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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 The Hills
Dryer vent cleaning in The Hills typically runs $149 – $289 for a standard single-dryer home, and most jobs take 60 – 90 minutes from setup to final airflow test. If you live in one of the 78738 custom homes off Ranch Road 620 or up around the Yaupon Creek area, we can usually get to you within a day or two. The Hills presents a specific problem: mature live oaks drop acorns and leaves directly onto exterior vent hoods, and most of those hoods sit on stone walls with long duct runs behind them. That’s why we treat every vent as a full system check, not just a brush-through. Call (877) 274-1247 to book a sweep, and we’ll confirm the price before we start.
Why Boardwalk Chimney Sweep Is The Hills’s Preferred Dryer Vent Cleaning Company
We work throughout The Hills on a regular schedule, so our crew knows the housing stock here: mostly 1990s-to-2010s custom builds with limestone or stone-faced exteriors, multi-flue chimneys, and outdoor fireplaces. That matters because dryer vents in this area are almost never a simple straight pipe to the roof. They’re long runs with two or three elbows, often routed behind stone veneer or through chases that were never designed for easy access. When we clean a vent in The Hills, we’re not just pulling lint; we’re also checking the hood termination, the pest screen, and the exterior seal where wind-driven rain from Hill Country storms finds its way in.
Boardwalk Chimney Sweep is led by Brent Holloway, and the same crew that sweeps your chimney also handles your dryer vent. That’s the point of what we do: one call, two fire hazards addressed. The National Fire Protection Association identifies dryer vent clogs as a leading cause of residential fires, and the lint you can’t see inside the wall is the lint that burns. We don’t sub out the work, and we don’t hand you a pressure-sale on repairs. We show you what the camera sees, and we tell you honestly if something can wait.
Our service area includes all of The Hills and the surrounding Lake Travis corridor, so we schedule based on real drive time, not a zip code radius. If you’re off Flintrock Road or up near the golf course, we know the route. Booking a full chimney sweep plus dryer vent cleaning in the same visit is common here, and it saves you a second service call. More on that below.
Styles & brands we work with
Our Dryer Vent Cleaning Services in The Hills
Dryer Vent Cleaning
We start on the roof or exterior wall where your vent terminates, then work inward with a rotary brush and vacuum. Most homes in The Hills have vent hoods capped with a louvered flap or a pest screen, and those screens are where acorns and live-oak leaves collect. A standard clean includes removing the exterior hood, brushing the full duct run, vacuuming from both ends, and running an airflow test to confirm velocity before we leave. For a typical 2000s custom home with a 15-to-25-foot run, expect the whole job to take about an hour.
Dryer Vent Hood Inspection and Repair
The hood is the weak point in The Hills, full stop. Hailstones dent the flap, wind tears the hinge, and oak debris clogs the opening so lint backs up into the duct. We inspect the hood on every visit and replace bent or corroded units with louvered all-metal hoods that close tight against pests and weather. A damaged hood that lets rain into the duct can cause a mold smell that homeowners often mistake for a chimney problem. If your hood is original to the house and the house was built in the 1990s, it’s worth a look.
Lint Trap and Duct Airflow Testing
We test static pressure and airflow at the dryer connection and at the exterior termination. A long run with elbows, common in The Hills because of stone wall layouts, will have measurable resistance even when the duct is clean. We’ll tell you if your run is within safe tolerance, and if it’s not, we’ll explain what’s causing the bottleneck. Sometimes it’s the trap screen itself: a fabric-softener residue film can coat the screen and cut airflow dramatically. We clean that, test again, and show you the before-and-after numbers.
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 The Hills
We’re a full-service chimney and dryer-vent specialist, and we carry repair components from the same manufacturers chimney professionals specify nationwide: DuraFlex, HeatShield, Gelco, Olympia Chimney, and Copperfield. For dryer vent work specifically, we stock common hood sizes and rigid duct sections in the truck, so a broken hood on a stone wall off Yaupon Creek Drive doesn’t need a second visit. If an inspection turns up a dryer duct issue that goes beyond cleaning, we fix it with the same brand-name component and show you the flaw before we charge for the work.
For the chimney side, HeatShield resurfacing is the solution that lets us restore a liner without a full tear-out, and DuraFlex liner installation works in the offset flues we see on tall stone chimneys all over The Hills. Built to last the next decade, not the next inspection.
Common Dryer Vent Cleaning Problems We See in The Hills Homes
- Acorn and leaf-clogged exterior hoods. Live oaks hang directly over most roof and wall terminations in 78738. Acorns drop into the hood, the louver jams one-third open, and the next lint load snags on the edge of the flap. We’ve pulled hoods packed solid with a season’s worth of acorn fragments.
- Long, elbow-heavy runs behind stone veneer. Custom homes here weren’t built for easy mechanical access. A dryer duct with two or three 90-degree elbows behind a limestone wall is a lint collector at every joint. Cleaning that properly means a rotary brush with enough torque to make the elbows, not just a vacuum from one end.
- Storm-damaged vent hoods. Spring hailstorms in the Hill Country dent the hoods, crack the plastic retainers, and push the flap off its hinge. Once the seal breaks, wind-driven rain gets in. The first sign is usually a slight musty smell near the laundry room, not water on the floor.
- Fabric-softener residue on the lint screen. This isn’t unique to The Hills, but it’s more damaging in homes with long duct runs. The film clogs the screen mesh, static pressure rises, and the dryer runs hotter and longer. If your dryer used to finish a load in one cycle and now takes two, this is often why.
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AfterPricing for Dryer Vent Cleaning in The Hills, TX
A standard dryer vent cleaning for a single-dryer home in The Hills runs $149 – $189. If the run is longer than 30 feet or has more than two elbows, expect $189 – $289. A hood replacement adds $35 – $85 depending on the hood type and wall material. Stone walls take longer; that’s just the reality of drilling into limestone versus siding.
| Service | Typical Range in The Hills |
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| Standard dryer vent cleaning (up to 25 ft, 2 elbows) | $149 – $189 |
| Extended run (30+ ft or 3+ elbows) | $189 – $289 |
| Dryer vent hood replacement | $35 – $85 |
| Airflow test and report (included with cleaning) | Included |
| Bundled chimney sweep + dryer vent cleaning | $40 – $60 off the combined total |
The bundled price is what most The Hills homeowners choose. You get both fire hazards addressed in one visit, and we’re already on the roof for the chimney anyway. Call (877) 274-1247 for an exact quote. Estimates are free, and we confirm the price before the brush touches the duct.
We Also Serve Cities Near The Hills
Our routes cover The Hills and the surrounding Lake Travis communities, including Bee Cave, Lakeway, Briarcliff, and Barton Creek. If you’re on the edge of 78738 or a few minutes down the road, we’ll fit you into the same day’s schedule when we’re already in the area.
Serving The Hills, TX — Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the The Hills 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 The Hills
Every 12 months is the right interval for most homes in The Hills, but if your vent hood terminates under a live-oak canopy and you run the dryer twice a week or more, every 6 to 9 months is safer. The oak canopy accelerates clogging because acorns, leaves, and pollen hit the hood constantly, not just during one season. A quick check after a heavy acorn drop in fall is worth doing. If you’re not sure whether yours needs it, call (877) 274-1247 and we’ll walk you through what to look for, or schedule a look in person.
Yes, significantly. The hood is the first spot to clog, and once the louvers or screen are partially blocked, lint that would normally blow out fully just sits in the duct and compacts at the elbows. We see this constantly in The Hills. On a recent job off Yaupon Creek Drive, our crew pulled a hood packed with acorns and live-oak leaves from a 2000s stone home, then snaked a 25-foot run with two elbows that had a lint screen clogged solid. Airflow nearly doubled and the homeowner reported the dryer finishing a load in one cycle again. We finished by adding a pest-resistant hood cover and checking the exterior termination for wind-driven rain intrusion, a common issue after spring storms.
Check the exterior hood first: dents, a missing or hanging flap, cracks in the frame, or the hood sitting loose against the wall. Then go inside and run the dryer on high heat with your hand near the exterior termination; if the air feels weak or you smell a musty odor near the laundry area, water or debris may be trapped in the duct. Hailstones in Hill Country storms routinely dent hoods and break the louver hinge. If you see damage, call (877) 274-1247 before the next rain; a broken hood lets wind-driven rain straight into the duct.
Yes. When lint compacts at the elbows and reduces airflow, the dryer’s heating element runs longer and hotter to maintain the cycle. The result is a hot laundry room and a burning smell that can start as a faint electrical odor or a dry, dusty smoke smell. It’s a serious warning sign. In a long run, the deepest lint is usually not reachable with a consumer vacuum attachment, so the smell often returns within a month or two. Have the duct brushed and airflow-tested. Call (877) 274-1247 to have us check the whole run.
Yes, that’s most of the homes in this area. We’re used to drilling into limestone for hood replacements, accessing ducts behind stone veneer, and working around tall rooflines. The same visit can include dryer vent cleaning plus a chimney sweep if you have both combustion hazards on the property. One call, two fire hazards addressed. Call (877) 274-1247 and we’ll build the service around your home’s specific layout.
Why The Hills Homeowners Call Us First
In The Hills’ 78738 custom homes, dryer vents often terminate on the exterior stone wall under heavy live-oak canopy, where acorn caches and leaf litter block the hood, and the long, elbow-heavy runs behind stone veneer make airflow sluggish from the day the house was built. That means Dryer Vent Cleaning here is as much about clearing canopy debris from the outside hood as it is about snaking the duct. A lot of companies run a brush through and call it done. We don’t, because the outside hood is the problem in this neighborhood, and if we skip it, you’re calling us back in six months.
The local storm pattern adds another layer. Spring hailstorms and wind events in the Hill Country dislodge hoods, crack flashing, and drive water into duct runs that were fine a week earlier. Our inspection after cleaning checks for all of that. If we can’t clear a clog or the duct is damaged beyond cleaning, we say so plainly and show you the camera footage. You’re never taking our word for a repair you can’t verify. That’s the honest way to do it, and it’s why we’ll keep servicing The Hills as long as the oaks keep dropping acorns.
Call (877) 274-1247 for a free estimate, or to schedule a dryer vent cleaning – and ask about bundling a chimney sweep to save on the combined visit.
Written by Brent Holloway, Owner at Boardwalk Chimney Sweep, serving The Hills and the Lake Travis corridor.