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 Boulder City
Dryer vent cleaning in Boulder City usually costs between $149 and $289 for a standard single-family home, and most jobs are done in under two hours. If your vent runs through an original 1930s floor register or a converted gravity duct, the price lands higher because the work takes specialized tools and a camera inspection to confirm the whole run is clear. Our crew serves Boulder City from the Las Vegas dispatch office, and we stock the rigid metal cores and agitation heads needed for the older vent paths common here. Call (775) 383-5847 and we’ll give you a written price before any equipment comes off the truck.
Boulder City’s housing stock is different from anywhere else in the valley. A lot of these homes were built in the 1930s and 1940s, and their dryer vents weren’t installed as dedicated metal runs the way they are now. Some are tapped into old floor registers. Some share space with gravity-fed heating ducts. That changes how the work has to be done, and it’s why generic dryer vent cleaning that works fine in a 2005 Henderson track home won’t clear a vent on Avenue B properly.
Why Hollis Air Duct Henderson Is Boulder City’s Preferred Dryer Vent Cleaning Company
Roy Castellanos runs the Dryer Vent Cleaning in Boulder City operation with one rule: the price is written before we touch the vent, and it doesn’t move. Boulder City homeowners tell us that’s why they call. This trade has too many coupons that turn into big invoices once the tech is in the laundry room. We don’t work that way.
Every technician shows up background-checked and uniformed. Every job gets the 365-Day Done Right Promise in writing: if the vent clogs again or the work isn’t right within a year, we come back at no charge and do it again. That’s not a policy we improvise at the door. It’s written on every estimate.
Calls go to a live person, day or night. You won’t get a voicemail queue or a callback the next morning. We coordinate Boulder City runs from the Las Vegas office, so dispatch knows how far the crew is and gives you a straight answer about the arrival window. The Garrison Standard governs how every job is run: arrive inside the window, price it in writing, do the work by the book, leave the site clean.
Styles & brands we work with
Dryer Vent Cleaning Service in Boulder City
Dryer Vent Cleaning Service in Boulder City starts at $149 for a direct, accessible vent under 15 feet with an exterior outlet. Longer runs, second-story roof caps, and the gravity-duct configurations we see in older Boulder City neighborhoods push the price to $249 – $289. The job involves running a rotary brush or coil rod with a metal core through the full vent path, then pulling negative air with a Nikro or Abatement Technologies vacuum to remove loosened lint, sand, and debris. We finish with a camera inspection so you can see the interior of the vent before we pack up.
Where most dryer vent cleaning stops at the accessible portion, that’s not enough in Boulder City. If the vent ties into an original floor register or shares space with a gravity duct, the buried section holds decades of compacted lint and Mojave dust. We clear that, not just the easy part.
Full Lint and Sand Removal
Desert windstorms push fine alkaline dust into every gap, and it mixes with dryer lint into a crust that hardens like drywall compound. Plastic vent rods snap on that crust. We run rigid or flexible metal cores with agitation heads to break it up, then pull it out under negative pressure. You’ll see what came out in our collection bag before we leave.
Bird Guard and Cap Replacement
Boulder City has real bird pressure, especially near the foothills and tree-shaded lots. We inspect the exterior vent cap for nests, damaged louvers, and gaps, then install a new cap or bird guard rated for the vent size. It’s a small part that prevents a full clog and a fire hazard.
Dryer Vent Installation in Boulder City
Dryer Vent Installation in Boulder City costs between $189 and $399 for a standard rear-exit run with rigid metal duct and a new exterior cap. If the vent has to be rerouted through a wall, under a crawlspace, or off a gravity-duct conversion, the price runs higher because we’re cutting, sealing, and inspecting every joint. We give the written price before cutting starts, and the 365-Day Done Right Promise covers the installation for a full year.
The new-built homes in Boulder City are a different story. Construction crews aren’t always the ones who finish the dryer vent connection, and we’ve been called to houses where the vent was never actually hooked to the wall. Builders should have tested it. The owner shouldn’t be the one finding out during the first laundry load.
Rerouting Old Gravity-Duct Vents
When a 1940s dryer vent shares a path with the original floor register, the safest move is usually to reroute the dryer to a dedicated exterior vent. We cut a proper exit through the wall or rim joist, seal the abandoned path, and leave you with a metal run that can actually be cleaned properly from end to end.
New Home Connection Checks
If your new Boulder City house never had the dryer vent connected, you’re not the first. We pressure-test the run, connect the transition, seal the joints, and camera-inspect to confirm no construction debris is blocking the line. The builder should have done this. We’ll make it right and give you the written price before we start.
Trusted Brands We Service in Boulder City
We run professional-grade equipment from Rotobrush, Nikro, and Abatement Technologies on every Boulder City job, and we use filtration from Honeywell and Aprilaire where the duct configuration calls for it. These are the tools commercial crews use, not hardware-store gear. For the older homes in town, that matters because fragile cast iron grilles and buried vent sections need controlled agitation and negative air, not brute force. We stock the common materials for Boulder City homes locally, including rigid metal cores and bird guards sized for the vent caps on 1930s and 1940s stucco houses.
Common Dryer Vent Cleaning Problems We See in Boulder City Homes
- Sand-packed lint in converted gravity ducts. On a 1940s stucco bungalow near Avenue B, our tech found a dryer vent path running through the original floor register into a shared gravity duct. The last Mojave windstorm had packed the lint line solid. We used a Rotobrush with agitation tools and negative pressure to clear the run without cracking the fragile 1930s grille, then camera-inspected to confirm full source removal.
- Asbestos-cement vent transitions. Many older Boulder City homes have original transitions made from materials that should not be shaken or aggressively scraped. We clean these with controlled vacuum extraction and avoid vibration that can release fibers into the laundry room.
- Clogged exterior caps hidden by trees. Boulder City’s tree-shaded lots are beautiful, but branches and bird activity make the exterior cap the first place a clog starts. We inspect and replace caps before they force lint back into the home.
- New construction debris from unconnected vents. In Boulder City’s newly built homes, drywall dust and drywall screws often end up inside the vent before the drywall crew leaves. If the builder never connected the vent, the debris just sits there waiting for the first load of wet towels.
See the difference
Before
After
Before
After
Before
AfterPricing for Dryer Vent Cleaning in Boulder City, NV
A standard Dryer Vent Cleaning in Boulder City runs $149 – $189 for a direct exterior vent under 15 feet. The classic Boulder City scenario, a 1930s or 1940s home with a vent tied into a floor register or extended through the roof, runs $229 – $289 because the work takes metal-core agitation, negative air, and a camera inspection. Dryer Vent Installation falls between $189 and $399 depending on run length, wall material, and whether we’re rerouting an old gravity-duct path. The price is written before work starts, and it’s the price you pay. Call (775) 383-5847 for a free estimate specific to your vent layout.
We Also Serve Cities Near Boulder City
Our crews serve Boulder City and the surrounding communities, including Henderson, Nellis AFB, and North Las Vegas. If you’re just outside the city line, call us and we’ll tell you straight whether it’s a day we’re already dispatching near your neighborhood. You get the same written price and the same year-long promise no matter which side of the boundary you’re on.
Serving Boulder City, NV - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Boulder City 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 Boulder City
Because your lint trap only catches what comes off the clothes. The fine alkaline dust from Mojave windstorms enters through wall gaps, crawlspace vents, and the old gravity-duct paths common in 1940s Boulder City homes, then mixes with residual lint inside the vent to form a hard crust. A standard lint-brush cleaning skims the surface. You need source removal with a metal-core agitation tool and negative air to pull the sand out of the buried section. Call (775) 383-5847 and we’ll camera-inspect to show you what’s actually in there.
Yes, and we do it regularly in Boulder City. The grille comes off carefully before any tool goes in, and we use controlled agitation with a Rotobrush head sized for the register opening, plus negative air to extract debris without prying or hammering on the 1930s casting. When the grille is too fragile to safely remove, we reroute the vent to a dedicated exterior run and leave the register untouched. The price is written before we touch anything.
Unfortunately, yes, and we get calls like this in Boulder City more often than you’d think. Construction dust and drywall debris sit in the vent, and the connection to the dryer was never completed. It should have been tested at handover. We’ll pressure-test the run, clear the debris, connect and seal everything, and camera-inspect so you know it’s clear. A new house often needs this sooner than the homeowner expects.
We don’t recommend adding a MERV filter to the dryer vent itself. Dryer vents need unrestricted airflow, and a high-MERV filter creates too much backpressure. If you want to control dust entering the home, address the gaps around the vent penetration and use a quality exterior cap with a damper. For the fine alkaline dust that gets in during storms, a whole-home filtration system on the HVAC side does more good than anything attached to the dryer. We’ll explain what actually works when we’re at the house.
Check three things: whether the exterior cap opens fully when the dryer runs, whether the vent path is obstructed inside walls or floor registers, and whether the vent is made of rigid metal rather than plastic or foil. In older Boulder City homes, the biggest risk is a buried section packed with sand and lint that you can’t see from either end. That’s exactly what we inspect with a camera during every cleaning. If the vent hasn’t been cleaned in over a year, schedule an inspection. Call (775) 383-5847 and we’ll put you on the schedule with a written price up front.
Contact Us for Dryer Vent Cleaning in Boulder City
If your dryer takes longer than one cycle to dry a load, or you smell heat in the laundry room, your vent needs attention now. Boulder City’s older homes and desert dust make this a job you can’t put off. We’ll give you a written price, show up when we said we would, and stand behind the work for a full year. Call (775) 383-5847 to schedule your free estimate in Boulder City or anywhere nearby.
Written by Roy Castellanos, Owner at Hollis Air Duct Henderson, serving Boulder City with the Garrison Standard.