Question 1

My upstairs laundry duct is 30-ish feet to a roof cap. Is cleaning enough, or does that run need to be replaced?

Accepted Answer

Most of the time cleaning is enough. The long second-floor runs in Marvin homes were usually built with rigid metal through the attic, and rigid pipe cleans up fine no matter how much lint is in it. What we look for is whether the duct itself is the problem: crushed or kinked flex behind the dryer, a section of foil flex someone used in the attic instead of rigid, sagging joints that have pulled apart, or a run that was taped rather than fastened. Those don't get better with a brush and we'll tell you so instead of cleaning around them. If the pipe is intact and properly pitched, a full cleaning from the roof cap back to the appliance restores it, and you don't need to open walls or ceilings.

Question 2

We have two laundry areas — mudroom and upstairs. Does that change what a cleaning costs?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Two laundry areas means two separate systems, and in Marvin they're rarely alike. The mudroom unit vents a short distance out a sidewall, which is quick work. The upstairs unit is the long one, running through attic space to a roof termination, and roof access adds time and equipment. So a two-laundry home sits above a single-system house, though the second unit is less than doubling it. Three-story homes with a longer attic run, or a steep roof pitch over the termination, nudge it further. We'd rather look at the actual setup than guess from the street, and we'll say what each system needs before we start.

Question 3

What actually goes wrong with vents in homes out here?

Accepted Answer

Two failures show up over and over. On the mudroom side, the sidewall louver gets swallowed by landscaping: shrubs grown in tight against the wall, mulch beds built up, sometimes an irrigation head spraying it. The flap can't open fully, lint packs the hood, and nobody sees it because it's behind a hedge. On the upstairs side, the roof cap collects what falls from the pines and hardwoods, and needles, pollen, and seed debris mat into the screen or flap. Combine either one with a long concealed run and a household doing heavy laundry volume, and restriction builds for a year or two before anyone notices the dry times creeping up.

Question 4

How soon can you get out here, and can you do it the same day?

Accepted Answer

Same-day happens, particularly if you're flexible on the window, but it isn't something we promise over the phone before checking the schedule. Marvin jobs tend to run longer than average because of the two-system, roof-termination setup, so we block more time per address and that limits how many we can shuffle in. If your dryer is taking multiple cycles to finish a load, or the laundry room is getting hot and humid, tell us that when you call and we'll treat it as urgent. Otherwise a normal appointment is typically within a few days.

Question 5

How often should these be cleaned if the house is only twenty-odd years old?

Accepted Answer

Build year matters less than run length and load volume, and Marvin has plenty of both. A short sidewall vent serving light use can go longer between cleanings. A 25 to 35 foot attic run serving a large household's main laundry is the one that needs regular attention, because every foot of pipe is another place lint drops out and the restriction is hidden until the dryer starts struggling. Most homes here do well on a yearly schedule for the upstairs system. Watch for clothes still damp at the end of a cycle, a burning or hot-lint smell, or lint collecting around the roof cap screen.

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