Dryer Vent Inspection in San Diego, CA

What a dryer vent inspection actually involves

First the dryer gets pulled out. The transition hose comes off at the dryer collar. We look at that hose first, since foil flex crushed behind a shallow garage alcove is the single most common fault countywide. Then a camera goes up the duct. The lens shows the interior wall, the elbows, and the termination from inside. We run the dryer and read airflow at the hood outside. Then we walk the exterior and check the cap itself.

The camera matters because the failures hide at the ends. Lint cements into roof-jack elbows on upstairs laundries. Bird nests pack screened hood caps on roof terminations. Stucco sidewall hoods get painted shut, and the flapper never opens again. On 1950s ranch tracts with under-slab or through-wall runs, we also check for crush points and old sheet metal screws catching lint.

Bring us two complaints and we take them seriously: clothes needing two or three cycles on marine-layer mornings, and grit or ash in the last few feet after a Santa Ana.

Intervals we suggest: 12–18 months for a single-story short run. Twelve months or less for two-story roof runs, upstairs laundries, big households, and any home still on foil flex.