Every year, thousands of Austin homeowners discover the hard way that a clogged dryer vent is more than a nuisance—it is a fire hazard, an energy hog, and a silent destroyer of appliance life-span. Knowing what dryer vent cleaning Austin cost really looks like helps residential contractors, remodelers, and owner-builders price projects accurately and protect clients’ investments. CountBricks has analyzed hundreds of Central Texas service tickets and folded the data into our AI estimate engine so you get precise numbers in seconds.
Home-only service: $120 – $185 per visit
Multistory or roof exit vents: $185 – $275 per visit
Complex retrofits during remodels: $300 – $450, including new duct materials and fire-rated enclosures
Because CountBricks draws from live supplier catalogs and local labor indices, these figures update automatically inside your project dashboard. Visit CountBricks.com/services to see the latest pricing feed.
• Vent path length and number of turns
• Roof vs. wall termination (roof requires harnesses and two-person crew)
• Accessibility behind cabinetry or stacked washer-dryer units
• Presence of outdated foil or plastic flex duct that must be replaced with rigid metal
• Bundling the task with other HVAC or finish-out work, reducing trip charges
1. Energy Code Compliance – 2021 IRC Section M1502 sets strict limits on vent length; ignoring cleaning costs when rerouting ducts can blow a budget.
2. Scheduling Efficiency – A plugged vent adds 20-40 minutes to each laundry cycle, delaying trades that rely on temporary dryer use to heat fire-stop sealants or coatings during final punch.
3. Liability Reduction – Austin Fire Department statistics record dozens of dryer-vent-related fires annually. Documenting a professional cleaning in your close-out package shifts risk away from the builder.
Traditional estimating software treats dryer vent cleaning as a flat allowance. CountBricks does more:
• Voice-to-estimate: Speak “clean 30-foot roof exit vent and replace foil duct” into the app; the AI auto-builds labor, material, and equipment lines in under five seconds.
• Geo-priced labor: Our platform pings Austin-area W-2 wage tables every 24 hours to keep rates fresh.
• Smart bundling: If you already added “dryer vent reroute” during design, the system suggests a combined trip with cleaning for a 12 % labor savings.
1. Pre-inspection with borescope and airflow meter
2. Disconnect appliance and protect finished floors with drop cloths
3. Mechanical brushing from interior to exterior termination
4. HEPA vacuum of lint, nails, and drywall dust
5. Re-seal joints with UL-listed foil tape (never duct tape)
6. Post-clean airflow verification and client sign-off
CountBricks templates embed these steps so field crews follow the same standard on every job.
Bundle with appliance installs. When you already have the dryer pulled out for hookup, cleaning adds less than 30 minutes.
Specify rigid metal ducts at rough-in. They accumulate 40 % less lint, cutting future cleaning costs in half.
Offer annual maintenance plans. Use CountBricks invoicing to auto-generate reminders and recurring work orders—an effortless new revenue stream.
During a 1,400 sq ft remodel, the CountBricks team found a 22-foot plastic vent buried behind new cabinetry. Replacing it with rigid duct and performing a certified cleaning added $342 to the budget but saved the homeowner an estimated $60 per year in electricity and removed a major fire risk. The change order, estimate, and client approval were all executed through the CountBricks mobile app in under ten minutes.
A clean, code-compliant vent reduces drying time by up to 30 %. On a typical Austin utility rate, that trims roughly $0.25 per load. For a family running five loads a week, the payback on a $150 cleaning comes in just over a year—before factoring in fire-risk reduction. That is an easy upsell you can explain with the Cost-Benefit widget built into every CountBricks quote.
• Add a “before and after” airflow photo in your CountBricks quote to justify the line-item to clients.
• Schedule dryer vent cleaning on the same day as duct sealing to save mobilization costs.
• Educate homeowners on lint-trap hygiene; satisfied clients call you, not a competitor, for next year’s maintenance.
Log in to your dashboard or request a live demo at CountBricks.com/consultation. In less time than it takes to toss a load into the washer, you will have a fully formatted estimate—including current dryer vent cleaning Austin cost—ready for signature.
The owner-builder of a 2,200 sq ft infill home in Austin’s Mueller district used CountBricks from schematic design through final punch. During the MEP rough-in audit, our AI flagged the planned 28-foot dryer run as “high lint accumulation risk.” The platform suggested adding a secondary roof-exit booster fan and scheduled an initial dryer vent cleaning at project close-out.
• The voice command “add booster fan and final cleaning” inserted labor, 6-inch rigid duct, roof jack, and two cleanings into the estimate—totaling $612.
• CountBricks notification engine reminded the GC 48 hours before occupancy to book the cleaning crew, preventing costly delays in the certificate of occupancy timeline.
• Digital photos, airflow readings, and a signed homeowner maintenance agreement were stored in the CountBricks project vault, creating a verifiable paper trail for the builder’s warranty file.
1. Drying times tested 27 % faster than the neighborhood average.
2. Energy model revised downward, earning the project an Austin Energy Green Building point.
3. The builder upsold an annual cleaning plan worth $165 per visit, projected to add $1,650 in recurring revenue over the first decade.
When you integrate dryer vent cleaning into your construction workflow—and price it correctly—you protect clients, stay code-compliant, and open a new profit channel. CountBricks automates the math and paperwork so you can focus on craftsmanship. Explore our template library or schedule a walkthrough at CountBricks.com/services to see how easy it is to keep every project lint-free and on budget.
