Renton, King County
Clearing a dryer vent in Renton costs $105 to $259. A dryer on an outside wall with a few feet of duct is the $105 case. The price rises for a laundry room in the middle of the house, a duct that climbs to a roof jack, or a hood that birds have packed with nesting. We measure airflow at the exterior hood before and after, so the improvement is a number and not an impression.
Typical investment
$105–$259
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$99 plus tax, deducted when you approve the repair
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What we do
The same crew, the same written quote — for Renton homes.
Level 1 review of the accessible parts, stepped up to a Level 2 camera pass when those parts cannot settle the question
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The flue brushed along its full height with heads chosen for its shape and material
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An assessment in photos that tells weathering apart from structural failure
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Video scan and measurement of the flue before a liner is specified
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Each flue measured, or the whole crown when one cap will cover several flues
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Burner, pilot assembly and igniter cleaned and tested
Learn moreRanges shown for orientation — the exact figure is written up on-site, after the inspection.
Renton's housing is split almost evenly. The state's Office of Financial Management counts 23,316 one-unit structures against 20,779 homes in multi-unit buildings as of April 2026. In that second group, townhomes, condos and apartments, a laundry closet buried mid-building means a long dryer duct, and long ducts collect lint at every bend.
Every dryer vent cleaning we do in Renton includes:
Smoke coming back into the room, or a smell that won't go? Book the inspection first.
Book nowU.S. Fire Administration figures put home clothes-dryer fires at about 2,900 annually across the country. Its report ranks "failure to clean" first among contributing factors, with a 34 percent share, and finds January the worst month. That is laundry season in Renton as well: heavy fabrics, closed windows, and outside air so damp that lint at the hood mats into felt instead of blowing away.
An anemometer at the hood gives the starting airflow and tells us how restricted the duct is.
The dryer is pulled out, the hose detached, and a spinning brush is fed through the duct under vacuum.
Wall hood or roof jack is opened and emptied; nests and screens that trap lint are removed.
The hose goes back without kinks, and both airflow numbers, before and after, go on the invoice.
What this work is quoted at for Renton homes — the exact figure comes from the $99 on-site inspection, credited toward the work.
| Service | Price in Renton | What that covers |
|---|---|---|
| Dryer Vent Cleaning | $105–$259 | Full run cleaned; roof or upper-floor terminations at the top |
| Chimney Sweep | $189–$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 $375 | Masonry repair — brick and mortar, scoped after diagnosis |
Ranges are what these jobs are quoted at in Renton. 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.
Washington's residential code (2021 edition, section M1502) stops a dryer exhaust duct at 35 feet. It also specifies the material: smooth metal, No. 28 gage or heavier, 4 inches across, ending outdoors. Foil or plastic flex hose buried in a wall meets none of that.
Cleaning leaves the duct as it is. Rerouting changes it, and the City of Renton's permit FAQ says a permit is required before a mechanical system under the construction codes is altered or replaced, and that simple mechanical permits can be applied for online. When we find a duct that is over length or made of the wrong material, we document it with photos and measurements so you can decide what to do with facts in hand.
Renton is a city of 24 square miles at the south end of Lake Washington, incorporated in 1901, on Lake Washington, with homes with a median build year of 1988, more than a third of them built from the 1940s through the 1970s. We work every part of it — the Highlands, Kennydale, Benson Hill, Talbot Hill, Earlington, North Renton included.
RentonKing County, WA · 47.483, -122.217
Before and after
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 $259 with us, set by duct length and where it exits. As an outside reference, Chimney 360 Services publishes $129 to $199 on its price list for a nearby city; that is a southeast King County market figure from another company, not our quote.
It is harder to clean and it clogs faster, since lint has to travel uphill. We clean roof terminations from the roof and the laundry room both. That is the type of job at the higher end of our bracket.
Not a booster fan. Washington's residential code prohibits domestic booster fans in dryer exhaust. If the run is too long, shortening or rerouting the duct is the fix.
A $99 on-site inspection, a written quote before any work, and photos of every item we touch.
