Dryer Vent Inspection in Denver, CO

What a dryer vent inspection actually involves

We start at the appliance. The dryer gets pulled out and the transition hose comes off. Most of what we find lives right there. Flexible foil and white vinyl hose crushed flat behind the machine in a tight closet. Then we trace the run itself, elbow by elbow, noting what it's made of and where it crosses framing. A camera goes in where the run is long or blind. Last stop is the termination, outside or on the roof.

Denver runs fall into a few shapes. Short 4-8 ft side-wall shots in slab-on-grade and garage-laundry homes. Long 20-35 ft basement joist-bay runs with three to five elbows in ranch and bungalow stock. Vertical two- and three-story roof terminations in townhomes, condos and newer infill. Attic runs over main-floor laundry in 1990s-2000s two-stories.

The inspection names a cause, not just a condition. Louvered caps clogged shut. Lint packed under a roof hood after winter. Bird and squirrel nests in low wall terminations come spring. Duct crushed at a joist. Disconnected basement duct dumping lint into finished space, where the musty smell starts.

Report notes run length, material, elbow count, termination type and a reinspection interval.