Whole-system duct and dryer vent check with before-and-after photos - you see exactly what came out of your vents
That "$99 whole-house special" is a bait ad - the real number appears once they are in your hallway, or the "clean" is a shop-vac at the register. We photograph the inside of your ducts before and after instead.
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AfterFast, Reliable Air Duct Cleaning Across Aurora
Air duct cleaning in Aurora typically runs $395-$680 for a full residential system, and the work usually takes 3-5 hours depending on the home’s size and how many returns it has. Most Aurora homeowners see real dust reduction immediately, especially in the older ranch and two-story tract homes east of I-225 where original duct board has been collecting High Plains sediment for decades. We serve every Aurora neighborhood from Expo Park to Saddle Rock with the same standard: a written price before any panel comes off, and a photo record of every duct run when we’re done. Call (806) 606-6902 to schedule.
Why CleanRun Air Duct Cleaning Is Aurora’s Preferred Air Duct Cleaning Company
We’ve been Air Duct Cleaning in the Denver metro since 2013, and Aurora keeps us busier than almost any other city we serve. The reason is simple: Aurora’s housing stock is older, its dust load is higher, and the problems homeowners face here are more structural than what you’d find in newer western suburbs. When a crew pulls a register in an Aurora home, we’re usually looking at 30-50 year old fiberglass duct board, not the sheet metal you’d find in a 2015 build.
Every Aurora job is quoted with a written price before work starts. That’s Haven Standard Clause 1, and it’s not negotiable. We don’t hand you a number over the phone and then “discover” more once we’re in the attic. Tomas Reyes, who runs our Aurora operations, insists on the photo record that accompanies every job. You see what we saw. You see what we did. That’s how Air Duct Cleaning in Aurora should work.
Our Air Duct Cleaning Services in Aurora
You don’t just need “a duct cleaning.” You need the right kind of cleaning for the system you actually have. For most Aurora homes, that means addressing both the supply and return sides, and deciding up front whether an older fiberglass duct board needs more than a vacuum.
Residential Duct Cleaning in Aurora
Full residential cleaning for a 3-bedroom Aurora ranch typically runs $425-$575. We use negative-pressure extraction, meaning the system pulls air backward through the duct runs while a HEPA-filtered vacuum line collects debris at the plenum, the box where all the branch lines meet. In Aurora’s older east-side subdivisions, we almost always find loose fiberglass particles, construction debris from long-ago remodels, and a fine gray silt that is unmistakably High Plains dust.
Commercial Duct Cleaning in Aurora
Commercial systems along Havana Street, Mississippi Avenue, and the I-225 corridor have their own failure patterns. Offices with dropped ceilings often run flex duct through inaccessible plenum spaces, and maintenance records rarely track how much contamination builds up between cleanings. Commercial work is priced per system and per linear foot of duct run, with the same written quote and photo record standard applied. A small retail or office system in Aurora usually runs $600-$1,200; larger industrial or medical spaces run higher and are quoted line-by-line.
Supply Duct Cleaning in Aurora
Supply ducts carry conditioned air from the furnace to each room. In Aurora, the supply side is usually the most contaminated because it handles the full volume of whatever the return side admitted. Cleaning just the supply side runs $250-$375 for most homes, but we rarely recommend that. If the supply is dirty, the return is dirty too, and cleaning half the system is how you end up with dust on your furniture two weeks later.
Return Duct Cleaning in Aurora
The return side pulls air from your living space back to the furnace. This is where the High Plains dust enters first, and it’s the side most often skipped by crews working fast. On a home near Del Mar Park, a return register pulled back revealed a return drop so packed with dust and pet hair that the airflow was reduced by roughly half. Cleaning the return side runs $200-$350 in Aurora, and we photograph every return register before and after just like we do the supply runs.
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A background-checked tech heads outLicensed & insured, dispatched right away.
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You approve before work beginsNothing starts until you say go.
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We clean and service systems built around Honeywell filters, Aprilaire whole-home air cleaners, and Abatement Technologies equipment. Not every company in the Aurora market carries the right tools for aftermarket filtration systems, which matters when the cleaning has to work around a media cabinet or an electronic air cleaner. We are also familiar with Guardsman duct sealing products for repair and encapsulation work on older Aurora duct board. Our trucks carry the filters, sealants, and encapsulation materials we are likely to need on a typical Aurora job, so we are not charging you a second trip charge to run across town for a part.
Common Air Duct Cleaning Problems We See in Aurora Homes
- Fiberglass duct board shedding into the airstream. Aurora’s extreme dryness and 60°F seasonal temperature swings accelerate degradation of the fiberglass duct board common in 1970s-1990s construction. What looks like dust around your registers may be fibrous glass particles that a standard vacuum cleaning does not address.
- High Plains dust caked in the return side. Aurora sits directly in the path of prevailing winds off the plains, so the return plenum and return drops collect a fine gray silt that western suburbs like Lakewood or Englewood simply do not see at the same volume.
- Crushed or disconnected flex duct in crawlspaces and attics. First-generation flex duct has a plastic liner that degrades over time. When it splits or separates at a joint, the system pulls in attic or crawlspace air, which then contaminates every room on that run.
- Smoke particulate from the 2020 fire season. The Cameron Peak and East Troublesome fires pushed fine smoke into tens of thousands of Aurora HVAC systems. If your ducts have never been cleaned since that season, that particulate is still there.
Pricing for Air Duct Cleaning in Aurora, CO
Here is what we actually charge in Aurora, in writing, before work starts. A full residential system in a 1,500-2,500 square foot home runs $395-$575. Homes above 2,500 square feet or with dual systems run $550-$680. That includes every supply run, every return run, the plenum, the blower compartment, and the full photo record. Add-on services are quoted as separate line items: dryer vent cleaning $89-$129, whole-system sanitizing $150-$250, duct encapsulation for failing fiberglass board $18-$24 per linear foot. Aurora homes with original duct board often need encapsulation on the worst runs, and we’ll show you the before photos before we recommend it. Call (806) 606-6902 for your written quote.
We Also Serve Cities Near Aurora
CleanRun Air Duct Cleaning serves the full eastern metro. We work regularly in Denver, Commerce City, Englewood, and Thornton. Dispatch and scheduling are coordinated from the brand’s Denver office, but crews serve Aurora daily and are already familiar with the housing stock, the duct systems, and the failure patterns unique to the east side.
Serving Aurora, CO - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Aurora area and know this community well. Use the map below to see our service coverage - if you’re nearby, we can almost certainly help.
FAQs - Air Duct Cleaning in Aurora
Because the cleaning was likely done wrong, or the wrong kind of cleaning was done. Homes built in Aurora’s 1980s surge were almost universally fitted with fiberglass duct board or first-generation flex duct. After 30-40 years of Colorado’s dry climate, that duct board begins shedding fibrous glass particles into the airstream. A standard vacuum cleaning removes loose debris but does nothing to stop the shedding. You need video inspection of the duct board, and if delamination is present, encapsulation or replacement is the real fix. If surfaces still dust over within days of a cleaning, the duct material itself is likely the source. Call (806) 606-6902 and we’ll inspect it properly.
The Cameron Peak and East Troublesome fires pushed fine smoke particulate east across the Front Range, directly over Aurora, and tens of thousands of local HVAC systems drew that particulate into their return air and deposited it throughout the duct runs. Smoke particulate is extremely fine, sticks to duct surfaces, and does not break down over time. If a home’s ducts have not been cleaned and sanitized since that season, the particulate is still recirculating whenever the blower runs. This is not a theoretical concern in Aurora; we see the gray-black residue in nearly every older system we open.
Negative pressure means the cleaning equipment creates suction that pulls air backward through the ductwork while agitation tools dislodge debris at each register. This keeps the debris contained and moving toward the collection filter instead of blowing into your living space. It matters in Aurora because the dust load here is higher than in most of the metro; a positive-pressure cleaning, or one without a proper HEPA-filtered collection unit, will force the fine High Plains dust and any loose fiberglass particles out through your registers and into the house. We use negative-pressure extraction on every Aurora job, and we document the setup with photographs.
We can clean flex duct from the 1990s if the liner is intact. The liner is the inner plastic sleeve that contains the airflow. When a liner is delaminated, split, or separated at a joint, cleaning will not solve the problem because the system is pulling unfiltered air from the attic or crawlspace. On a ranch near Hoffman Heights, our tech pulled back a return register to find first-generation flex duct with liner delamination that had been quietly recirculating decades of dust and fibrous glass into the living space. The fix was encapsulation and sealing, not a standard cleaning. We video-inspect suspect runs and show you exactly what we see before recommending anything. Most 1990s flex duct is cleanable if the liner is intact; if it is not, we’ll show you the photos and the written quote for the repair.
Aurora sits farther east than most Denver metro suburbs, directly in the path of prevailing winds that funnel noticeably higher loads of fine grassland dust from the High Plains into home HVAC systems. Lakewood and Englewood are more sheltered from that wind pattern. Add in Aurora’s dominant 1970s-1990s housing stock, much of it still running original fiberglass duct board, and you have a recipe for supply registers clogging with dust and fibrous particles faster than homes west of the city. This is a documented local condition, not a matter of housekeeping. If you are vacuuming registers monthly and still seeing build-up, the issue is inside the duct run, not at the register face. Call (806) 606-6902 and we’ll put a camera in the run and show you what is actually happening.
Written by Tomas Reyes, Owner at CleanRun Air Duct Cleaning, serving Aurora and the eastern Denver metro since 2013.