How Much Does It Cost to Install or Replace a Dryer Vent? [2025 Data]

What Factors Impact the Cost to Install a Dryer Vent?

Dryer vent prices will vary depending on several factors. 

Vent Location

Vent location refers to the path the vent takes. It typically travels as directly as possible from the dryer to an exterior hole in the home. This solution typically costs between $150 to $300, but some jobs may cost as much as $1,000.

Although you could locate your vent indoors by using an interior vent box, this is an uncommon situation. Pros will recommend an exterior vent unless no other option is available. 

Installing an interior vent box will cost $100 to $175, but it requires constant maintenance and can introduce warm, damp air into the home near the dryer.

Hose Material

Pros will install one of three different materials for the dryer vent hose or duct.

Hose Type

Picking the right type of dryer vent hose depends on the path the vent must take to reach your home’s exterior.

Hose Length

The length of the duct hose affects the overall cost. You can expect to pay $12.50 to $15 per linear foot for materials and installation.

In a typical installation, where the dryer is located against an exterior wall in the home, an 8-foot dryer duct vent length is appropriate. Because it’s so short, it’s also the least expensive.

If your dryer is in an interior room, you may have to consider an unorthodox location for the exterior vent to stay within local building code length limitations. 

In some municipalities, building codes limit the dryer vent hose length to 35 feet. Occasionally, a building code may only allow a 25-foot length. If you need bends in the hose to go around corners, the building code may limit you to a shorter total length.

The length of the vent hose plays a role in how often you should clean your dryer vent as well. Most people can clean the vent once a year, but a longer vent requires cleaning two to four times per year because of the greater difficulty in moving lint through the entire length of duct. 

Complexity of Hose Path

The route through which the dryer vent hose must travel also plays a role in the cost. If the installation of the vent duct is straight through an exterior wall to the outside, this design involves the least amount of labor cost.

However, if you must install a vent hose from a dryer in an interior room, the path to the home’s exterior may be quite complicated. The installer may need to move through floors, inside ceilings, and around support beams, which takes quite a bit of time and labor.

Should your dryer be on an upper floor of your home, you may have to route the hose into an attic. A basement dryer’s duct vent may need to go through a crawl space. These compact spaces often are difficult to work in for the installer, increasing the labor costs. 

Additionally, the installer may need to cut through the roof or a basement foundation, which can be quite labor intensive.

Ideally, the installer may have a few different routes in mind that are possible for the hose path. You then could select the best one for your budget and for your home aesthetics, should you not want to see the exterior vent cover on certain sides of your home.

Drywall Repair

Installing a new dryer vent typically means making holes in the either the walls, floors, or exterior of your home. This can come with some minor drywall patching when the job is completed. Drywall repair costs on average around $600, but ultimately depends on how extensive the dryer vent installation is.

Replace vs. Repair a Dryer Vent

Sometimes, an older dryer vent may suffer damage, requiring a replacement. The cost to replace a dryer vent is often lower than the cost to install a new one because the structural work is already done.

 A standard dryer vent replacement costs $100 to $300 for materials and installation, although some jobs may cost more.

To replace a dryer vent, you must purchase replacement ductwork, a wall sleeve, a transition duct, and clamps. Ductwork costs $.50 to $2.50 per linear foot, while a kit that includes the other items for the replacement work costs $10 to $25.

Cost to Reroute a Dryer Vent

If you want to reroute the dryer vent so it exits the home at a new location, this could be a highly complex project.  

If you must run an entirely new vent path, you may need to open walls and cut a new hole in the exterior of your home. This would be a similar process to a new vent installation, which carries an average cost of $200. Some highly complex and lengthy rerouting paths could cost up to $1,000, though.

If you’re using a similar path to the current vent but changing the exit hole location for the last few feet, you probably will pay less than $200 for labor and materials. 

DIY Dryer Vent Installation vs. Hiring a Professional

If you don’t have existing ductwork in your home, you need to replace the existing ductwork, you’re moving the location of your dryer, you have a vent that snakes through your house, or you’re not comfortable with any part of the installation process, it’s best to hire a local dryer repair specialist to tackle this project. 

Installing ductwork can be tricky because of the enclosed space, and it may require making several cuts into your walls, flooring, or roof. Ductwork must also be installed carefully to prevent clogs that can later lead to leaks from condensation or even a fire.

Because your dryer vent empties out to the exterior of your home, any issues during installation can result in serious problems such moisture damage from the outdoors or unwelcome pests entering through your vent. In extreme cases, improper dryer ventilation can cause fire hazards from lint buildup or carbon monoxide poisoning from a gas dryer.

How Angi Gets Its Cost Data

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