Dryer Vent Inspection in Citrus Springs, FL

What a dryer vent inspection actually involves

The dryer gets pulled forward first. We unclamp the transition hose and look at it before anything else. A camera goes into the duct from the appliance end. We trace the run, count elbows, and note the material change from flex to rigid. Then we go to the termination and watch the flapper while the dryer runs. Airflow gets checked at the cap, not guessed at from inside.

Runs around Citrus Springs fall into a few patterns. Garage laundry corners with a short block-wall side discharge, six to ten feet, still clogged right at the cap. Interior hallway closets that vent up through the ceiling plate, into the attic, out a roof jack, with two to four elbows along the way. Stacked villa and condo closets where the hose is crushed behind the unit. Manufactured homes dropping through the floor into the skirted underside.

Common findings: white vinyl or foil flex still in service where rigid metal belongs, screws poking into the duct interior catching lint, roof-jack flappers propped open by mud-dauber nests, birds and squirrels nesting at gable-vent terminations.

An inspection tells you whether cleaning is enough or the run needs rerouting. Annual is reasonable here. Long attic runs and pet households want it sooner.