections, and old galvanized pipe with rough seams are common. A standard cleaning that only reaches 10 feet from the wall misses the real problem. We camera the full run and address crush points and seam buildup in one visit, which is the only way to do it correctly in these homes.
Yes. Dryer vent cleaning focuses on the small-diameter exhaust pipe that carries hot, damp, lint-laden air from your dryer to the outside. Full air duct cleaning addresses the larger supply and return ductwork that handles heated and cooled air for your home. Different tools, different scope, different pricing. We offer both, plus full duct repair, and we’ll tell you honestly which one your problem actually needs.
Call (855) 550-3778 for a free estimate on dryer vent cleaning in Mountain View. One flat price per system, camera-verified before and after, and the same commercial-grade equipment we run on restoration jobs. If you’re in 94035, 94039, 94040, or 94041, we’re already in your neighborhood.
Written by Noel Carvalho, Owner at Heritage Duct Cleaning, serving Mountain View since 2015.