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 Seabrook
Dryer vent cleaning in Seabrook typically costs $129 to $249 depending on vent run length, accessibility, and how long it’s been since the last cleaning. Most jobs are finished in about an hour. If you live in Seabrook, especially near Galveston Bay or on a pier-and-beam foundation, your dryer vent works harder than it should because salt-laden humid air accelerates corrosion and lint packs tighter against moisture. That’s not speculation. Our crew sees it every week in homes from El Mar to Seabrook Island. Call (713) 936-5800 and we’ll give you a written price before any work starts.
Why Hollis Air Duct Houston Is Seabrook’s Preferred Dryer Vent Cleaning Company
Hollis Air Duct Houston has been cleaning dryer vents in Seabrook since 2004 as part of the Garrison Partners family. Roy Castellanos runs our Houston operation, and the standard he holds every tech to is simple: arrive inside the quoted window, put the price in writing before touching the vent, do the job by the book, and leave the site cleaner than you found it. We call it The Garrison Code, and it’s not a slogan. It’s the checklist every technician carries.
Seabrook homeowners call us because we answer the phone with a live person, 24 hours a day, seven days a week. No voicemail loops. When you call about a blocked dryer vent on a Saturday after a coastal storm pushed salt spray through your exterior hood, you talk to a person who can schedule you. Our technicians are background-checked and uniformed. You’ll know who’s walking into your home. And every job carries our Dryer Vent Cleaning 365-Day Done Right Promise: if the cleaning fails within a year, we return at no charge and make it right. That includes a free second visit, in writing, on every invoice.
Styles & brands we work with
Dryer Vent Cleaning Service in Seabrook
Dryer Vent Cleaning in Seabrook means more than running a brush through a pipe. In this city, the job starts with an inspection of the full vent run, including the exterior hood, because bay air corrodes galvanized pipe faster than inland air ever will. We use professional-grade equipment from Rotobrush and Nikro. A rotary brush system breaks loose packed lint while negative-air pressure captures it before it enters your laundry room. The result is a vent that moves air freely again, which cuts drying times and removes fuel that feeds dryer fires.
Lint Removal and Camera Inspection
We run a camera through the vent after cleaning when access allows, especially on elevated Seabrook homes where the vent runs exposed under the pier foundation. That camera shows blockages a brush can’t reach and spots rust perforations in the pipe wall before they turn into a lint-blowing, moisture-spewing failure inside your crawlspace.
Vent Hood and Bird Guard Check
Seabrook exterior vent hoods collect sea grass, salt crust, and the occasional nesting material from coastal birds. We clean the hood, verify the damper opens and closes correctly, and can install a bird guard so you don’t repeat the problem next migration season.
Dryer Vent Installation in Seabrook
Dryer Vent Installation in Seabrook is a different job than cleaning, and post-storm inspections are where we see the line between the two most clearly. If water intrusion from a coastal storm soaked the lint already packed in your vent run, you don’t have a cleaning problem. You have a replacement problem. Molded lint becomes a solid, fire-prone mass that no brush will break apart. In those cases, we recommend replacing the affected section with corrosion-resistant stainless steel pipe, not patching galvanized that’s already compromised by salt spray.
Rerouting Long Pier-Foundation Runs
Many Seabrook homes from the 1970s through the 1990s sit on stilts or piers due to floodplain requirements. Their dryer vents run longer and more exposed to outside air than a slab-home vent in a Houston suburb. When a vent run exceeds 25 feet or makes more than two turns, we often recommend a reroute to shorten the path and reduce the lint load that accumulates inside. We quote it in writing, with no price movement at the door.
Stainless Steel Replacement
Where a homeowner wants to stop fighting salt corrosion permanently, we install stainless steel vent pipe and elbows. It costs more than galvanized upfront, but in Seabrook’s bay-front environment, galvanized is a losing battle long-term. We’ll show you the corrosion on your existing pipe before we quote the replacement, so you’re deciding with your own eyes.
Trusted Brands We Service in Seabrook
Our Seabrook work includes dryer vents attached to every major laundry brand you’d find in a coastal Texas home: Whirlpool, Maytag, LG, Samsung, GE, Speed Queen, and Electrolux. Because bayside air demands faster service on corroded components, we keep common vent elbows, hoods, bird guards, and foil transition hoses on our Houston trucks that serve Seabrook daily. That means no waiting on a special order when your vent hood has rusted through and needs replacement the same week. We also use Aprilaire and Honeywell filtration knowledge to explain how your dryer vent and your home’s broader air system interact, particularly in humid, salt-exposed environments like Seabrook.
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AfterCommon Dryer Vent Cleaning Problems We See in Seabrook Homes
- Salt corrosion on galvanized vent pipe: Bay air eats the zinc coating off galvanized ductwork, leaving pinhole leaks that blow hot, lint-filled air into your crawlspace. We check for this on every cleaning because it’s a Seabrook-specific failure mode.
- Post-storm water intrusion turning lint into a solid mass: When storm surge or driving rain gets into the vent, the lint already inside wets and mats down. Once it dries, it becomes a hardened obstruction that standard cleaning tools cannot remove without replacement.
- Exterior hoods crusted with salt and sea grass: The hood at the end of your vent run faces Galveston Bay’s spray directly. Salt crust and wind-blown vegetation block the damper, which forces moisture back into the vent and accelerates corrosion inside the pipe.
- Long exposed runs under pier foundations: Elevated homes have vent runs that climb from the laundry room down through the floor and across the open air under the house. Those runs collect moisture from humidity alone, and homeowners often forget the outside section when checking for blockages.
Pricing for Dryer Vent Cleaning in Seabrook, TX
A standard dryer vent cleaning in Seabrook runs $129 to $189 for a single-story home with a direct vent run under 15 feet. Two-story homes and elevated pier homes with longer runs typically fall between $169 and $249. If the vent already has a bird guard, that adds a few minutes but not much cost. If we find damage during the inspection, like a rusted elbow or a blocked hood, we quote the repair or replacement separately and in writing before we do the work. You approve the number, then we move. Call (713) 936-5800 for a free estimate. We’ll give you a firm price, not a range that moves once we’re on site.
We Also Serve Cities Near Seabrook
While this page focuses on Seabrook, our crews also serve League City, Webster, La Porte, and Baytown. The salt air, humidity, and coastal weather don’t stop at the city line, and neither do we. If you’re in one of those nearby communities, call (713) 936-5800 and ask the same pricing questions we answer here for Seabrook homeowners.
Serving Seabrook, TX - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Seabrook 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 Seabrook
If water entered the vent during a storm, you likely need replacement, not cleaning. Wet lint mats into a hardened, fire-prone mass that a brush alone cannot safely remove. We inspect first, run a camera when accessible, and show you what we found. Only then do we quote replacement, section by section, in writing. Call (713) 936-5800 to schedule an inspection if your vent took on water.
Yes. Exposed vent runs under elevated Seabrook homes collect salt spray, humidity, and storm-blown moisture directly against the pipe. That rusts galvanized ductwork quickly and blocks airflow faster than an interior wall vent. We inspect the full exposed run on every cleaning and recommend stainless steel replacement where corrosion has already started.
It absolutely does. Homes within a mile of Galveston Bay see salt-laden air that attacks the zinc coating on galvanized vent pipe, creating pinhole leaks that blow lint and moisture into the crawlspace. That’s why our Seabrook cleanings include a rust check as standard practice. Inland Houston suburbs simply don’t face the same failure mode.
We provide before-and-after photos of the vent interior, a written description of what we found, and a replacement quote if one is warranted. Our crew documented a 1980s elevated home in the Clear Lake Forest area where a galvanized elbow had rusted through from salt spray, and the homeowner used our camera images and written findings for an insurance claim. That documentation is standard on every Seabrook job where water damage is involved.
Yes, and most Seabrook homeowners do both together-scheduling Air Duct Cleaning in Seabrook alongside dryer vent service-because the same humid, salt-laden air affects both systems. Your AC ducts collect mold on the supply side within a mile of the bay, and your dryer vent corrodes from the outside in. Scheduling both at once saves a second trip charge and gives you a complete picture of the air moving through your home. Call (713) 936-5800 to ask about bundled pricing.
If your dryer takes two cycles to dry towels, or you can’t remember the last time the vent was cleaned, call Hollis Air Duct Houston at (713) 936-5800. We’ll schedule you, show up inside the window, hand you a written price, and get the lint out. That’s how we’ve done it in Seabrook since day one.
Written by Roy Castellanos, Owner at Hollis Air Duct Houston, serving Seabrook since 2004.