Dryer Repair in Belmont & Arlington, MA

We ask two questions when you book. Is the dryer in the basement or on an upper floor? Does its exhaust leave through a wall or through the roof?

The flap in the splash line

Basement dryers here often vent through a hood set just above the soil. Rain splashes onto it, grit settles on it, and the metal flap corrodes until it sticks half open. A half-open flap restricts the airflow and lets cold air and insects back into the duct.

It is a small part with an outsized effect on drying times. We replace it with a hood mounted higher where the wall allows, then clear the extended run behind it. Joints on those runs are often where an old section meets a newer one.

Roof caps on Arlington Heights

An upstairs laundry closet usually vents up through the attic to a cap on the roof. On the higher ground around Arlington Heights, those caps take real wind and snow. Lint can't fall out of a vertical run; it settles back down onto the nearest elbow.

Nobody can see a roof cap from the lawn, so we measure the airflow at the dryer connection instead. If the reading is poor, the problem is somewhere in the attic, and we find it before replacing an element or a thermostat.

Getting a machine in and out

Bulkheads are usually the easiest route for a full-size dryer, better than the front stair. The exception is houses that back onto the Minuteman Bikeway. They have no vehicle access at the rear, so everything has to come through the front door.

In East Arlington, the tight two-family blocks off Massachusetts Avenue may have permit-only parking. We check that when you book, so the technician isn't circling the block with a drum assembly.