08/21/2026
72 Dryer Vents. 12 Common Stacks. One Framingham Apartment Building.
PowerBees recently completed a large-scale Dryer Vent Cleaning project at a multifamily property on Worcester Road in Framingham, MA.
The building’s approximately 72 individual dryers connect through horizontal exhaust runs into 12 common vertical stacks extending to rooftop terminations. Cleaning the system required addressing both the individual dryer connections and the shared exhaust pathways—not simply the vents behind the appliances.
Our technicians found varying levels of lint accumulation among the individual exhausts, demonstrating why each connection needs to be evaluated rather than assuming every dryer in a building is performing under the same conditions.
The property maintains the system annually, with cleaning required by its insurance carrier as part of its dryer-fire-risk prevention program.
For apartment buildings, condominiums, and other multifamily properties, maintaining the entire dryer exhaust system is an important part of preventive building maintenance.
Read about this recent Framingham project on the PowerBees blog: https://www.powerbees.com/inside-a-framingham-apartment-building-cleaning-72-dryer-vents-and-12-common-stacks
