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Looking for a professional dryer vent cleaning solutions provider in the Austin, TX area? You’ve come to the right place, Gateway Steamers has you covered. 

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Dryer Vent Cleaning Services in Austin

The importance of the role that vent dryers play in the safety of all those who live in the building is difficult to overestimate. About a third of the fires that start in residential buildings are caused by faulty dryer vent maintenance. Keeping dryer vents clean is the easiest way to prevent a fire from starting. It’s a very important and a rather easy thing to do, once handled by qualified specialists. If you have any doubt about the cleanliness of the dryer vents in your building, make sure that you have them inspected by a professional!

Signs that indicate that it’s time to have a specialist taking a look at your dryer vents:

  • Lots of lint accumulated behind the dryer (all dryers tend to collect, it’s a part of the process. The working mechanism of the dryer is designed to prevent unnecessary accumulation of lint, though, so if it happens, it means that the dryer doesn’t function properly)
  • It takes longer for your clothes to dry than usual (when the dryer vent works less effectively than it should, so does the dryer itself and this is one of the indirect results)
  • Absence of lint on the lint screen
  • Lint starts to appear on your clothes
  • Stench of mold
  • The dryer doesn’t work efficiently (you will notice it when the electricity bills start going upwards all of a sudden, for no logical reason)
  • When a dryer vent doesn’t work effectively enough, the lifespan of the dryer gets shorter as well, so if you find yourself of replacing the dryer too often, it’s a sign that better dryer vent cleaning process needs to be applied
  • The dryer gets abnormally hot (when the dryer vent doesn’t work effectively enough, the whole dryer has to work longer and harder and function improperly as a result. This prevents the hot air from escaping through the vent and it gets accumulated inside the dryer. One of the most popular results of it is clothes that come out way hotter than they should and have a weird smell)
  • Smell of burning coming out of nowhere (some lint can come in contact with the heating coils if the dryer vent doesn’t function effectively. This is one of the most important reasons why dryer vents must be cleaned often, in order to prevent fire in the building)

 

Remember, neglecting the cleanliness level of your dryer vent might lead to the following results:

  • The whole house getting burned (malfunctioning
  • Poisoning caused by carbon monoxide
  • Mold growth

 

Last but not least, the following are the benefits of regular dryer vent cleaning and the reasons why it’s so important to have it cleaned by qualified specialists:

 

  • Safety level upgrade for you and all those who live in the house
  • Monetary saving – because a clean dryer vent works more effectively and doesn’t consume more electric power than it’s supposed to
  • It also saves time (because you will manage to dry your clothes faster)
  • Your clothes will last longer, because the wear level will be lower when the dryer vent works properly

 

It’s also important to keep in mind that not every dryer related problem is necessarily related to the dryer vent. These 2 extremely popular scenarios can also serve as a reason for a fire that starts all of a sudden:

 

  • The heater coil doesn’t work properly (the goal of this part is drying. If it doesn’t do its job, the desired temperature won’t be reached. This can cause the dryer to work longer than it should, wear out faster and have other parts wearing out too fast as well. Ultimately, this problem can cause a fire, so if you face this issue, make sure that the heater coil is replaced as soon as possible.
  • As in every other electrical device that has electric circuits inside it, electrical shorts can cause a fire
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Commercial Dryer Vent Cleaning Services in Austin, TX

Cleaning a dryer vent at a business facility is a complicated yet absolutely compulsory process. The complexity level is high, due to the fact that the ductwork systems tend to be larger in commercial facilities than in residential ones. Our air duct cleaning specialists are trained to deal with ductwork systems of all types and sizes and there is no job that could be considered too complicated for them.

 

Due to the fact that dryer vents in commercial facilities tend to work non-stop, they also need to be cleaned more often. If you are not sure about when the dryer vents in your commercial building were cleaned for the last time, feel free to contact Gateway Steamers and receive a professional consultation. Our dryer vent cleaning experts will examine the whole place before they start cleaning and you will know get a price estimate before the cleaning job is performed.

Residential Dryer Vent Cleaning

There is no significant difference between commercial and residential dryer vent cleaning services, except for the difference in the amount of work. Commercial buildings tend to have more vents, which also work 24 hours a day and 7 days a week, but they also usually get cleaned more often. 

Residential dryer vent cleaning usually takes less time to handle, but that of course depends on numerous factors, such as the number of dryer vents located in the building, how extensively they’ve been used, when was the last time they had been cleaned and more. 

Our goal is to provide the fastest, most effective and efficient service possible for a convenient price. When you use a dryer vent cleaning service that is provided by the Gateway Steamers team, you can rest assured that the job will be done by the most knowledgeable and experienced pro’s in the area.

Got Any Doubt? You Know What You Should Do!

Researches show that in many cases, the fires that were caused by neglected dryer vents happened due to the fact that people simply didn’t suspect that there had been any serious issues, despite all the signs that could point in the direction of faulty dryer vents.

 

It might be easier for someone to convince himself that the electric bills start to rise because you or your children use more electricity, or the smell of mold is not related to the dryer that you have recently purchased, but the risk is way to big when it comes to the damage that can be caused when the dryer vent doesn’t get cleaned properly, in time or often enough.

 

If you have noticed any issues from the list of signs that your dryer vent needs a cleaning, please make sure that you contact Gateway Steamers and have your dryer vent examined and cleaned by trustworthy specialists who know all the ins and outs of this process. Call us anytime to consult with our specialists, receive a free estimate and get the job done properly!