From Curt Audin, President - Frey Gulch

Our buildings (Frey Gulch) are relatively new, built in 2013.  Our board is raising the idea of having our dryer vents cleaned and our gas fireplaces inspected and cleaned.  Have any other HOA's addressed this and who have they sources out this work to?  Also, how often would you recommend these services to be done?

Kinda depends on the property but normally recommend it be done yearly you can probably get away with doing it every 3 years but I wouldn't pushing it to far past that for cleaning. Consider it done or service monkey will do it.

It's also good to check with our insurance because sometimes they have requirements for how often they need to be cleaned.

Gas fire places should be inspected annually, mainly to check for gas leaks or CO being pumped into the unit (depending on the model)

Hi, I'm part of the Alders HOA. We recommend having your dryer vent serviced annually. I wholeheartedly agree. I don't see how to attach photos here but we discovered a large bird nest in the vent that was definitely a fire hazard so I'm thankful we had it cleaned.

As for fireplace flume service I did mine for the first time in the 5 years since our place was built and it was in good condition. Our HOA recommends doing this annually as well.

You didn't ask but our HOA also recommends annual boiler maintenance which I've kept up with and it's been helpful in keeping it running reliably. 

Key Condo has fireplaces inspected every two years by Consider It Done, paid by the Association. Individual repairs are owners' responsibility. 

Since Clearwater Lofts are new 21/22 we had the dryer vents cleaned and added bird preventer cages on all vents in 2025.  Service Monkey did the dryer vent cleaning.  The HOA paid for the dryer vent cleaning this time only since we were doing the bird cages installs, but our declaration allows for direct charge back to the homeowner.   3 years of use and no real issues with the vents.  Our plan to have them cleaned every 3 years and bill to owners - this assures that the work gets done to all units.

No inspection of the gas fireplaces to date.  Again the places are new, so the plan is within five years with first inspection in 2026. Followed by 3 year inspection cycles.  Billed back to owners. 

If you have radiant floor heating, we recommend HOAs do a unit zone valve inspection periodically (3-5yrs).  The valves fail and stay open or closed. Also have seen some minor corrosion around valve inlets.  Again the zone valve manifold is within the owners unit and billed back to the owner for any repairs/replacements