Dryer Vent Cleaning Cost in Toronto & the GTA (2026 Prices)

What dryer vent cleaning costs in the GTA right now

Dryer vent cleaning is priced by the duct, not the house. A 1970s Scarborough bungalow with a six-foot run that exits straight through the rear wall is a 45-minute job. A Vaughan townhouse with a 30-foot duct that climbs three storeys and terminates on the roof is a different piece of work entirely, and the price reflects that. Here is what GTA homeowners are paying in 2026.

The five things that actually change your price

1. Duct length

Every extra foot of duct is another foot of rotary brush, another pass, and more lint to capture. Manufacturers generally rate a dryer for roughly 25 equivalent feet of duct, and every 90-degree elbow eats about five of those feet. A 20-foot run with three elbows is effectively at the limit before you add a single strand of lint - which is why long runs cost more and need cleaning more often.

2. Where the duct ends

A rear-wall termination at waist height is easy. A soffit or roof termination means ladders, fall protection and a second technician on some sites. Roof-terminated vents are common in newer Brampton, Milton and Vaughan subdivisions and in older Toronto semis where the laundry was moved upstairs, and they are the main reason a neighbour's quote can be $150 lower than yours on the same street.

3. Booster fans and dampers

Long runs are often fitted with an inline booster fan. It has to be opened, cleaned by hand and reassembled, because a lint-loaded booster is both the biggest airflow restriction and the most common ignition point in the system. Backdraft dampers at the exterior hood jam shut with lint and need to be freed or replaced.

4. How bad it is

A duct cleaned two years ago releases its lint in one or two passes. A duct that has never been cleaned in fifteen years can hold a compacted plug near the elbow that needs repeated rotary passes and sometimes an access port cut and patched. Most companies, including ours, quote that extra work before starting rather than adding it to the invoice afterward.

5. Access

Stacked laundry units in a closet, a dryer wedged into a finished basement wall, or a hood behind a deck all add time. Pulling and re-levelling a stacked washer-dryer safely is usually a $40-$60 add-on.

What a proper GTA dryer vent cleaning includes

• An airflow reading at the exterior hood before any work starts, written down.
• Camera or scope check of the first section of duct where blockages concentrate.
• Full-length rotary brushing from both ends where access allows, with HEPA vacuum capture at the source.
• Hand cleaning of the exterior hood, damper and bird guard.
• Inspection of the transition duct behind the dryer and replacement of crushed foil or vinyl pipe.
• Lint removal from the dryer's own blower housing area where accessible.
• A second airflow reading and a same-day photo report showing before and after.

Condos, townhouses and property managers

Condo and stacked-townhouse laundry is where GTA dryer venting goes wrong fastest. Runs are long by design, they often share a riser, and the in-suite dryer is usually a compact unit with a weaker blower. The result is a duct that reaches a restrictive level of lint in twelve to eighteen months instead of two to three years.

If you are a property manager or condo board, per-suite pricing drops sharply on a scheduled block - a building doing ten or more suites in one day is quoted well below the single-visit rate, and each suite gets its own dated photo report for your records. That documentation matters when an insurer asks what maintenance was performed.

Does it actually save money?

A restricted duct forces the dryer to run multiple cycles for one load. If a household of four runs six loads a week and each one takes an extra 35 minutes, that is roughly 180 extra hours of element time a year. On Ontario electricity rates that alone tends to cover the cost of a cleaning, before you count the heating element and thermal fuse failures that restricted airflow causes - a service call on those runs $180 to $320 in the GTA, and a new dryer runs far more.

Six questions to ask before you book

1. Is the price you just quoted the price I pay, or does it change on site?
2. Do you take before and after airflow readings, and will I get them in writing?
3. Do you brush the full length of the duct, or only vacuum from the wall?
4. Is the exterior hood and damper included, and do you carry replacement hoods on the van?
5. Do you replace crushed transition duct on the spot, and what does that part cost?
6. Are you insured, and will I get a dated photo report I can send my insurer?

Getting a real number for your home

The fastest way to a firm price is to answer four questions about your duct: how long it is, where it ends, whether there is a booster fan, and when it was last cleaned. Our instant quote tool walks through exactly that and gives you a price range for your own city before anyone calls you.