Vent Cleaning in New Braunfels, TX

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Whole-system duct and dryer vent check with before-and-after photos - you see exactly what came out of your vents

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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.

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Vent Cleaning in New Braunfels, TX

Dryer vent cleaning in New Braunfels typically runs $99-$229 depending on vent length, configuration, and how much lint has compacted at the bends. Most appointments wrap up in under 90 minutes, and every one of them starts with a written price before any equipment comes off the truck. That’s not a policy we bend on.

This page covers the vent cleaning side of our Dryer Vent Cleaning in New Braunfels service – specifically what goes wrong inside a dryer exhaust duct, what we do about it, and what you’ll have in your hand when we leave. If you’ve landed here because your dryer is running slow, your laundry room smells musty, or you simply can’t remember the last time the vent was cleared, you’re in the right place.

Tomas Reyes started CleanRun in 2013 with one rule that’s still in place today: show the customer what’s actually inside the duct before you tell them what it costs to fix it. That approach has held across more than 52,000 homes served. Every job ends with a Documented Photo Record of the vent run before and after the work – not a verbal summary, a physical record you can keep. Call (830) 549-6847 and a live person will answer.

When You Need Vent Cleaning

Dryer vents in New Braunfels deal with conditions that accelerate lint accumulation faster than homeowners expect. The humidity that rolls in off Canyon Lake and the Guadalupe River keeps lint damp, which means it sticks to duct walls rather than blowing through cleanly. Homes built during the construction boom along FM 306 and in the Veramendi development often have longer vent runs with multiple 90-degree elbows – each one a lint trap. Here’s what to watch for:

• Drying time has doubled or worse. A load that used to take 45 minutes now takes an hour and a half. Restricted airflow is the most common reason, and lint blockage at the first elbow is usually what the camera finds.
• The exterior wall cap barely moves. Walk outside while the dryer runs and put your hand near the exhaust cap. You should feel a firm stream of warm air. A weak trickle means the vent is partially – or significantly – blocked.
• The dryer itself runs hot to the touch. When exhaust can’t exit freely, heat backs up into the cabinet. This puts thermal stress on the motor and heating element and creates the conditions that lead to dryer fires. This is not a symptom to monitor – it’s a symptom to act on.
• Your laundry room smells musty or faintly burned. Musty odors often mean moisture is trapped in the vent by a lint clog. A faint burning smell means lint has already been contacting heat – a more urgent situation.
• The vent was last cleaned more than 12 months ago. For a household running four or more loads per week – common in the larger homes in Stone Gate and the Hunter’s Creek area – annual cleaning is a floor, not a ceiling.
• The duct was recently damaged or disconnected. In the attic runs that serve second-floor laundry rooms, flex duct connections can separate at joints. When that happens, hot lint-laden air exhausts into the attic cavity instead of outside – a separate problem that shows up during our camera inspection before we quote anything.

Our Vent Cleaning Process

We don’t arrive and start making noise. The first thing we do is a Dryer Vent Inspection to look at what we’re working with, document it, and hand you a written price. Here’s the sequence on every vent cleaning job in New Braunfels:

1. Pre-work inspection and written price. The technician traces the full vent path from the dryer connection to the exterior cap, checks for damaged flex duct sections, identifies the number of elbows, and measures total run length. The camera goes in before any cleaning begins – so you see exactly what’s inside before you agree to anything. The written price comes next. Haven Standard Clause 1: no work starts without it.
2. Dryer disconnection and access setup. We disconnect the dryer from the wall fitting and pull it out far enough to access the transition duct – the flexible section connecting the dryer to the rigid duct system. This section is one of the highest-accumulation points on most systems and is documented separately in the photo record.
3. Negative-pressure extraction. We attach a collection unit to the exterior cap end of the duct and create negative pressure – meaning the system draws air toward the outside rather than pushing debris back into the room. This step matters. A shop vac run from the laundry room end pushes loose lint forward, but it doesn’t address material packed at the elbows. Our Nikro equipment is built for this kind of extraction in residential duct configurations.
4. Rotary brush cleaning through the full run. A spinning brush is run through the duct from the dryer end, working through each elbow and the full length of the rigid section. The rotation loosens compacted lint from the duct walls while the negative pressure at the far end carries it out. We do not stop at the visible section of duct – the full run gets worked, including any bends in the wall cavity or attic.
5. Exterior cap and bird guard inspection. We check the wall cap and any attached screen or bird guard for blockage, corrosion, or flap failure. A stuck-closed flap will block airflow nearly as badly as a lint clog, and it’s one of the most commonly overlooked issues on New Braunfels homes with south- or west-facing exterior walls that have taken years of direct sun.
6. Post-work documentation and airflow verification. The camera goes back in after cleaning. You receive before-and-after photographs of every section of the vent run as part of your standard job record. We also verify airflow at the exterior cap with the dryer running before we reconnect and move equipment out. If the airflow reading is below acceptable range – which occasionally happens when a duct has a partial crush or a disconnected joint – we document that finding in writing and present it alongside the photos before discussing any additional work.

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Vent Cleaning Pricing in New Braunfels

Dryer Vent Cleaning services in New Braunfels run $99-$229 for the large majority of residential jobs. The written price you receive before work starts will land somewhere in that range, or outside it if there’s a specific condition that changes the scope – and if that happens, we’ll explain exactly why in plain language before you decide anything.

What moves the number: vent length is the biggest factor. A standard single-story ranch in New Braunfels with a laundry room on an exterior wall is a short, straightforward run. A two-story home in Vintage Oaks or a slab home where the laundry room is interior – meaning the duct runs through the wall, across the attic, and out the soffit or roof – can be two to three times as long and have four or more elbows. More length and more bends mean more time and more passes with the rotary brush.

The Documented Photo Record, the pre-work camera inspection, and the written price are included on every job at every price point. There is no version of a CleanRun appointment where you get those things taken away because the job is smaller.

If you have a written estimate from another company, bring it. We’ll put our number next to it in writing – that’s the Free Second Opinion, available at no cost.

Call (830) 549-6847 to get your written price scheduled – a live person answers every call.

FAQs – Vent Cleaning

How often should dryer vents be cleaned in New Braunfels?

Once per year is the standard for a household doing four or more loads of laundry per week. Homes in New Braunfels with longer vent runs – particularly those in two-story builds in Veramendi or Hunter’s Creek, where the duct routes through the attic – often accumulate lint faster than that because each additional elbow traps material. If your dryer runs multiple cycles back-to-back daily, twice a year is worth considering. When we do the pre-work inspection, we photograph what’s inside the duct and tell you what we actually found – that’s a more reliable guide than any calendar-based rule.

Is dryer vent cleaning something I can do myself?

For a very short, straight run with no elbows, a homeowner-grade brush kit can move surface lint. But most dryer vents in New Braunfels homes are not short or straight – they run 15 to 35 feet with multiple direction changes, and lint compacts at the elbows in a way that a push-through brush won’t address without negative-pressure extraction pulling it out from the far end. Doing it halfway often just moves loose lint further into the duct while the packed material at the bends stays exactly where it was. The fire risk associated with compacted lint near a heat source is real, and it’s the kind of risk that isn’t worth splitting the difference on. Call (830) 549-6847 and we’ll tell you exactly what your vent looks like before you decide what to do.

What’s included in the written price and does it change after the job starts?

The written price covers the full vent cleaning for the scope documented during the pre-work inspection – camera inspection, full rotary brush pass, negative-pressure extraction, exterior cap check, airflow verification, and the Documented Photo Record. If the camera finds something that changes the scope – a disconnected joint, a crushed section, a failed exterior cap – we stop, show you the photos, and write a new price for the additional work before doing anything. The original written price does not change. That is Haven Standard Clause 1, and it applies on every job without exception. There is no version of a CleanRun appointment where work expands without a new written price in front of you first.

How long does a vent cleaning appointment take in New Braunfels?

Most standard residential vent cleanings in New Braunfels take 60 to 90 minutes from setup to the post-work airflow verification. A longer or more complex run – attic routing, roof exhaust, or a vent that hasn’t been serviced in several years – can run closer to two hours. We don’t give you a time estimate until we’ve seen the vent configuration on the day of the appointment, because we won’t quote time any more than we’ll quote price without seeing what we’re actually working with.

What You Get When the Truck Leaves

The deliverables on every vent cleaning job are the same regardless of job size or price point. You receive a written record of the scope performed, before-and-after photographs of every section of the vent run, and documentation of any findings noted during the inspection. The 365-Day Done Right Promise is on every job in writing – if something isn’t right within 365 days of the date of service, we come back and make it right. That’s not subject to manager approval or fine print interpretation. It’s written on the job record you keep.

Tomas Reyes built CleanRun around the idea that a customer who can see what was done – and what it looked like before – doesn’t need to take anyone’s word for it. That’s what the photo record is for. It’s also why the written price comes before the first panel comes off, and why the 365-Day Promise is in writing rather than in a tagline.

This service sits within our broader home service offerings, all operated under the same documented, evidence-first standard.

To schedule a vent cleaning in New Braunfels or to get a written price before committing to anything, call (830) 549-6847. A live person answers every call, and the estimate is free.

Written by Tomas Reyes, Owner at CleanRun Air Duct Cleaning New Braunfels, serving New Braunfels since 2013.