Dryer Repair in Lexington & Winchester, MA

The other pattern in both towns is a laundry room added upstairs during renovation. Its duct climbs into the attic and ends at a roof cap you can't see from the drive.

Ducts through living space

A duct that runs through a conditioned room can't sag into a basement unnoticed. If a joint opens, you get warm, humid air and fine lint in a cupboard or behind a panel. Customers sometimes report a smell or a warm wall before they notice slower drying.

We open the accessible sections, reseal joints with foil tape rather than screws that catch lint, and measure airflow at the cap. These flat-roofed houses were never designed to hide a long duct, so every elbow matters more.

Attic runs to a roof cap

A second-floor laundry venting through the roof is fine when it works. When it doesn't, the first sign is often a high-limit thermostat tripping or a cycling thermostat that won't let the heater settle. The dryer is reacting correctly to air it can't get rid of.

We measure airflow before changing any thermostat. If the reading points to the attic, we clear the run and check the cap flap. Otherwise the new thermostat just trips again.

Protected facades

Around the Battle Green, in the Turning Mill conservation district and on older streets in Winchester centre, any new opening on the outside of a house can be reviewed. If the right fix is a shorter route with a new wall cap, we look at the wall and explain the review before we quote.

Access, by contrast, is easy: driveways and garages everywhere. The planning goes into the house, especially joinery around a stacked pair in a renovated laundry room.