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 South Houston
Dryer vent cleaning in South Houston typically costs $149 – $289 for a standard single-family home, and most jobs are finished in under two hours. That’s the honest range we quote before we ever park a van on your street. If you live near Spencer Highway, Allen-Genoa Road, or in the older ranch neighborhoods south of College Avenue, call us at (940) 314-5008 and we’ll give you a written price before any work begins.
South Houston’s housing stock is dense and older than what you’ll find in Pearland or Friendswood. That changes how dryer vents fail, how they need to be cleaned, and what a thorough job actually looks like. We know these homes because we work in them every week.
Why Mortons Air Duct Houston Is South Houston’s Preferred Dryer Vent Cleaning Company
Families across South Houston call us back because we write the price down before we start. No per-vent add-ons, no bait-and-switch when the crew arrives. Paul Adeyemi set the standard for Morton’s on that point back in 2005, and it hasn’t budged. Every job gets a written quote first, and every job ends with a photo of the cleanup before the crew leaves. That matters in South Houston, where humidity makes any leftover lint dust stick to floors and baseboards.
Our crews work in South Houston regularly enough to know the block-by-block quirks: the pier-and-beam homes off Shaver Road with crawlspace terminations, the 1960s apartments near Spencer Highway with shared vent stacks, the ranch houses on tight lots along Georgia Avenue with flex duct snaking through hot attics. We bring Rotobrush and Nikro equipment sized for tight closets and narrow side yards. Shoe covers and drop cloths go down before anything else, every time. Your floors stay clean even if the vent hasn’t been touched in a decade.
Scheduling is straightforward. When you call (940) 314-5008, a live person answers. Always. We coordinate dispatch from our Houston office and send a background-checked, uniformed technician to your South Houston home at a time that works around school pickups, nap schedules, and your workday.
Styles & brands we work with
Dryer Vent Repair in South Houston
Dryer vent repair in South Houston usually means fixing what years of Gulf Coast humidity have done to old vent runs. We routinely find crushed foil duct behind walls, corroded under-floor terminations, and hoods so packed with industrial soot they won’t open. A typical repair runs $180 – $320, including the parts and the labor. We’ll tell you the exact number before we cut anything out.
Collapsed or Crushed Duct Runs
Older flex duct fails. It sags in hot attics, kinks behind the dryer, and eventually collapses under its own weight. When that happens, your dryer works harder, takes longer, and pushes lint into the drum instead of out the vent. We cut out the damaged section and replace it with rigid aluminum, which holds its shape and moves air properly.
Under-Floor Termination Repairs
A lot of pre-1970 pier-and-beam homes in South Houston have dryer vents that just end under the house. That’s a design problem, not a maintenance issue. The humid air and lint dump straight into the crawlspace, where it corrodes joists and feeds mold. We can reroute those terminations through an exterior wall, install a proper hood, and bring the system up to something that actually works.
Dryer Vent Cleaning Company in South Houston
As a Dryer Vent Cleaning in South Houston company, Morton’s Air Duct Houston has cleaned vents in nearly every neighborhood between College Avenue and the Beltway. A standard cleaning costs $149 – $289 for most single-family homes. That includes the full run from the dryer connection to the exterior hood, plus camera verification when the run is long or hidden behind walls.
Full-System Lint Removal
We don’t just vacuum the first three feet behind the dryer. We clean the entire run, then remove the exterior hood, clear the flap, and vacuum out the housing. If you notice lint collecting on the grass or siding around your vent hood, you’re seeing only the surface of a blockage that usually extends several feet inside.
Camera Inspection and Verification
When a vent run is long, hidden in a wall, or shared between units, we run a camera down the entire length before and after cleaning. You’ll see the before photo showing the blockage, and the after photo showing clear metal. That’s not a fancy upsell. In South Houston’s older homes, you often can’t reach the whole run with a brush from one end, and the camera tells us exactly where the problem sits.
Trusted Brands We Service in South Houston
We service and clean dryer vent systems on all major appliance brands, keeping Rotobrush and Nikro equipment on the truck for homes where the vent run needs mechanical agitation, not just suction. We also carry Honeywell and Aprilaire components when it’s time to replace a hood, damper, or short run of duct. For South Houston customers with older homes, that means less waiting when a repair requires a specific part. We’re familiar with the local supply houses and keep the common fittings stocked on the truck, so most jobs finish same-visit.
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AfterCommon Dryer Vent Cleaning Problems We See in South Houston Homes
- Industrial soot on Spencer Highway and Allen-Genoa Road. The refineries and chemical plants nearby put a fine black dust into the air that settles on everything, including your exterior vent hood. Mixed with lint, it forms a hard plug that a standard brush won’t move. We use mechanical agitation tools to break it up.
- Under-floor vent terminations in pier-and-beam homes. Vents that end in the crawlspace trap humid air and lint under the house, where no lint trap can help. This is a South Houston signature issue, and it shows up again and again in homes built before 1970.
- Shared dryer vent stacks in older apartment buildings. In several 1960s-era complexes south of Spencer, multiple units share a single vertical stack. One tenant’s lint buildup chokes airflow for everyone above and below, and access often exists only from one unit.
- Hot attic flex duct runs. Dryer vents that run through uninsulated attics in South Houston heat up past what flexible foil is designed to handle. It sags, separates at the joints, and leaks humid lint-laden air into the attic. Rigid replacement solves it.
Pricing for Dryer Vent Cleaning in South Houston, TX
A standard single-family dryer vent cleaning in South Houston runs $149 – $289. The range accounts for vent length, accessibility, and blockage severity. A short straight run off a garage laundry on the first floor is at the low end. A two-story home with a 25-foot run through a hot attic, or a vent that’s been neglected for several years, lands higher. Dryer vent repair, including collapsed duct replacement or rerouting an under-floor termination, typically runs $180 – $320. We give you one written price for the whole job before anyone starts. No per-vent pricing, no surprise line items. Call (940) 314-5008 for a free estimate and a specific number for your home.
We Also Serve Cities Near South Houston
Our crews work throughout the Houston metro, and we regularly serve South Houston plus Pasadena, Galena Park, Channelview, and Houston. If you’re a few blocks outside South Houston proper, call us anyway. Scheduling is coordinated from our Houston office and we’ll let you know immediately if your address falls within our regular service area.
Serving South Houston, TX - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the South Houston 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 South Houston
Your friend’s newer Pearland home probably has a short, rigid vent that terminates through an exterior wall. Your South Houston home likely has a longer flex run through a hot attic or under a pier-and-beam floor, plus exposure to industrial dust that settles into the vent hood. The combination of humidity, airborne soot, and older materials means South Houston vents load up faster and harder. Most homes here need service every 12 – 18 months. Call (940) 314-5008 and we’ll tell you what your specific setup requires.
Yes. The existing run is cut back, the crawlspace termination is sealed, and a rigid aluminum run is routed through the nearest exterior wall with a proper hood and damper. It usually costs $220 – $340 depending on access and distance to the nearest wall, and it eliminates both the fire hazard and the moisture source under your house. We’ll give you a written quote before we start.
We clean from whichever unit offers access, using longer agitation tools and camera verification to confirm the full stack is clear. In practice, this means the tenant who calls usually gets the whole shared run cleared. If the stack is blocked by years of accumulated lint from multiple units, we photograph what we find and clear the full length. Property managers in South Houston’s older complexes call us for this work regularly.
That black dust is airborne industrial particulate from the nearby refineries and chemical plants mixing with your vent’s normal lint output. It settles on the hood, the siding, and eventually inside the vent run itself. Left alone, it hardens into a cement-like plug. Mechanical removal clears it. Call (940) 314-5008 for a quote, and mention the black dust so we bring the right tools.
Flex foil duct sags and separates in South Houston’s attic heat, leaking humid lint-laden air into your attic every time the dryer runs. We inspect the full attic run with a camera, remove the damaged flex, and replace it with rigid aluminum that holds its shape. If the run is accessible and under 15 feet, it’s usually part of the standard repair range. Longer attic runs may cost more, and we’ll show you why with photos before we do the work.
If you’re in South Houston and your dryer is taking two cycles to dry a load, or you see lint piling up around the vent hood, don’t wait until the dryer shuts down. Call (940) 314-5008. A live person answers, we’ll quote you a written price, and the crew will arrive with shoe covers, drop cloths, and the right equipment for your specific home.
Written by Paul Adeyemi, Owner at Mortons Air Duct Houston, serving South Houston since 2005.