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 Calabasas
Calabasas homes need a different kind of air duct cleaning than most of Los Angeles. The reasons are concrete: the 2018 Woolsey Fire drove ash into thousands of HVAC systems here, Santa Ana winds keep pushing fine particulates into hillside intakes, and the housing stock runs large, with multiple air handlers and duct runs that stretch 80 feet or more. We’ve worked these systems since 2013, and every job here starts with a written price and ends with a documented photo record of every duct run. That’s the standard Tomas Reyes built CleanRun Air Duct Cleaning around. Call (806) 606-6902 to schedule a camera inspection first, so you know what’s actually inside your ducts before anyone quotes a dollar figure.
Why CleanRun Air Duct Cleaning Is Calabasas’s Preferred Air Duct Cleaning Company
We’ve cleaned systems in The Oaks, Bell Canyon, and the gated estates south of the 101. The thing that separates us from the $79-coupon operations isn’t equipment or training, though we run Rotobrush and Nikro gear and our crews are background-checked and uniformed under Haven Standard Clause 3. It’s that we show you what we found before we ask you to pay for anything. The camera goes in first. You see the return plenum, the supply trunk, the far registers. Then you get a written price for the work. Not a range. Not an estimate that grows. A number, on paper, before a single panel comes off.
Calabasas homeowners tend to research carefully. They bought at high price points, they expect documented results, and they’re done with bait-and-switch pricing in this industry. Our 365-Day Done Right Promise is written into every job record: if the work isn’t right, we make it right. No manager approval process, no phone tree. That promise has held since our first year.
Our Air Duct Cleaning Services in Calabasas
Our Air Duct Cleaning team handles the full range of residential and light commercial work in Calabasas, but three services matter most here: full system cleaning, return duct cleaning, and video inspection. Here’s what each looks like in practice.
Full System Cleaning
A Calabasas estate with 4,000 to 8,000 square feet and two or three air handlers isn’t a one-visit job. Full system cleaning means every supply run, every return run, the plenum boxes, the registers, and the air handler interior get the same treatment: mechanical agitation with a Rotobrush whip line, HEPA-filtered negative pressure extraction, and camera verification after the fact. We price this per system, not per house, because a three-system home genuinely takes three times the labor. You’ll know which systems are included before we start.
Return Duct Cleaning
Return ducts are where Calabasas homes show the most contamination. Santa Ana winds pull desert dust, pollen, and wildfire embers straight into outdoor return-air intakes, and the terrain here funnels smoke into residential pockets rather than dispersing it. We’ve repeatedly found a half-inch of grayish-brown ash caked inside return plenums in homes whose owners never filed a Woolsey Fire insurance claim. The return side pulls air in; whatever settles there gets redistributed through every room.
Video Inspection
Every CleanRun visit in Calabasas includes a documented photo record, but video inspection is the tool that makes it meaningful. We run a camera through the ductwork before and after cleaning, so you can see the difference between a source-removal job and a shop-vac pass that left the far registers untouched. The footage is delivered as part of your job record, along with the written scope and the written warranty.
Supply Duct Cleaning
Supply ducts push conditioned air from your air handler to each register. In original 1980s flex ductwork, the inner liner degrades over decades and traps particulates in ways rigid metal duct doesn’t. We clean supply runs with equipment sized for these long reaches, not a low-powered vacuum that dies 40 feet in. The photo record shows every run, including the ones at the far end of the house.
What happens when you call
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A real person answersNo phone trees - you reach a local pro.
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You get an upfront price rangeHonest numbers before anyone is dispatched.
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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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CleanRun carries and services equipment from trade-recognized manufacturers, including Rotobrush, Nikro, Abatement Technologies, and Guardsman. These are professional-grade tools you can look up independently before you agree to a price. For Calabasas homeowners with multi-zone systems, we also work with Honeywell and Aprilaire components where relevant to the duct cleaning scope. If you have a specific brand or configuration, tell us when you call, and we’ll confirm the equipment match before we arrive.
Common Air Duct Cleaning Problems We See in Calabasas Homes
- Woolsey Fire ash in return plenums. We still find it in 2026. The 2018 fire drove fine combustion particulates into return-air systems across the city, and homes that never burned still carry the signature. A camera inspection confirms it within minutes.
- Technicians pricing by the house, not the system. A three-air-handler estate needs three systems cleaned. When the estimate covers one vacuum-out and the other two handlers stay loaded, the job looks done and isn’t. We write the system count into the quote.
- Low-powered vacuums on 80-foot runs. The gated estates south of the 101 have long duct runs. A portable vacuum can’t pull debris through that distance, so the far registers stay clogged while the near ones look clean. Our HEPA-filtered negative pressure rigs are sized for this.
- No pre- or post-job camera proof. Homeowners pay for source removal but get no evidence the ash was actually extracted. We photograph every run before and after as a standard deliverable, not an upsell.
Pricing for Air Duct Cleaning in Calabasas, CA
A typical whole-home air duct cleaning in Calabasas runs $450 to $1,100 per system, depending on the size of the home, the number of supply and return runs, and the condition of the ductwork. A single-system townhome or smaller home usually lands between $400 and $600. A three-system estate in The Oaks or Bell Canyon typically runs $1,200 to $2,800 total, because each system is priced and cleaned separately. If your contractor quotes one flat number for the whole house without asking how many air handlers you have, that’s the first red flag.
What affects the cost: duct run length, accessibility of the plenum, the amount of debris present, and whether original flex ductwork needs repair rather than replacement. We give you a written price before any work begins, always, under Haven Standard Clause 1. Free second opinions are available on any competitor’s written estimate. Call (806) 606-6902 to schedule a camera inspection and get your number in writing.
We Also Serve Cities Near Calabasas
Beyond Air Duct Cleaning in Calabasas, our crews cover Woodland Hills, West Hills, Canoga Park, and Encino. The terrain and housing stock are similar, and the Woolsey Fire affected nearly all of them. If you’re a few miles outside the city limits, give us a call and we’ll confirm coverage.
Serving Calabasas, CA - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Calabasas 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 Calabasas
We still find measurable layers of grayish-brown ash in return plenums in 2026, typically between a quarter inch and a half inch thick in homes that never had their ducts cleaned after the fire. The ash settles, compacts, and stays there because nothing in a standard HVAC cycle moves it out. In a 6,200 sq ft home in The Oaks, we pulled nearly 30 pounds of debris from supply and return ducts, most of it Woolsey ash. If your home sat through the 2018 fire and you haven’t had a camera inspection, the odds are high it’s still in there. Call (806) 606-6902 to schedule one.
Because each air handler has its own supply trunk, return drop, and run network. A technician who quotes one price for the whole house and then runs out of time after the first system is leaving two-thirds of your ducts untouched. We price per system, and we write the system count into the quote under Haven Standard Clause 1. You’ll know exactly how many systems are being cleaned, what the price is for each, and what the photo record will show when the job is done.
You should receive a written scope of work, a written price that was agreed before the job started, a documented photo record of every duct run before and after cleaning, and a written 365-Day Done Right Promise. At CleanRun, all four are standard deliverables, not add-ons. If a contractor won’t put the warranty in writing or won’t show you the inside of your ducts on camera, that tells you what kind of job you’re paying for.
Yes. Calabasas sits against the Santa Monica Mountains, and the terrain funnels wind-driven dust, pollen, and wildfire embers into residential pockets instead of dispersing them across flat ground. Outdoor HVAC intakes on the south side of the 101 pull in a measurable amount of desert dust during Santa Ana events, and hillside homes get more of it than valley communities like Canoga Park or Encino. We see the difference in return plenums within a few miles of each other.
Original flex ductwork from the 1980s has an inner liner that degrades over time and becomes brittle. We use agitation heads sized for the duct diameter and negative pressure calibrated to avoid over-pressurizing the liner. The camera goes in first to assess the liner condition, and if a section is too degraded to clean safely, we document it and recommend replacement rather than forcing a tear. The photo record shows exactly what the liner looked like before and after, so you’re not taking anyone’s word for it.
Call CleanRun Air Duct Cleaning in Calabasas
If you own a home in Calabasas, you owe it to yourself to see what’s inside your ducts before you pay anyone to clean them. We’ve worked this city’s estates long enough to know what’s in there, and we’ll show you on camera before a single dollar changes hands. Written pricing, documented results, and a 365-day guarantee are the minimum you should accept. Call (806) 606-6902 for a free estimate and camera inspection. Tomas Reyes and the CleanRun crew serve Calabasas from our Los Angeles office, with local crews on call throughout the area.
Written by Tomas Reyes, Owner at CleanRun Air Duct Cleaning, serving Calabasas since 2013.
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