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Your Local, Family-Owned Home Maintenance Partner
Serving St. John’s and the greater Avalon area.
Founded at the beginning of the Covid outbreak by Russell Martin, an airline pilot for one of Canada’s major airlines, YYT Safe Dryer Vents emerged to answer the growing demand for safer and cleaner homes. As a local, family-owned business, we take pride in our roots and the personalized touch we bring to every service.
Dryer vent fires and reduced energy efficiency are very real concerns caused by dirty dryers and their vents. Adding our dryer and dryer vent cleaning service is an affordable option. It keeps our homes and our communities safer as well as more energy efficient.
That’s not all! We offer many other services. Let us be your “one and done” company. Contact us today! We look forward to providing you with safe, efficient, fast, and reliable service.
Thank you for supporting a locally owned and operated business!
About Russ
Meet Russell Martin, the driving force behind YYT Safe Dryer Vents. With over 25 years as a Commercial Airline Pilot, Russell brings a unique blend of skills that extends beyond the cockpit and into the realm of responsible entrepreneurship and fatherhood.
Balancing the demands of flying, executive responsibilities, and fatherhood, Russell epitomizes versatility. As an accountable company executive, he shoulders the responsibility for every aspect of YYT Safe Dryer Vents, ensuring a commitment to excellence. This dedication extends from the precision of his aviation career to the meticulous focus on quality, safety, and customer satisfaction in the home maintenance industry.
Beyond the boardroom and cockpit, Russell embraces the role of a devoted dad. His commitment to creating safer and cleaner homes reflects the same passion he invests in crafting a nurturing environment for his family. Russell understands the delicate art of balancing high-altitude responsibilities with the down-to-earth moments that matter most.
Whether soaring through the skies, steering the course of YYT Safe Dryer Vents, or sharing meaningful moments with his family, Russell Martin is more than a CEO — he’s a captain of diverse realms, ensuring that each journey, whether in business or family life, is guided by a commitment to excellence and care.
Russell Martin
About Clare Martin
At YYT Safe Dryer Vents, customer satisfaction is more than a commitment; it’s a personalized experience led by Clare, our dedicated customer and business relations specialist. With a background as a child and youth care worker, Clare brings a wealth of empathy, understanding, and patience to our customer interactions. Her experience extends beyond professional roles; she’s an amazing mother who knows the importance of a safe and nurturing environment.
Having worked in the field of child and youth care, Clare honed her skills in communication, problem-solving, and creating supportive relationships — qualities she seamlessly integrates into our customer service approach. As a mother, she appreciates the significance of a home’s safety and comfort. Clare’s genuine care and attention to detail makes her the ideal person to ensure that every customer’s experience with YYT Safe Dryer Vents is not just a service but a relationship built on trust and understanding. Your satisfaction is in the capable hands of someone who not only excels in her professional role but also embodies the essence of a caring and dedicated mother.
Clare Martin
Customer Relations
About Josh
Josh is an HVAC Technician with YYT Safe and plays an important role in delivering the hands-on service that keeps homes and businesses operating safely and efficiently.
Josh is known for his methodical approach to problem solving and his commitment to doing the job right the first time. He takes pride in carefully diagnosing issues, understanding how each component of a system works together, and ensuring that every solution he implements is both reliable and built to last.
With a strong mechanical aptitude and a practical mindset, Josh brings valuable experience working with building systems and equipment. Whether he is performing ventilation service, HVAC maintenance, or system troubleshooting, Josh approaches every task with patience, precision, and attention to detail.
Customers quickly notice Josh’s thoughtful and professional approach. Rather than rushing through a job, he believes in taking the time to properly assess the situation and explain what is happening so homeowners and business owners can make confident decisions about their systems.
At YYT Safe, Josh takes pride in representing a company that values Safety, Efficiency, and Reliability. His methodical mindset and dedication to quality workmanship help ensure that every service visit meets the high standards customers have come to expect from the YYT Safe team.
Outside of work, Josh enjoys spending time with family and friends and pursuing projects that challenge his skills and curiosity.
For Josh, the most rewarding part of the work is simple: solving problems and leaving customers with the confidence that their system is working exactly as it should.
About Cass
Cass Winsor serves as the Operations Assistant and Occupational Health and Safety Lead at YYT Safe, playing an important role in helping ensure homes and businesses across the region are safe, healthy, and operating as they should.
Cass joined YYT Safe after recognizing a shared set of values with the company’s leadership, Russell and Clare Martin. Their commitment to honesty, safety, and doing the right thing for customers strongly aligned with Cass’s belief that every homeowner and business deserves peace of mind when it comes to their environment and safety.
With over 15 years of experience across multiple industries, Cass brings a diverse and practical skill set to the team. Early in Cass’s career, work inside hospital operating rooms required strict biohazard cleaning protocols and meticulous attention to detail, helping build a strong foundation in safety, precision, and responsibility.
Cass later gained hands-on experience in turn-key cleaning for new construction builds, construction labour, and mechanical work including vehicle repair. This practical background eventually expanded into HVAC balancing and building commissioning, ensuring systems function properly and safely within buildings.
In 2018, Cass graduated with honours from Academy Canada with a focus in Occupational Health and Safety, continuing to build expertise in workplace safety, risk assessment, and process improvement. Cass is passionate about identifying potential hazards, removing barriers, and helping teams operate more safely and efficiently.
At the heart of Cass’s work is a simple principle: honesty. Homeowners and businesses should never feel pressured into unnecessary services. By providing clear information and practical solutions, Cass helps customers make confident decisions about the safety of their homes and workplaces.
Known for creativity, problem solving, and strong attention to detail, Cass is always looking for ways to grow both personally and professionally.
Outside of work, Cass enjoys restoring and fixing things, a hobby that reflects the same curiosity and hands-on mindset brought to the workplace. Cass is also a proud parent to a 16 year old son and shares home life with a lively group of pets including a husky mix named Boomer (also known as Boo Bear) and two cats, Molly and Bella.
For Cass, the most rewarding part of the work is simple: helping people feel safe and confident in their homes and businesses.
