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 Lakewood
Air duct cleaning in Lakewood runs $425-$690 for a full system in a typical 1,500-2,200 sq ft ranch or split-level, and most jobs take 4-6 hours. If you’re noticing dust settling back onto furniture within days of running the furnace, the problem is rarely the filter. It’s what has accumulated inside 50-year-old ductwork and what leaks in through disconnected joints. CleanRun Air Duct Cleaning has been documenting those exact failures in Lakewood homes since 2013. Call (806) 606-6902 for a written price before any work starts.
Key Takeaways
- Full-system air duct cleaning in Lakewood: $425-$690, written price before work starts
- Supply duct cleaning alone: $180-$280; return duct cleaning: $150-$240
- Video inspection included on every job, not an add-on
- Lakewood-specific issue: wildfire smoke and Chinook dust load ducts faster than anywhere else in the Denver metro
- 365-Day Done Right Promise, in writing, on every job
Why CleanRun Air Duct Cleaning Is Lakewood’s Preferred Air Duct Cleaning Company
Lakewood homeowners do not call us because a coupon said $79. They call because the house was built in 1962, the vents have not been opened since the Reagan administration, and the dust on the registers looks like it could be mold. Tomas Reyes, who leads our crews, has spent eleven years working the specific duct configurations found in Glennon Heights, Green Mountain, and the ranches off Wadsworth. We know what a converted gravity furnace left behind. We know where the crushed return flex hides in a 1970s split-level crawlspace. And we photograph every duct run before and after, so you can verify the work was actually done, not just hear a vacuum run for an hour.
Every crew member is background-checked, uniformed, and identified by name before they step inside your home. That’s Haven Standard Clause 3, and it is not optional. We publish our license number on every written estimate. We do not bury credentials in a footer or on a page no one reads. Lakewood homeowners tend to research thoroughly, compare what companies actually show them, and make a decision based on evidence. We build the evidence first.
Our Air Duct Cleaning Services in Lakewood
Residential Duct Cleaning
Most Lakewood homes we service are ranches and split-levels built between 1952 and 1978. That housing stock has particular duct problems: original galvanized steel supply runs, decades of mineral dust, and return systems that were never sized for the forced-air furnaces that replaced the old gravity units. Our residential cleaning covers the full duct path, from supply boots to return drops, using negative-pressure extraction and HEPA filtration. Every register is removed and cleaned, not just vacuumed from the outside. You receive the photo record when we leave.
Commercial Duct Cleaning
Lakewood’s commercial spine runs up and down Wadsworth Boulevard and Colfax Avenue, and many of those buildings share the same era of construction as the residential streets around them. Office suites, medical practices, and storefronts built in the 1960s and 1970s often have ductwork that predates the current tenant by decades. We schedule commercial work with written scopes and documented photo records, so a property manager or owner can verify exactly what was cleaned and what was sealed. No per-vent pricing. One written price for the system, before work begins.
Supply Duct Cleaning
In Lakewood, the supply side is where the reddish-brown mineral dust lives. Chinook winds scour fine clay-and-granitic particulate off the Front Range foothills and drive it into homes on the western slopes. Supply runs pull that particulate through return registers when the system cycles, then deposit it along the first several feet of the supply trunk. We clean supply ducts as a standalone service when a homeowner has already cleaned the returns recently but continues to see dust at the supply registers. Camera inspection first, then source-removal cleaning. In a typical Glennon Heights ranch, supply duct cleaning alone runs $180-$280.
Return Duct Cleaning
Return ducts in Lakewood carry the air your furnace breathes back. In homes on the west side, especially around Green Mountain, the returns pull in dust-laden air during the frequent Chinook events. That dust settles along the return trunk and gets pulled back through the system on every cycle. Return duct cleaning runs $150-$240 as a standalone service in Lakewood, and we photograph the runs before and after. If the return flex is crushed or disconnected, we show you the camera footage and give you a written price to correct it.
Full System Cleaning
A full system includes supply runs, return runs, the plenum, the blower compartment, and the register covers. In Lakewood, this is the service we recommend most often for homes built before 1980. The reason is simple: if you clean only the returns, the supply side redistributes the dust you just removed within a few cycles. Full system cleaning in Lakewood runs $425-$690 depending on square footage and the number of runs. The written price covers the entire system. It is not an estimate that becomes a higher invoice once the van arrives. Haven Standard Clause 1 is the whole point: the price you sign is the price you pay.
Video Inspection
Video inspection is not an add-on at CleanRun. It is how we know what we’re dealing with before we touch a duct. In Lakewood, we use a camera inspection on every job to map the runs, find disconnections, identify crushed flex, and check for materials we should not disturb. The footage goes into your job record along with the before and after photos. For older homes on the west side where galvanized joints loosen and separate over decades, the camera often finds the real problem: a disconnected boot under a hallway register that has been leaking heated air into the floor cavity for years. Air Duct Cleaning that skips this step is just noise.
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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We use professional-grade equipment from brands you can verify independently: Rotobrush for source-removal cleaning, Abatement Technologies for HEPA-filtered negative pressure, and Nikro for high-reach and commercial work. Guardsman sanitizing products are used when a homeowner requests air quality treatment after a smoke event or a pest intrusion. If you want to know exactly what machine will be running at your house and why, we will tell you. The equipment list is printed on your written scope. We don’t arrive with a shop-vac and a story.
Common Air Duct Cleaning Problems We See in Lakewood Homes
- Reddish-brown dust mistaken for mold. In west-facing hillside homes, particularly around Green Mountain and Williamsburg, fine clay-and-granitic dust from Chinook events settles into supply runs and vents. It looks like mold, but lab testing usually confirms foothill mineral particulate. We can tell the difference on camera, and we can recommend testing if you want documentation.
- Disconnected or crushed runs in crawlspaces. In 1950s-1970s split-levels, the original flex runs sag, kink, or separate at the boot. A whole room goes unheated, and the furnace runs longer cycles at a mile above sea level. Camera inspection finds it. Sealing corrects it.
- Loosened galvanized joints on original supply trunks. Lakewood’s signature Chinook winds push dust through wall cavities and floor gaps. Loose duct joints bypass the filter entirely, re-contaminating cleaned ducts within weeks. Mastic sealing at every connection is the fix, and it is part of the job record we give you.
- Asbestos wrap on pre-1980 plenums. This is a real discovery in Lakewood homes from the 1950s and 1960s. If we identify suspected asbestos insulation on a supply plenum, we stop work immediately and refer you to a licensed abatement contractor. We do not disturb it. We do not guess. This is why camera inspection comes first.
Pricing for Air Duct Cleaning in Lakewood, CO
A full system cleaning in Lakewood runs $425-$690. The main variables are square footage, the number of duct runs, and accessibility of the crawlspace or attic. Homes in Green Mountain with steep hillside access may add $75-$150 for equipment setup. Supply duct cleaning alone runs $180-$280. Return duct cleaning runs $150-$240. Video inspection is included in every job, not billed separately. If you have a competitor’s written estimate, bring it. We will put our number next to it in writing, free. Free second opinions on any written estimate is standard practice here. Call (806) 606-6902 and we will send a written price for your specific home before scheduling.
We Also Serve Cities Near Lakewood
Our crews work throughout the west Denver metro. If you live just outside Lakewood, we cover Denver, Aurora, Thornton, and Arvada with the same written pricing, the same photo record, and the same 365-Day Done Right Promise. Dispatch and scheduling are coordinated from our Denver office, and crews serve Lakewood locally. See our full Air Duct Cleaning in Lakewood coverage for neighborhood details.
Serving Lakewood, CO - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Lakewood 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 Lakewood
Probably not. In most west-facing Lakewood homes, particularly around Green Mountain and Williamsburg, that reddish-brown dust is actually fine clay-and-granitic mineral particulate scoured off the foothills by Chinook winds. It is the signature of this specific geography. We can confirm with camera footage, and if you want certainty, we can recommend a local lab for testing. Either way, it needs to come out of the ducts. Call (806) 606-6902 and we will give you a written price for removal.
In Lakewood, after a significant wildfire smoke season, we recommend an inspection within 60 days of the first serious smoke intrusion, and a cleaning if the camera shows soot loading inside the supply trunk. Lakewood sits directly in the path of smoke funneling out of South Platte Canyon, Bear Creek Canyon, and Clear Creek Canyon, which means fine combustion particulate loads into ductwork here more acutely than in eastern Denver suburbs. The inspection is part of any cleaning job, and we document what the camera finds.
That dust is the accumulated mineral particulate from decades of Chinook events, combined with whatever the original galvanized ducts have shed over 60 years. In a Glennon Heights ranch, the original furnace was likely a gravity system later converted to forced air. The ductwork was never sealed for the new system, so dust bypasses the filter at every loose joint. The fix is cleaning plus mastic sealing at the connections. A full system cleaning and sealing job in that neighborhood typically runs $425-$690, depending on the number of runs.
Yes, and you need a company that checks before it cleans. Many Lakewood homes built between 1950 and 1979 have original supply plenums wrapped in asbestos insulation. If a technician disturbs that material during cleaning, you have a much bigger problem than dust. Our camera inspection identifies suspected asbestos before we start, and if we see it, we stop work and refer you to a licensed abatement contractor. No exceptions. That is the job record we give you, documented on camera.
It reduces it significantly, especially with sealing. During Chinook events, wind-driven dust enters through loose duct joints and wall cavities, bypassing the filter entirely. Cleaning removes what has already accumulated. Sealing the duct connections with mastic stops the same fine particulate from re-entering the system from inside the wall cavities and floor gaps. For Lakewood homes on the western slopes, cleaning without sealing is a half measure. That is why sealing is included in the written quote when we find loose joints. Call (806) 606-6902 for a written price on your specific home.
Written by Tomas Reyes, Owner at CleanRun Air Duct Cleaning, serving Lakewood since 2013.