Whole-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.
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AfterFast, Reliable Dryer Vent Cleaning Across Cibolo
Dryer vent cleaning in Cibolo typically runs $180-$340 for a standard single-family home, and every job starts with a written price before we touch a single panel. We’re familiar with Cibolo’s neighborhoods from Buffalo Crossing to Deer Creek and the corridors along FM 1103 and Cibolo Valley Drive. Scheduling is coordinated from our San Antonio office, and crews are dispatched to Cibolo homes daily. Call (726) 600-7155 for a free written estimate.
Most Cibolo homeowners are surprised to learn what we find inside their dryer vents. The city’s housing stock is almost entirely production-built tract homes from the 2000s-2020s, and construction debris - drywall dust, sawdust, blown-insulation particulate - routinely remains trapped in ductwork from the original build. The builder should have cleaned it. They almost never do.
Why CleanRun Air Duct Cleaning San Antonio Is Cibolo’s Preferred Dryer Vent Cleaning Company
CleanRun has served this market since 2013, completing more than 52,000 jobs with a written price delivered before work started and a documented photo record delivered afterward. Our Dryer Vent Cleaning in Cibolo crews know the specific failure patterns of local homes: the joint separations caused by Blackland Prairie clay movement, the construction debris left in 2006-era subdivisions, the lint packed with attic insulation fibers we pull from vents in the Schertz-Cibolo corridor.
Our technicians are background-checked, uniformed, and identified by name before arrival - Haven Standard Clause 3: Verified Crews. Every job is backed by our 365-Day Done Right Promise in writing, not as a policy subject to manager approval. We also offer a Free Second Opinion on any written estimate from a competitor; bring us the quote and we’ll put our number next to it in writing.
All calls are answered by a live person, 24/7. No automated queue.
Our Dryer Vent Cleaning Services in Cibolo
Dryer Vent Inspection
Every Cibolo job begins with a camera inspection of the full lint pathway, from the dryer connection to the exterior vent cap. In Buffalo Crossing and similar early-2000s subdivisions, we’re specifically looking for joint separation where the flex duct meets the rigid pipe - the Blackland Prairie clay shifts slab foundations enough to pull these connections apart, letting attic air and insulation fibers into the run. The camera shows us exactly what we’re dealing with before we quote a written price. No guesswork. No “we’ll see what we find.”
Vent Cleaning
Our Dryer Vent Cleaning team uses professional-grade equipment - Rotobrush agitation tools and Nikro negative-pressure extractors with HEPA filtration - to remove lint, construction debris, and biological buildup from the entire vent run. Cibolo’s six-plus months of continuous AC operation in South Texas humidity creates conditions favorable for mold and biofilm growth inside ductwork year-round. We photograph every run before and after. You see what was in there. You see what came out.
Lint Removal
Lint in Cibolo vents is rarely just lint. Because foundation movement pulls joints apart, we regularly find lint packed with loose-fill insulation fibers, construction dust, and pollen loads from the Ashe juniper belt’s intense Cedar Fever season (December-February). This mixture packs hard at elbows and vent caps, restricting airflow and forcing the dryer to run longer. We break it up with mechanical agitation and remove it under controlled negative pressure. The photo record shows the mass we extracted and the clear passage we left behind.
Vent Rerouting
Some Cibolo homes were built with dryer vent runs that are too long, too many bends, or terminated in impractical locations - through the roof in two-story plans, or across the full width of the house in deep ranch layouts. When the camera inspection reveals a design that will chronically trap lint regardless of cleaning frequency, we quote a reroute with a written scope and fixed price. This is not a upsell. It’s a documented recommendation with a photograph showing why the existing path fails.
What happens when you call
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A real person answersNo phone trees - you reach a local pro.
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You get an upfront price rangeHonest numbers before anyone is dispatched.
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A background-checked tech heads outLicensed & insured, dispatched right away.
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You approve before work beginsNothing starts until you say go.
BeforeAfterTrusted Brands We Service in Cibolo
CleanRun crews arrive with professional-grade equipment from Abatement Technologies, Rotobrush, and Guardsman - brands customers can look up independently before agreeing to a price. We stock vent caps, bird guards, and transition fittings sized for the production-built homes common in Cibolo’s master-planned communities, so most repairs don’t require a return trip. The equipment roster is part of every written scope. You know what will be used in your home before work begins.
Common Dryer Vent Cleaning Problems We See in Cibolo Homes
- Construction debris from original build. Production builders in Cibolo’s rapid-growth decades rarely cleaned ductwork before handover. Drywall dust, sawdust, and blown-insulation particulate remain in the dryer vent and supply runs, layering onto lint with every load. Contractors and homeowners assume the builder handled it. The camera usually proves otherwise.
- Foundation-shifted joint separation. Cibolo’s Blackland Prairie expansive clay soils cause ongoing foundation movement in slab-on-grade homes. Long flex-duct runs in the attic gradually pull apart at joints, allowing unconditioned attic air and loose insulation fibers to infiltrate the vent. Lint bypasses the disconnected section and packs against the blower or leaks into the conditioned space. We find this hidden breach as the root cause of both poor drying performance and unusually high utility bills in early-2000s subdivisions.
- Military PCS turnover with no documentation. Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph brings steady rotation of military families through Cibolo. Homes change hands every 2-3 years, and dryer vent condition almost never gets documented between owners. Crushed pipe from improper installation, bird nests in exterior caps, and accumulated lint from previous tenants stack silently across tenancies.
- Cedar Fever pollen loading. Cibolo’s position in the Ashe juniper belt means HVAC systems pull enormous pollen loads during December-February. This material infiltrates the dryer vent through shared wall cavities and poor seals, binding with lint into dense, resistant mats that standard homeowner brushes cannot dislodge.
Pricing for Dryer Vent Cleaning in Cibolo, TX
A standard dryer vent cleaning in Cibolo runs $180-$240 for a single-story home with a straightforward through-wall termination. Two-story homes with roof terminations, or jobs requiring vent cap replacement or bird guard installation, typically range $260-$340. Vent rerouting, when camera inspection reveals a fundamentally flawed path, is quoted as a separate written scope after documentation.
What moves the price: length of run, number of elbows, accessibility of termination point, and whether joint repair or cap replacement is needed. What does not move the price: we do not charge per vent or per foot. One flat price per system, agreed in writing before work starts - Haven Standard Clause 1.
Every estimate is free. Every estimate is written. Call (726) 600-7155.
We Also Serve Cities Near Cibolo
CleanRun crews work daily across the northeast San Antonio corridor. We also serve Cibolo neighbors in Schertz, Universal City, Converse, and Bulverde with the same written-price, photo-documented standard.
Serving Cibolo, TX - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Cibolo 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 - Dryer Vent Cleaning in Cibolo
It’s common, but it’s not correct. Production builders in Cibolo’s rapid-growth era rarely cleaned ductwork before handover, so your 2006 home likely launched with construction debris already inside the vent. Seventeen to nineteen years of lint layered on top of drywall dust and sawdust is a standard finding in Buffalo Crossing and similar subdivisions. Call (726) 600-7155 for a free camera inspection and written estimate.
Restricted airflow is the cause, and in Cibolo the restriction is often joint separation from foundation movement rather than simple lint buildup. The Blackland Prairie clay shifts slab foundations, pulling flex-duct joints apart and letting lint pack with attic insulation fibers at the breach. Our camera inspection locates the exact restriction point before we quote repair. Most restored vents dry a full load in one cycle the same day.
This page covers dryer vent cleaning specifically - the lint pathway from your dryer to the exterior termination. We also provide full Air Duct Cleaning in Cibolo for supply and return trunk lines, plenums, and registers as a separate service. During a dryer vent inspection, if the camera shows construction debris or biological growth in connected supply runs, we’ll document it and offer a separate written scope for duct cleaning. No bundled pressure.
Cibolo’s position in the Ashe juniper belt loads HVAC systems with pollen from December through February. This material migrates into wall cavities and can infiltrate the dryer vent through shared spaces and poor seals, binding with lint into dense mats that resist homeowner cleaning tools. Professional agitation and negative-pressure extraction are typically required to fully clear these deposits.
Yes. The Blackland Prairie expansive clay soils beneath Cibolo’s slab-on-grade tract homes cause ongoing micro-movement that gradually pulls flex-duct joints apart. This is a soil-driven failure pattern that neighboring towns on different geology don’t see to the same degree. We routinely find disconnected joints in early-2000s subdivisions where the lint pathway has been leaking attic air and insulation fibers for years. Camera inspection confirms it in minutes.
In the Buffalo Crossing subdivision off FM 1103, a family in a 2006 production-built home called us because their dryer was taking two cycles to dry a load and the laundry room smelled like hot lint. Our tech ran a camera inspection down the lint pathway and found the vent cap clogged with a nest of lint mixed with attic insulation fibers - the Blackland Prairie clay had shifted the slab enough to pull the flex duct joint loose, letting attic air and loose-fill insulation into the run. We used agitation tools to break up the packed lint, pulled it out under negative pressure with HEPA filtration, re-secured the joint, and installed a new vent cap; the dryer dried a full load in one cycle the same afternoon.
Ready for a written estimate? Call (726) 600-7155. A live person answers, 24/7. We’ll schedule a camera inspection, deliver a fixed price in writing before any work begins, and leave you with a documented photo record of what we found and what we cleared.
Written by Tomas Reyes, Owner at CleanRun Duct Repair & Cleaning, serving Cibolo since 2013.