Dryer Vent Inspection in San Antonio, TX

What a dryer vent inspection actually involves

The dryer gets pulled out first. The transition hose comes off at both ends. Behind it we usually find crushed foil flex, folded flat against the wall in a tight utility closet. Then a camera goes up the duct. We measure the real run length. We count elbows. We convert that to equivalent feet. Next the termination gets checked from outside. Flapper movement, screen, nest material, pollen packing. Last, the dryer runs while we read airflow at the hood.

The inspection is diagnosis, not cleaning. Those are separate things. Plenty of vents are clean and still underperform because the path is wrong.

Run type decides most of it in San Antonio. Postwar ranches and garage laundry corners often have a short exterior-wall run, four to eight feet, easy to verify. First-floor runs may terminate at a soffit or gable end. The problem ones are 1990s-and-newer two-story homes with the laundry upstairs and a roof jack above it. Those runs go long. No booster fan. Disconnected joints dump lint straight into attic insulation. Condo and townhome laundry closets add chase-routed or shared duct, which you cannot assume is yours alone.

Findings get written down with photos. You see the camera footage. If the duct is fine, we say so.