Dryer Vent Inspection in Danville, CA

What a dryer vent inspection actually involves

We start at the dryer. The machine gets pulled out, the transition hose comes loose, and we look at what is behind it. Crushed foil flex shows up often here. Then a camera goes up the duct. We follow the run to its end, counting elbows and noting where it changes material. Last stop is the termination: roof jack, gable wall hood, or sidewall flap. Someone goes up or outside to see whether the damper opens.

Run type decides most of what we find. Single-story ranches with a short exterior-wall run or a garage laundry corner are usually straightforward. The 1980s-and-newer two-story tracts are the problem children: second-floor laundry, three or more elbows, a long horizontal to the gable. Condo and townhome laundry closets share stacked vertical chases, so one unit's lint is not always its own.

Things we report on: white vinyl duct still in place from the 70s and 80s, bird and roof rat nesting at uncapped jacks near the oak woodland lots, pollen and hillside dust bonded to lint at the outlet, and winter condensation in attic runs that packs loose lint into a plug.

Booster fans get tested. They fail quietly and nobody notices.