Ballard, King County
Dryer vent cleaning in Ballard costs $105 to $295. The low figure is for a short duct with its outlet on a ground-floor wall. Rooftop terminations, outlets high on an upper floor, long runs with many elbows, and nests blocking the hood raise the price. No prior inspection is needed for this service: you hear the price once we have seen where the duct runs, before any work starts.
Typical investment
$105–$295
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What we do
The same crew, the same written quote — for Ballard homes.
A Level 1 review of everything reachable, raised to a Level 2 camera scan when a question stays open
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The whole flue brushed, using heads picked for the liner's size and shape
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A photo assessment that distinguishes surface wear from structural damage
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Camera survey and measurements taken before any liner is chosen
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Measurement of each flue, or of the crown when a single cap will span several
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Glass removed, cleaned and checked for a sound gasket
Learn moreRanges shown for orientation — the exact figure is written up on-site, after the inspection.
In the ZIP area around the Ballard core (98107), better than one housing unit in four is an apartment in a building of fifty units or more. In the one to the north and west (98117), close to three in four are detached houses. The two settings give two kinds of dryer vent. In an older house, the duct was added long after the walls were closed, with the bends that implies. In apartments and townhouses, the duct often travels through a ceiling before it finds an exterior wall or exits above the shingles. Length and bends are what trap lint in both.
Every dryer vent cleaning we do in Ballard includes:
Smoke coming back into the room, or a smell that won't go? Book the inspection first.
Book nowFederal fire statistics for 2008 to 2010 count roughly 2,900 dryer fires a year in American homes; the U.S. Fire Administration compiled them. The leading factor, in 34 percent of cases, was simply that nobody had cleaned; lint, dust and fiber were what caught first in 28 percent. January is the peak month. A clogged vent announces itself earlier, on the clock and the electricity bill: loads need two cycles, and the top of the dryer runs hot.
First we trace the duct's route to its exterior hood and take an airflow reading there.
The dryer is pulled out and its transition hose taken off and checked for kinks or crushed foil.
A rotary brush travels the whole duct while a vacuum collects the lint it frees.
Hood, screen and flap are cleaned from outside, off a ladder or the roof where needed.
The dryer goes back, airflow is measured a second time, and you see both readings.
What this work is quoted at for Ballard homes — the exact figure comes from the $99 on-site inspection, credited toward the work.
| Service | Price in Ballard | What that covers |
|---|---|---|
| Dryer Vent Cleaning | $105–$295 | Full run cleaned; roof or upper-floor terminations at the top |
| Chimney Sweep | $209–$459 | Full flue swept, Level 1 inspection included |
| Chimney Inspection | $99 plus tax | Level 1 visual; Level 2 adds a full camera scan |
| Chimney Relining | From $1,900 | Full-length stainless liner, sized to the appliance |
| Chimney Repair | From $425 | Masonry repair — brick and mortar, scoped after diagnosis |
Ranges are what these jobs are quoted at in Ballard. The exact figure is set on site after a $99 inspection (credited toward the job if you go ahead), and you approve it before any work starts.
Seattle's permit guide lists cleaning among the work that needs no building permit, and brushing out a dryer duct is exactly that. The same guide warns that work outside its exemptions generally requires a permit and counts mechanical work in that group. Rerouting a duct or cutting a new outlet is therefore a question for SDCI, not something we decide on the spot.
Ballard Avenue has rooms above shops in buildings the city dates from the 1890s to the 1940s, and the whole street is a landmark district. There, a change to a building's exterior needs a Certificate of Approval before work starts, and a new vent hood on a street wall is such a change. Cleaning the existing one is not, and it is usually all a slow dryer needs.
Ballard is a former mill town that joined Seattle in 1907 and runs from the Ship Canal north to NW 85th Street, on Shilshole Bay and Salmon Bay, with houses from before 1950 north and west of the old town and many newer buildings near the canal. We work every part of it — Loyal Heights, Whittier Heights, West Woodland, Adams included.
BallardKing County, WA · 47.668, -122.384
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Illustrations of what each repair changes on a typical chimney — not photos of a specific job.
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Four steps, each one on paper — so you always know what happens next.
Choose a genuine opening on the crew's calendar. Confirmation is immediate.
Liner, crown, cap, flashing and masonry examined in order — each finding photographed.
One document, plain numbers, covering only the work your chimney genuinely needs.
The repair is completed, then handed over with before-and-after photos of every item.
$105 to $295. Ground-level outlets and short runs are at the bottom of the range; roof outlets, long ducts and nests are at the top.
Once a year in a home where laundry runs nearly every day, sooner if loads start taking longer. Long or rooftop ducts clog faster than short, straight ones.
Yes, for the unit's own duct. A shared riser or a roof outlet may need the building manager's agreement for access, which we ask you to arrange.
Thin foil or plastic hose crushes and traps lint. With your agreement we swap it for a semi-rigid metal connector, listed on the invoice.
A $99 on-site inspection, a written quote before any work, and photos of every item we touch.
