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Gas fireplace serviceLevel 1 sweep and inspection to the NFPA 211 annual standard - flue, crown, cap, and flashing checked and photographed
Chimney sweep logs do not sweep chimneys. They loosen some creosote - which then falls where a brush and vacuum still have to collect it.
Fast, Reliable Dryer Vent Cleaning Across Manor
Dryer vent cleaning in Manor typically costs between $129 and $229 for most single-story homes, and we can usually get to your property within a few business days. That price includes the full vent run, the transition behind the dryer, and the exterior hood. If you’re off US-290 on acreage with a longer vent run or animal nesting, expect the quote to land closer to the top of that range. Call (877) 274-1247 and we’ll tell you exactly what your setup needs.
Why Boardwalk Chimney Sweep Is Manor’s Preferred Dryer Vent Cleaning Company
We work Manor every week, from the newer subdivisions like Stonewater and Lagos to the older acreage spreads east of town where homes heat with wood stoves. That split matters more than people realize. A dryer vent behaves differently in a 2018 tract house with a short rigid run than it does in a 1980s ranch house where the vent snakes twelve feet through an uninsulated exterior wall. We know both setups because we see both setups in the same ZIP.
The crew is led by Brent Holloway, who built this company on a simple idea: fix the whole combustion system, not just the part that’s easiest to reach. When we clean a dryer vent in Manor, we’re checking the transition, the run, the hood, and the exterior flap, because all four fail in different ways here. The long warm season gives birds and wasps months to foul exterior hoods. The short hard freezes stress flexible runs routed through cold walls. It’s a specific set of problems, and it’s what we’re good at.
Styles & brands we work with
Our Dryer Vent Cleaning Services in Manor
Dryer Vent Cleaning
We run a rotary brush and HEPA vacuum through the full vent line, from the dryer transition to the exterior hood. On a typical Manor lot, that’s an hour of work. On acreage properties where runs stretch longer or flex through odd framing, it takes longer and we price accordingly. Lint comes out, but so does whatever else got in: ash, creosote dust if you burn wood, rodent nesting, dead insects, and the occasional tennis ball.
Dryer Vent Inspection
Some Manor homeowners call us because their dryer takes two cycles to dry a load and they don’t know why. We inspect before we clean. That means opening the transition, checking for crushed flexible line, running a camera through the run, and confirming the exterior flap actually opens. On newer tract homes, we often find the builder’s foil transition crushed behind the dryer from day one. On older rural homes, we find mouse nests at the hood. Both are visible problems we can show you photos of before we fix anything.
Animal Nest Removal from Exterior Vent Hoods
Manor’s long warm season is basically an open invitation for birds and wasps to set up inside vent hoods. The flap jams shut, the dryer overheats, and lint backs up into the wall. We clear the nest, clean the hood, and check that the flapper moves freely. If the hood is damaged or flimsy, we replace it with a rigid metal hood that seals better than the plastic ones builders install. This is a bigger issue on larger lots near Manor where trees sit close to the roofline, but we’ve pulled nests from subdivision homes too.
Transition Replacement
A lot of what we do on recent Manor construction is replacing foil or vinyl transitions with rigid or semi-rigid metal. The builder-grade material behind a dryer in a tight laundry nook gets crushed the first time someone pushes the appliance back against the wall. Crushed transition means restricted airflow from the very start. We re-route the dryer with proper semi-rigid ducting, which moves air cleanly and doesn’t crimp.
What happens when you call
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A real person answersNo phone trees — you reach a local pro.
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You get an upfront price rangeHonest numbers before anyone is dispatched.
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A background-checked tech heads outLicensed & insured, dispatched right away.
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You approve before work beginsNothing starts until you say go.
Trusted Brands We Service in Manor
We install and service vent components from Olympia Chimney and other manufacturer-recognized lines, not whatever’s cheapest on the shelf at the hardware store. The same brands chimney professionals specify for commercial work are the ones we carry on the truck when we head out to Manor. That matters on a vent run that has to handle lint, ash, creosote dust, and the occasional rodent. Our Dryer Vent Cleaning team keeps rigid and semi-rigid ducting, quality hoods, and proper connectors in stock so we’re not making homeowners wait on a parts order for a fix we found during the visit.
Common Dryer Vent Cleaning Problems We See in Manor Homes
- Crushed foil transitions in new tract construction. Stonewater, Lagos, and other Manor subdivisions built since 2000 often have flexible foil line behind the dryer that was crushed during install. The dryer runs hot, takes forever, and pushes lint into places it shouldn’t go.
- Bird and wasp nests in exterior hoods during the warm months. Manor’s long stretch of warm weather means hoods stay fouled for half the year before anyone notices. The dryer overheats, the flap stays shut, and lint compacts inside the wall cavity.
- Wood-stove homes loading vents with ash and creosote dust. On acreage east of Manor where wood stoves run all winter, blankets and clothes carry fine ash. That dust mixes with lint, packs the vent faster than plain lint, and the annual cleaning interval gets missed because the lint trap looks fine.
- Long flexible runs on larger lots that accumulate moisture and animal material. Rural Manor homes often route vents through exterior walls with poor insulation. Condensation forms in the run during hard freezes, lint sticks to the moisture, and rodents nest in the warm dead air. It’s a compounding problem that a short rigid run in a newer subdivision just doesn’t have.
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AfterPricing for Dryer Vent Cleaning in Manor, TX
A standard dryer vent cleaning for a single-story Manor home runs between $129 and $189. If the run is longer, which is common on acreage properties, or requires disassembling part of the transition to clear a crushed line, expect $189 to $229. Inspections run $75 to $120 when booked as a standalone service, and they’re included for free when we’re already cleaning. Our pricing is flat, quoted before we begin, and confirmed by phone or in person. Call (877) 274-1247 for an exact quote based on your address.
We Also Serve Cities Near Manor
Our Manor service area extends to Hornsby Bend and Pflugerville to the west, Elgin to the east, and Windemere just to the southwest. If you’re on the edge of Manor’s 78653 ZIP or just past it in one of those communities, we’ll still quote you the same flat price and schedule you the same week.
Serving Manor, TX — Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Manor 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 – Dryer Vent Cleaning in Manor
Every six to nine months, not the annual interval most sources recommend. Wood-stove households load dryer vents with ash and creosote dust that plain lint-only homes never see, and the packing happens faster than most people expect. If you burn wood all winter in Manor, book your dryer vent cleaning after the burning season and again mid-fall. Call (877) 274-1247 and tell us you heat with wood so we schedule accordingly.
Yes, and not just for lint. Newer tract homes in Manor often have crushed flexible transitions from the original build, which restricts airflow from day one. We’ve also removed bird and wasp nesting from exterior hoods on homes less than five years old. The vent doesn’t need to be old to be loaded; it just needs a builder-grade install and a long Texas warm season. We inspect new homes with the same thoroughness as old rural ones because the failure modes are just different.
Yes, we service rural and acreage properties across Manor and the surrounding corridor. Long runs, odd framing, and hard-to-reach hoods are routine for us. We’ve worked on homes with vents that exit through roofs, through crawl spaces, and through exterior walls fifteen feet from the dryer. We carry extension equipment and we’re comfortable with older rural construction, which is part of why people off the highway call us back.
Clothes that need two cycles to dry, a dryer that’s hot to the touch on the outside, a burning smell when it runs, or an exterior flap that doesn’t open during the cycle. None of those are normal dryer behavior. If the vent run is choked with lint and ash, the dryer works harder, runs hotter, and can trip its thermal fuse. We diagnose the vent first because that’s the most common culprit in Manor, especially on wood-stove properties where ash packs the run silently.
Yes, and on rural Manor properties where wood stoves are the primary heat source, we recommend it. The same ash and creosote that’s loading your dryer vent is doing worse things inside your flue. We’re a full-service chimney and dryer vent company, so we can sweep the stove pipe, inspect the flue, and clean the dryer run in one appointment. That’s the Boardwalk model: one call covers the whole combustion system. Book both for one visit by calling (877) 274-1247.
Key Takeaways
- Dryer vent cleaning in Manor runs $129 – $229, with acreage properties and animal nest removal on the higher end.
- Manor’s mix of new tract homes and older wood-stove acreage means two very different failure modes: crushed builder transitions in subdivisions, ash-loaded flexible runs on rural lots.
- Wood-stove households should clean dryer vents every 6 – 9 months, not annually.
- We inspect chimneys and dryer vents on the same visit, so one call covers both combustion hazards.
- Written by Brent Holloway, Owner at Boardwalk Chimney Sweep, serving Manor and the surrounding area with chimney and dryer vent services.
Written by Brent Holloway, Owner at Boardwalk Chimney Sweep, serving Manor since the company’s founding year.