Services
Bird Guard & Vent Cover Installation
Exterior vent covers and bird guards that keep nests, birds and rodents out of your vent line — without choking your dryer's airflow.
A warm dryer vent is prime real estate. Birds — starlings especially — treat the exit hood as a ready-made nesting box, and a single spring nest can pack a vent line solid with twigs, grass and lint. The dryer overheats, drying times double, and the nest itself is exactly the kind of dry fuel you never want sitting in a hot exhaust line.
We remove the nesting material and the blockage it caused, clean the line, and fit the right protection: a sturdy exterior cover with a free-swinging damper plus a guard that blocks birds and rodents while letting lint and air pass. The guard style matters — fine mesh screens clog with lint and are a hazard of their own, so we install guards designed for dryer vents, not window screen.
What's included
- Nest and debris removal from the vent exit and line
- Full line cleaning after any nest removal — nests pack deep
- Dryer-vent-rated bird guards that pass lint and air freely
- New louvered or damper covers fitted and sealed
- We never install fine mesh that traps lint (a fire hazard in itself)
Book Your Vent Cleaning
Tell us what you need and we'll call you back to confirm. Rather talk now? (855) 640-0404 — answered 24/7.
How it works
Our Process
Clear the nest
Nesting material is removed from the hood and as deep into the line as it has travelled.
Clean the line
The full run is brushed and vacuumed — nest debris mixes with lint through the whole duct.
Fit the protection
A new cover and dryer-rated bird guard are installed and sealed against the siding.
Check the swing
With the dryer running, we confirm the damper opens fully against the guard — airflow first, always.
Questions
Bird Guard & Vent Cover Installation — FAQs
Scratching or chirping near the laundry room, twigs or grass sticking out of the exterior hood, a flap that no longer moves, and a sudden jump in drying time are the classic signs — especially in spring.
Please don't. Fine screens and mesh clog with lint fast, choke the dryer and create their own fire risk — they are specifically warned against for dryer vents. A proper guard uses wide openings that block birds but pass lint.
A quick look whenever the vent is cleaned (yearly) is enough. We check guard and damper movement as part of every cleaning visit.
The right one won't — that's the point of using dryer-rated guards and testing the damper swing with the dryer running before we leave.