Lakewood, Pierce County
In Lakewood, a dryer vent cleaning is priced between $105 and $260. Expect the bottom of that bracket when the dryer sits against an outside wall and vents a few feet through it. Expect the top when the duct wanders under the floor or over the ceiling, exits on the roof of a two-story house, or a duct packed with lint or a bird nest is at the high end. You see the airflow before and after, so the difference is measurable.
Typical investment
$105–$260
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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 Lakewood homes.
Level 1 or Level 2 as needed; Level 2 includes a camera run through the entire flue
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Top-to-bottom brushing of flue and firebox under drop cloths, with a HEPA vacuum pulling the dust
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Loose or damaged brick, open joints and firebox panels repaired
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A full-length stainless-steel or cast liner, firebox to chimney top
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A stainless cap sized to your actual flue dimensions
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Burner, pilot assembly and valve cleaned and adjusted
Learn moreRanges shown for orientation — the exact figure is written up on-site, after the inspection.
Laundry setups in Lakewood vary with the age of the house. In a 1960s or 1970s rambler the dryer often sits in a garage or utility room with a short run to an outside wall, but later remodels sometimes moved it to a hallway closet or upstairs, with a long duct snaking through the attic. Those long, bent runs are the ones that clog, and the ones that owners rarely see.
Census estimates give Lakewood a median home from 1975 and about 58.9% of homes from before 1980. Their laundry rooms were laid out long before the current code edition, and later moves of the dryer have added length and bends that the original layout never planned for.
Washington's residential code, section M1502, caps a 4-inch smooth metal exhaust duct at a 35-foot run, and each 90° bend takes 5 feet off that allowance, each 45° bend 2.5 feet. It also requires a backdraft damper at the outside end, no screen there, and a termination no closer than 3 feet to a door, window or other opening. When a Lakewood run is longer than that allows, we tell you, because no cleaning will keep it flowing well for long.
Every dryer vent cleaning we do in Lakewood includes:
Smoke coming back into the room, or a smell that won't go? Book the inspection first.
Book nowDryers run hard through Lakewood's wet months, when little gets hung outside for about half the year, and lint builds fastest then. The U.S. Fire Administration puts the national count at roughly 2,900 home dryer fires in an average year, and names lint left uncleaned as the top contributing factor, at 34%; January is the worst month for them. A dryer that takes two cycles to dry a load is the most common early warning.
A reading taken at the exterior hood during a cycle gives the starting number the final result is judged by.
The dryer is disconnected and the duct cleaned from inside and out with rotary brushes and a vacuum, including the bends.
We look at duct material, length and joints, and point out any plastic or foil duct, crushed sections or a screen at the outlet.
The dryer is reconnected and run again, and the new airflow reading is compared with the first. You get photos of both ends.
What this work is quoted at for Lakewood homes — the exact figure comes from the $99 on-site inspection, credited toward the work.
| Service | Price in Lakewood | What that covers |
|---|---|---|
| Dryer Vent Cleaning | $105–$260 | Full run cleaned; roof or upper-floor terminations at the top |
| Chimney Sweep | $189–$449 | 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 Lakewood. 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.
Lakewood is a city incorporated in 1996 around a string of lakes where Tacoma families first built lodges in the late 1800s, on American Lake, with homes with a median build year of 1975, about 59% of them built before 1980.
LakewoodPierce County, WA · 47.172, -122.519
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 $260. Long runs, roof exits and heavy blockages cost more; the price is confirmed before we start.
Once a year for a typical household. Large families, or homes where the dryer runs daily through the wet months, may need it more often.
It can, provided it meets code for length and termination. Roof exits collect lint at the hood and are harder to reach, so they tend to clog sooner.
A $99 on-site inspection, a written quote before any work, and photos of every item we touch.
